There is set to be a seminar on domain name law and regulations, as well as the launch of a book “International Domain Name Law: ICANN and the UDRP”, in Melbourne on Wednesday 20 February for our Australian readers.

Speakers at the seminar will be:

• Dr Bruce Tonkin, Elected member, ICANN board, CTO, MelbourneIT
• Chris Disspain, CEO, auDA Chair, ICANN ccNSO
• The Honourable Neil Brown QC, UDRP panelist, Member, ICSID
• David Lindsay, Senior Lecturer, Monash University Law and book author
• The Honourable Tony Staley, Chair, auDA.

The seminar will be held from 16.00–18.30 Monash University Law Chambers, 472 Bourke St Melbourne.

The seminar will seek to address the way the DNS has given rise to novel legal issues including the international arrangements for regulating the DNS and disputes involving the use of trade marks as Domain Names.

The speakers will share their views on the latest developments in this rapidly moving field including insights from the ICANN February 2008 meeting in New Delhi.

The seminar will review and update the process for introducing gTLDs as well as review recent developments in the international system for resolving disputes between trade marks and domain names, the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP).