Members of ISOC-NY attended ICANN's gTLD Implementation Consultation session at the Millennium Hotel in NYC last Monday July 13. It was an interesting session. ICANN's Implementation Recommendation Team presented their report on how disputes over trademarks in the new domains be handled. There were also presentations on new developments in DNS security, and scaling the root server system. Attendee's comments and questions, both oral and written, were solicited. It was our sense, particularly on the trademark issues, http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/presentation-irt-13jul09-en.pdf despite the best efforts of Kathy Kleiman of the NCUC, and others, that the voice of regular internet users / site registrants, was somewhat under-represented compared to that of corporate interests. Video will be forthcoming on the ISOC-NY website http://isoc-ny.org Please note that another session will begin a few hours in London (15 July) and remote participation is available via https://admin.na3.acrobat.com/_a819976787/outreach Agenda: http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/london-agenda-speakers-15jul09-en.pdf Further sessions are to be Hong Kong (24 July) and Abu-Dhabi (4 August). More info: http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/consultation-outreach-en.htm Joly MacFie 212 608 1334 http://isoc-ny.org