Poll Result

New gTLDs PRO-WG

1. Please categorize yourself (check all that apply):

2. Do IP owners need new intellectual property rights or enhanced protection of rights in cyberspace compared to the protection that exists in the real world?

3. Should registries be mandated to provide such enhanced protections during the introduction of new top-level domains?

4. Please list all TLDs in which you have participated in a rights protection mechanism (such as a sunrise pre-registration period for the launch of a new top-level domain).

5. For each TLD in which you used or tried to use a rights protection mechanism, please identify if you believe your rights were adequately protected. First, in .aero?

Were your rights adequately protected in .biz?

Were your rights adequately protected in .cat?

Were your rights adequately protected in .coop?

Were your rights adequately protected in .eu?

Were your rights adequately protected in .info?

Were your rights adequately protected in .jobs?

Were your rights adequately protected in .mobi?

Were your rights adequately protected in .museum?

Were your rights adequately protected in .name?

Were your rights adequately protected in .pro?

Were your rights adequately protected in .travel?

Were your rights adequately protected in .tv?

Were your rights adequately protected in .us?

Were your rights adequately protected in other TLDs?

6. For any TLD in which you have participated in a rights protection mechanisms, please tick the right(s) protection mechanisms you used:

7. For any TLD in which you have participated in a rights protection mechanism, please tick below the right(s) you sought to protect.

8. Do you believe rights protection mechanisms should protect rights others than those listed above?

9. Are rights protection mechanisms necessary in the introduction of new top level domains?

10. Should domain name registration rights protection mechanisms protect other things such as literary titles, geographic designations, protection of the commons?

11. Could the dispute have been resolved in a different way?

12. Which rights protection mechanism(s) could be used?

13. Suggest other alternatives, if any.

14. Do you own any defensive registrations?

15. How many defensive registrations do you own in each TLD? First .aero:

How many defensive registrations do you own in .biz?

How many defensive registrations do you own in .cat?

How many defensive registrations do you own in .coop?

How many defensive registrations do you own in .eu?

how many defensive registrations do you own in .info?

How many defensive registrations do you own in .jobs?

How many defensive registrations do you own in .mobi?

How many defensive registrations do you own in .museum?

How many defensive registrations do you own in .name?

How many defensive registrations do you own in .pro?

How many defensive registrations do you own in .travel?

How many defensive registrations do you own in .tv?

How many defensive registrations do you own in .us?

How many defensive registrations do you own in other TLDs?

16. Please tick the percentage of your domain portfolio that consists of defensive registrations:

Section II.

1. For each mechanism you have checked above, please check below the capacity in which you were involved:

2. If you are a registrar or registry, was it necessary to perform technical work or allocate resources specifically in order to implement any rights protection mechanism process(es)?

3. What type of technical work or resources was required as a percentage of the implementation of the new TLD?

4. If rights protection mechanisms were used in the introduction of new TLDs, should that process be standardized across all new TLDs?

5. Should registry operators be allowed to propose rights protection mechanisms tailored to specific needs of their business model/community provided that certain base line criteria are met?

6. What base line criteria should be met?

7. Would a sunrise registration process be a suitable rights protection mechanism for a TLD associated within a defined geographic region in which there is a centralized trademark database for the registry to verify trademark owner rights?

8. Would a sunrise registration process be a suitable rights protection mechanism for a TLD if the TLD community is associated with the specific goods and services a specific international trademark classification, for example, .cars?

9. Should any rights protection mechanism provide priority or superior registration access among different categories of rights owners (for example, owners of nationally registered trademarks vs. owners of unregistered trademarks vs. owners of business na

10. Any other comments?

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