IP community to take long-term look at online protection mechanisms

As Jan Corstens, worldwide project director of the Trademark Clearinghouse notes, there hasn’t been a ‘big bang’ in terms of brand owner engagement with new gTLD rights protection mechanisms. However, with the first round rollout continuing apace, the Intellectual Property Interests Constituency is ready to look to the future and consider improvements that can be made prior to forthcoming application rounds.