IP: Cato Institute forum on domain names and Net-governance 5/6

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

> The Cato Institute
> invites you to a Policy Forum
>
> A Crisis in Internet Governance: 
> ICANN, Trademarks, and 
> Domain Names
>
> featuring
>
> Milton Mueller
> Syracuse University
> David G. Post
> Temple University Law School
>
> J. Beckwith Burr
> NTIA
>
>         ICANN was created to administer basic rules for the Internet such as those
> determining how domain names are distributed.  ICANN is now considering a
> WIPO proposal to create a forum to review domain names for trademark
> violations.  When should an entity like ICANN assume functions usually
> performed by courts?  What happens to due process and freedom of expression?
> Is ICANN itself a private or a governmental entity? 
>
> Thursday, May 6, 1999
> 12:00 p.m.
> (Luncheon to follow)
>
>
> To register, call Laura Cooper by noon, Wednesday, May 5, at 
> (202) 789-5229, fax her at (202) 371-0841, or e-mail to >(202) 789-5229, fax her at (202) 371-0841, or e-mail to 
> lcooper () cato org.
>
>
>
> Sólveig Singleton
> Director of Information Studies
> Cato Institute
> 1000 Mass. Ave. NW
> Washington DC 20001
>
> (202) 789-5274
> (202) 842-3490 (fax)