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)