ICANN’s capacity to clamp down on budget-busting sunrise fees put on radar
It was inevitable that the issue of gTLD registries charging trademark owners excessive sunrise fees to register names in gTLD sunrise periods would be high on the agenda of the Intellectual Property Constituency (IPC). At today’s ICANN meeting in Singapore, however, ICANN’s ability to clamp down and prevent brand owners from being held to ransom was in doubt.
Read more as writen by Trevor Little for worldtrademarkreview.com