WIPO recommends new regulation for new gTLD registrations

WIPO has recommended the introduction of a uniform IPprotection mechanism designed to further curb unauthorizedregistration of domain names in all new generic Top-LevelDomains (gTLDs). The proposal says that new gTLDs would berequired to offer IP owners the option of registering theirprotected identifiers during a specified period beforeopening registration to the general public. In sponsored orrestricted gTLDs where IP owners may not be eligible toregister domain names, IP owners could instead be given theoption of obtaining defensive registrations during thisinitial period.