It recently opened up that process to take into account the views of those affected by the burgeoning system. Over the next several months, WIPO will conduct a series of hearings around the world. The recommendations made during those hearings will be submitted to a non-profit corporation being formed to administer the domain name system. Among the participants who contributed comments were Shelley Hebert, director of business development at Stanford. In her remarks, Hebert noted that protecting the Stanford name has been a continual challenge.
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Those entities wishing to protect their good names must go to great lengths to monitor domain name registration. Stanford, Hebert said, has retained a domain name watch service to notify the university of such registrations. She recommended that a waiting period be established in which domain name applications are posted publicly and trademark owners are given an opportunity to file challenges before those names are adopted. Others argued that that was not so simple, and expressed surprise that Infoseek had not been sued for violation of free speech. You are an anomaly in this business.