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Kristina Rosette is a special counsel in the Washington office whose practice focuses on domain name, Internet, and trademark matters.
Ms. Rosette has unique expertise in domain name matters. She completed in October 2011 a five-year term as an Intellectual Property Constituency representative on the ICANN Generic Names Supporting Organization Council, which develops and recommends to the ICANN Board of Directors the substantive policies relating to the domain name system, including such matters as generic top level domains (gTLDs) and Whois.
Ms. Rosette is deeply involved in ICANN policy development relating to the introduction of new gTLDs, Whois, and abusive domain name registration and use. As a GNSO Councilor, she drafted the policy recommendations that now guide the introduction of new gTLDs. Ms. Rosette played a leading role in the creation (and was a member of) the ICANN Implementation Recommendation Team, the 18-person global team of trademark experts who designed and recommended trademark protections for the introduction of new gTLDs. She negotiated the terms and passage of an important GNSO Council motion that ended the policy development process on Whois and avoided radical change to it; wrote and implemented the IPC Supplemental Request for Information on Domain Tasting that provided trademark owners with the opportunity to articulate to ICANN the harms caused by domain tasting; and drafted policy recommendations to curb domain tasting. Ms. Rosette regularly advises clients on ICANN policy developments.
She has reclaimed over 500 domain names from cybersquatters and other registrants through negotiation, arbitration, and litigation. Ms. Rosette develops and implements offensive and defensive global domain name registration, Internet monitoring, and Internet enforcement strategies. She advises clients on issues ranging from the use of keywords and sponsored links to the use of trademarks in search engine optimization to strategies for identifying and responding to cybersquatting. Ms. Rosette frequently conducts intellectual property audits of websites, and has the leading role within the firm on writing client alerts and advising firm clients on ICANN, legislative, and case law developments relating to domain names, and trademark-related Internet issues.
In her trademark practice, Ms. Rosette advises clients on trademark selection, clearance, prosecution, registration, and enforcement matters in the United States and many foreign countries. She is principal trademark counsel to, among others, a luxury casino hotel resort, two national sports federation, a global satellite company, and a leading distributor of financial services and products.
Representative Matters
- Spearheaded the creation of the ICANN Implementation Recommendation Team and was a member of that global 18-person team charged with designing and recommending trademark protections for the introduction of new gTLDs.
- Represent numerous clients on ICANN policy matters, including the preparation of public comments.
- Represent Microsoft Corporation in domain name disputes before the National Arbitration Forum and the World Intellectual Property Organization.
- Represented Shoebuy.com in a domain name dispute before the World Intellectual Property Organization and secured a finding of reverse domain name hijacking against the Complainant.
- Developed and implemented a brand protection and Internet enforcement strategy for a luxury casino hotel resort.
- Litigated to favorable settlement the right to register key marks for a leading distributor of financial services and products against a challenge by one of the world’s largest reinsurers.
Honors and Rankings
- Shortlisted for “IP Lawyer of the Year” (Intellectual Property Magazine 2011).
- Recognized by Legal 500 US in their "IP Trademarks: Non-contentious - Full Coverage" category (2010-2011).
- Recipient of the 2008 Volunteer Service Award for the Advancement of Trademark Law, International Trademark Association.
- WORLDLeaders IP Awards, shortlisted in the worldwide category "Excellence in Domain Name Policy Implementation" (2008).
- Recognized as a leading lawyer by Legal 500 US in their " IP Trademarks: Non-contentious - Full coverage" category (2007-2008).
- Recipient of the 2007 Volunteer Service Award for the Advancement of the Association, International Trademark Association.
Pro Bono
- Trademark counsel to Children’s Defense Fund.
Memberships and Affiliations
- ICANN Intellectual Property Constituency, Vice President (November 2011-present)
- Intellectual Property Constituency representative, ICANN GNSO Council (December 2006-October 2011).
- International Trademark Association, Internet Committee, Special Advisor (2010-present)
- International Trademark Association, Internet Committee, Registration Practice and DNS Administration Subcommittee, Chair (2008-2009) and Member (2004-2007)
- ICANN GNSO Council, Intellectual Property Constituency (North America) representative (2006-present)
- American Bar Association, Intellectual Property Law Section, Special Committee on Online Trademark Issues (2005-present)
- Women’s Bar Association of the District of Columbia (2004-present)
Publications and Speeches
- Ms. Rosette is quoted in "New to the Internet: .xxx," Marketplace (September 2011), which discusses how new domain for adult-oriented websites is opening and why established organizations will have to register with a blocking service to prevent cyber-squatters from branding them with .xxx.
- Ms. Rosette is quoted in "Your Step-By-Step Guide to IP Lobbying," Managing Intellectual Property (September 2009), which offers insight on how IP owners and their lawyers have their biggest opportunity yet to influence the policy making process as IP issues move up the political agenda.
- "New gTLDs: Beyond Reveal Day -- Public Comments, Early Warnings, and Objections," Webinar (4/19/2012)
- "ICANN: The Next Big .thing: New Top-Level Domains," Fora.tv Conference Channel (1/11/2012)
- "ICANN and Trademarks: Why Can’t We Be Friends," INTA Trademarks and the Internet (9/22/2011)
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