The author is reiterating the complaints that major trademark holders raised over a decade ago during the initial generic TLD (gTLD) expansion process in the mid-1990s (see Milton Mueller's book "Ruling The Root" for details). More gTLDs meant the need to purchase one's trademark in each new gTLD in order to protect that trademark. The power that trademark holders/WIPO had in this process lead to "sunrise" periods…
有一本关于 ICANN 成立过程的书挺有意思，叫《Ruling The Root》，如果有人想深入了解的话可以读读。
There's a pretty interesting book about the formation of ICANN called Ruling The Root if anyone wants to read about it further.
作者是在重申各大商标持有人在十多年前（1990 年代中期）最初通用顶级域名（gTLD）扩张过程中提出的那些抱怨（详情可参见 Milton Mueller 的书《Ruling The Root》）。更多的 gTLD 意味着需要在每个新 gTLD 中购买自己的商标以保护该商标。商标持有人/WIPO 在这一过程中拥有的权力催生了“日升期”（sunrise periods）……
The author is reiterating the complaints that major trademark holders raised over a decade ago during the initial generic TLD (gTLD) expansion process in the mid-1990s (see Milton Mueller's book "Ruling The Root" for details). More gTLDs meant the need to purchase one's trademark in each new gTLD in order to protect that trademark. The power that trademark holders/WIPO had in this process lead to "sunrise" periods…