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News The decision is unusual in that most recent cases of this kind - especially those administered by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) - have gone the way of the 'brand' owner. But Burgar's supporters say he is quite right to defend... [28 Nov 2001]
Virgin loses battle with pornographer
News However a WIPO panel disagreed, saying the site was registered two years before Virgin decided to launch its v.mail service, and that Virgin has no registered trademark covering Virginmail. The decision was made by the UN-funded World Intellectual... [02 Nov 2001]
Brussels and Geneva deciding what things are called - even on the web?
Comment So far efforts to prevent such action have focussed solely on trademark holders, but moves this week by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the European Commission could herald a new era in domain name battles. [06 Sep 2001]
WIPO plans to wipe out cybersquatters
News A WIPO report published yesterday has proposed that top-level internet domain names (TLDs) containing the names of countries, geographical areas, ethnic groups and even pharmaceutical substances should be protected from unauthorised use. [04 Sep 2001]
ASPs receive service guidelines
News The International ASP consortium (Aspic) and the World Intellectual Property Organisation (Wipo) have worked out joint guidelines for settling disputes. The guidelines will provide business customers and ASPs with clarification and arbitration in... [23 May 2001]
Domain name bonanza just a flash in the pan
News Francis Gurry, assistant director general of WIPO, warned that the creation of 20 new domains could have a devastating effect on intellectual property. As long as they are top level domains we will handle any domain name disputes through WIPO," he... [13 Mar 2001]
German net industry wants right to settle its own disputes
News UN body WIPO believes arbitration schemes, which have already proven successful in other European countries, such as the UK, are becoming necessary as more top level domain name owners clash across national boundaries. [06 Mar 2001]
No end in sight for cybersquatting disputes
News Following this week's meeting in Geneva, the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has published a best practice paper designed to encourage the administrators of country-level domains (ccTLDs) like dot-co-dot-uk and dot-org-dot-uk to... [23 Feb 2001]
'Stamp out cybersquatting': summit gets off on wrong foot
News The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) is presiding over the meeting in Geneva. Top of the agenda for the day is the promotion on a global basis of UDRP (uniform dispute resolution policy), the domain name arbitration procedure WIPO... [20 Feb 2001]
The rise of global ebusinesses
Comment Called Global Ebusiness (http://www.silicon.com/global ), the report considers what companies need to be doing to operate globally, as well as the ways governments and organisations such as the WTO, WIPO and FBI are bringing about change. [13 Nov 2000]
Websites unite to make legal protests Easy
News The EasyGroup is understood to have sent lawyers letters warning off another 30 or more sites, although the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) which rules on domain name conflicts has turned down all of EasyGroup's protests so far. [09 Nov 2000]
WIPO promises quick-fix patent procedure
News The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has passed a treaty that will simplify and reduce the costs of the patenting procedure. The patent law treaty (PLT) was finalised last week at the end of a WIPO diplomatic conference in Geneva and... [05 Jun 2000]
ASPs - let's not outsource the baby with the bath water
Comment This will take place under the guidance of the World Intellectual Property Organization (Wipo). Supporters of The Next Big Thing - from the network computer to e-marketplaces - rarely show much restraint when pushing their offerings, and themselves... [22 May 2000]
ASP users get international watchdog
News The organisation will be a joint effort between the ASP industry consortium (Aspic) - an international advocacy group of almost 500 technology companies - and the World Intellectual Property Organization (Wipo). [08 May 2000]
WIPO evicts cybersquatters
News The domain name arbitration service set up by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has received 89 complaints since its launch two months ago. Francis Gurry, WIPO assistant director general, said in a statement: "The rate of increase... [23 Feb 2000]
