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RSS WipoCopyright tussle looming over online video?
News The World Intellectual Property Organization, or Wipo, a specialised arm of the UN, gave the go-ahead in 2003 to begin drafting the treaty but a final version is still pending. Jule Sigall, the US Copyright Office... [06 Sep 2006]
dotMobi to auction top-drawer names
News It's also launching a 'premium name' service for some brand holders in conjunction with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). dotMobi, the company behind the newly launched mobile top level domain, has... [16 Aug 2006]
Webcasting ejected from broadcasting treaty
News The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) on Friday welcomed the news that webcasting will no longer be included in the World Intellectual Property Organization's (Wipo) broadcasting treaty. The Treaty on the Protection... [09 May 2006]
Typo-squatters target security industry
News That case went before the World Intellectual Property Organisation (Wipo) for arbitration and Wipo ordered Unasi to return the domain which it believed had been registered in bad faith. That ruling came... [19 Sep 2005]
easyMobile wins easiermobile.com domain
News According to a complaint filed with Wipo (World Intellectual Property Organisation), easyGroup claims the URL "is confusingly similar to its trademark easyMobile phonetically, visually and conceptually" and the website... [14 Jul 2005]
Lawmakers must 'think global' for IPR solutions
News European legislators could work at the international level with the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), the report recommends. Malcolm Harbour MEP, chairman of the Conservative Technology Forum, concurred... [24 Jan 2005]
Web 'copycats' ripping off small businesses
News Michael Cover, a partner and intellectual property expert at law firm Faegre Benson Hobson Audley who also sits on WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) dispute panels, told silicon.com: "If you have this kind... [09 Mar 2004]
MikeRoweSoft teen flogs legal documents on eBay
News I am selling the WIPO book with the 25-page letter I received from Microsoft's lawyers on 14 January, 2004. Rowe refused, and the conflict wound up before WIPO, which arbitrates in domain name disputes. [03 Feb 2004]
The Bloor Perspective: Concorde and conferencing, that IPR retreat and Xbox lessons
Comment Through its work, WIPO plays an important role in enhancing the quality and enjoyment of life and helps create real wealth for nations. WIPO is an international organisation dedicated to promoting the... [10 Nov 2003]
Robbie Williams triumphs in cyber squatting row
News The UN World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) said Taylor had no legitimate claim to the domain and said his actions appeared to be aimed solely at provoking Williams. Pop star Robbie Williams has won a custody... [19 Aug 2002]
Van Morrison wins domain name dispute
News The WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organistion) arbitration panel ruled that Van Morrison held common law trademark rights over the domain as "Van Morrison" was not a common name and had only become internationally... [05 Jul 2002]
PwC loses PwC.com
News An arbitration panel for the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) ruled PwC had failed to prove that the defendant had no legitimate interest in the domain and had registered it in good faith. [27 May 2002]
Red card for Liverpool FC cyber squatter
News The World Intellectual Property Organisation (Wipo) ruled that businessman Andrew Hetherington had no claims over the domain, which it said he registered in 'bad faith'. Hetherington said he registered the domain for a... [08 Apr 2002]
Alcoholics Anonymous loses web battle
News The site hosts chat rooms and message boards for discussion of AA-related issues - but the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) decided AA had failed to prove the site was being run in bad faith. [10 Jan 2002]
Kevin Spacey loses kevinspacey.com
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... [28 Nov 2001]
