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Copyright tussle looming over online video?

News Jule Sigall, the US Copyright Office official who led the roundtable, said the most recent language, released earlier this summer, is "very much a step towards something else" and that next week's meetings of Wipo's Standing Committee on Copyright...

Tags: netcasting, webcasting, wipo, copyright

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[06 Sep 2006]

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 planned clothing venture to...

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[08 Apr 2002]

WIPO sets up official channel for domain name disputes

News The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) will this week intercede for the first time in a case of domain name 'cybersquatting'. WIPO now hopes to put a stop to drawn-out legal battles around dot-com, dot-org and dot-net addresses by...

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[06 Dec 1999]

WIPO cracks down on cybersquatters

News Last week's WIPO report is the first official ruling of it's kind in these areas. The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has taken steps towards an outright ban on cybersquatting in a report released late Friday night.

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[04 May 1999]

Domain name database gets seal of approval

News The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has given its official stamp of approval to a Web site which claims to put an end to Internet domain name disputes. A spokesman for the WIPO said it has submitted a document of endorsement to the...

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[23 Nov 1998]