wipo cybersquatting

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.

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[04 Sep 2001]

WIPO cracks down on cybersquatters

News The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has taken steps towards an outright ban on cybersquatting in a report released late Friday night. The WIPO has appointed Icann as the main enforcer of the cybersquatting ban.

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[04 May 1999]

WIPO evicts cybersquatters

News Francis Gurry, WIPO assistant director general, said in a statement: "The rate of increase in case filings reflects growing confidence both in the new procedure as an effective means of dealing with cybersquatting and in WIPO's administration of...

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[23 Feb 2000]

'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...

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[20 Feb 2001]

What's in a name? ICANN and the Net name game

Comment ICANN has taken its initiative from WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organisation) which released a report earlier this year calling for more transparency and accountability in the registration process.

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[06 Sep 1999]

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 wipes web of record number of 'cybersquatters'

News Francis Gurry, Wipo's deputy director general, said: "These increases confirm that 'cybersquatting' remains a significant issue for rights holders. The World Intellectual Property Organization (Wipo), a UN agency based in Geneva, received 2,156...

Tags: un, wipo, trademark, domain names

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[28 Mar 2008]

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]

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.

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[06 Sep 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...

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[23 Feb 2001]