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WIPO tries to head off domain name disputes

News The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) will publish a report tonight aimed at soothing the troubled waters of Web domain naming. WIPO believes disputes will occur between Network Solutions and commercial domain name registrars, as they...

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[30 Apr 1999]

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.

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[10 Jan 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 planned clothing venture to...

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[08 Apr 2002]

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 just two months after Wipo had been forced to...

Tags: squatting, unisa, cyber, security

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[19 Sep 2005]

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]

'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]

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...

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[02 Nov 2001]

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. An arbitration panel decided the site had been bought and used in bad...

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[19 Aug 2002]

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). To qualify for the posh registration, would-be mobile internet companies will need to have registered their...

Tags: dotmobi, dot mobi, top level domain

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[16 Aug 2006]