wipo property cybersquatting
'Stamp out cybersquatting': summit gets off on wrong foot
News The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) is presiding over the meeting in Geneva. Earlier cooperation has been complicated because different countries have developed their own procedures for resolving cybersquatting cases. [20 Feb 2001]
WIPO plans to wipe out cybersquatters
News The UN's World Intellectual Property Organisation has called for a tightening of the rules to prevent cybersquatting. A WIPO report published yesterday has proposed that top-level internet domain names (TLDs) containing the names of countries... [04 Sep 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. [06 Sep 1999]
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. [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... [23 Feb 2000]
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... [06 Dec 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. Internet One claims it saves companies from paying often large amounts of money... [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. [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... [23 Feb 2001]
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