wipo intellectual property arbitration

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... [19 Sep 2005]

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... [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 recognisable through the... [05 Jul 2002]

ASPs receive service guidelines

News The International ASP consortium (Aspic) and the World Intellectual Property Organisation (Wipo) have worked out joint guidelines for settling disputes. The guidelines will provide business customers and ASPs with clarification and arbitration in... [23 May 2001]

German net industry wants right to settle its own disputes

News UN body WIPO believes arbitration schemes, which have already proven successful in other European countries, such as the UK, are becoming necessary as more top level domain name owners clash across national boundaries. [06 Mar 2001]

'Stamp out cybersquatting': summit gets off on wrong foot

News 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 developed to deal with cybersquatters on top-level domains such as dot-com and dot-org. [20 Feb 2001]

WIPO evicts cybersquatters

News The domain name arbitration service set up by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has received 89 complaints since its launch two months ago. Francis Gurry, WIPO assistant director general, said in a statement: "The rate of increase... [23 Feb 2000]

WIPO sets up official channel for domain name disputes

News WIPO hopes the arbitration service will boost consumer confidence. The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) will this week intercede for the first time in a case of domain name 'cybersquatting'. [06 Dec 1999]

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]

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