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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... [06 Sep 2006]
easyMobile wins easiermobile.com domain
News According to a complaint filed with Wipo (World Intellectual Property Organisation), easyGroup claims the URL "is confusingly similar to its trademark easyMobile phonetically, visually and conceptually" and the website was a direct attempt by... [14 Jul 2005]
Lawmakers must 'think global' for IPR solutions
News European legislators could work at the international level with the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), the report recommends. Malcolm Harbour MEP, chairman of the Conservative Technology Forum, concurred that global solutions are what... [24 Jan 2005]
The Bloor Perspective: Concorde and conferencing, that IPR retreat and Xbox lessons
Comment It is, therefore, bemusing that the US Director of International Relations for the US Patent and Trademark Office apparently opposed such a meeting, claiming that such a meeting would run against the mission of WIPO to promote intellectual... [10 Nov 2003]
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]
PwC loses PwC.com
News An arbitration panel for the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) ruled PwC had failed to prove that the defendant had no legitimate interest in the domain and had registered it in good faith. [27 May 2002]
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... [02 Nov 2001]
No end in sight for cybersquatting disputes
News The WIPO proposals require evidence of an identical or similar trademark, but we think people have wider rights to their name. WIPO admits the rights of non-trademark holders need to be addressed and according to Gurry, the organisation is already... [23 Feb 2001]
Nine point ecommerce agenda mapped out at WIPO summit
News According to Dr Kamil Idris, director general of WIPO, the agenda maps out the best course for moving commerce onto the Internet, whilst safeguarding intellectual property rights. The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has detailed a... [20 Sep 1999]
US government throws its weight behind WIPO copyright standards
News The WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT) and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT) contain a general update of the legal principles underpinning international protection of copyright and the rights of performers and phonogram producers on the... [15 Sep 1999]
Patents to cost less
News A representative of the WIPO - a division of the United Nations that controls the global patent service and other property rights issues - explained that patent costs have been cut because the existing charge structure has been making a surplus. [16 Sep 1998]
