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Copyright tussle looming over online video?
News The World Intellectual Property Organization, or Wipo, a specialised arm of the UN, gave the go-ahead in 2003 to begin drafting the treaty but a final version is still pending. Jule Sigall, the US Copyright Office official who led the roundtable... [06 Sep 2006]
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). Trademark holders will be able to register from 15 September to 13 October, dotMobi said. [16 Aug 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]
MikeRoweSoft teen flogs legal documents on eBay
News I am selling the WIPO book with the 25-page letter I received from Microsoft's lawyers on 14 January, 2004. Rowe refused, and the conflict wound up before WIPO, which arbitrates in domain name disputes. [03 Feb 2004]
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]
Alcoholics Anonymous loses web battle
News The WIPO ruling said it is fair to use the domain name, despite accepting the complainants' right to the Alcoholics Anonymous trademark. The site hosts chat rooms and message boards for discussion of AA-related issues - but the World Intellectual... [10 Jan 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]
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]
WIPO plans to wipe out cybersquatters
News The only concrete proposals for an extension to the law which WIPO did feel able to make concerned two areas: the names of international organisations (such as WIPO) and the non-trademark names of drugs such as sildenafenil (the generic term for... [04 Sep 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]
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]
WIPO tries to head off domain name disputes
News The document is expected to focus primarily on trademark issues, and will act as a basis on which WIPO will advise Icann (The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) on managing disagreements. [30 Apr 1999]
Patents to cost less
News The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has confirmed its plans to cut patent registration costs. A representative of the WIPO - a division of the United Nations that controls the global patent service and other property rights issues... [16 Sep 1998]
