Domain Names

WIPO-commissioned materials

  • The Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy: Background and Current Status [PDF] (SCT/S1/2)
  • Study Concerning the Use of Trademarks on the Internet [PDF] (SCT/2(2)/9)
  • Use of Trademarks on the Internet: Issues Paper [PDF] (SCT/3/4)
  • Domain Names: Making a Good Choice [PDF]
  • Protection of Marks, and Other Industrial Property Rights in Signs, on the Internet [PDF] (SCT/6/2)
  • Protection of Industrial Property Rights in Relation to the Use of Signs on the Internet [PDF] (SCT/5/2)
  • How to Manage an International Trademark Portfolio: Choosing, Protecting, Monitoring and Enforcing Trademarks and Domain Names [PDF] (WIPO/TM/BEY/03/4)
  • Recommendation Concerning the Protection of Marks, and other Industrial Property Rights in Signs, on the Internet [PDF] (SCT/7/2)
  • Cybersquatting: The OECD's Experience and the Problems it Illustrates with Registrar Practices and the "WHOIS" System [PDF] Prepared by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)- (SCT/S2/INF/2)
  • Cyber-Misuse of the Protected Names and Emblems of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement: A Case for Special Protection [PDF] Prepared by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and the International Committee of the Red Cross - (SCT/S2/INF/3)
  • The New Generic Top-Level Domains [PDF] (SCT/S1/3)
  • The Status of Country Names in the .INFO Top-Level Domain [PDF] (SCT/S1/4)
  • The Protection of Country Names in the Domain Name System [PDF] (SCT/10/5)
  • Internet Domain Names and Geographical Indications [PDF] (SCT/10/6)
  • The Protection of Country Names in the Domain Name System [PDF] (SCT/S2/3)
  • The Protection of Country Names in the Domain Name System [PDF] Submitted by the Government of the Republic of South Africa - (SCT/S2/6)
  • The Protection of Country Names in the Domain Name System [PDF] Submitted by the Government of Mauritius - (SCT/S2/7)
  • The Protection of Country Names in the Domain Name System [PDF] By INTA - (SCT/S2/INF/5)
  • Use of Trademarks on the Internet: Summary of Responses to Questionnaire [PDF] (SCT/3/2)
  • Draft Provisions Concerning Protection of Trademarks and other Distinctive Signs on the Internet [PDF] (SCT/4/4)
  • Provisions of the Preliminary Draft Convention on Jurisdiction and Foreign Judgements in Civil and Commercial Matters [PDF] On issues of jurisdiction for proceedings arising from the use of trademarks on the Internet - (SCT/4/3)

 

Non WIPO-commissioned Materials

  • A. Engel, International Domain Names Disputes: Rules and Practice of the UDRP, in EIPR 2003, 351-365.
  • A.L. Celli-N. BENZ, Arbitration and Intellectual Property, in 3 EBOR 2002, 593-610.
  • C. NI - CHATAIN, The European Community and the Member States in the Dispute Settlement Understanding of the WTO: United or Divided, in 5 European Law Journal, 1999, 461 ff.
  • F. Schauer, The Boundaries of the First Amendment: A Preliminary Exploration of Constitutional Salience, in 117 Harv. L.R. 2004, 1765-1809.
  • Mo Zhang, Governance of Internet Domain Names Against Cybersquatters in China: A Framework and Legal Perspective, in 26 Hastings Inter'l and Comp. Law Rev., 2002, 51-82.
  • W. WEFERS BETTINK, Domain Name Dispute Resolution under the UDRP: The First Two Years, in 24 EIPR 2002, 244 ff.
  • M. FROOMKIN, ICANN's "Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy" -  Causes and Partial Cures, in 67 Brooklin Law Review 2002, 605 ff. available at www.law.miami.edu/~froomkin/articles/udrp.pdf
  • A. CHRISTIE, The ICANN Domain Name Dispute Resolution System as a Model for Resolving other Intellectual Property Disputes on the Internet, in 5 The Journal of World Intellectual Property 2002, 105 ff.
  • M.A. AL-KANDARI, Infringement of Copyright and Trade Marks in Electronic Commerce: A Kuwaiti and Comparative Approach, in 17 Arab Law Quarterly, 2002, 3 ff.
  • LING CHIANG LI, The People Republic of China Domain-Name Regulatory Regime, in 4 The Journal of World Trade Law, 2001, 105 ff.
  • M. STECHTER, Webvertising: Unfair Competition and Trademarks on the Internet, Kluwer Law International, 1999.
  • E. RHEIN, Reverse Domain Name Hijacking: Analysis and Suggestions, in EIPR 2001, 557 ff.
  • P. GEY, Bad Faith Under ICANN’s Uniform Domain Names Dispute Resolution Policy, in EIPR 2001, 507 ff.
  • J.P. LIU, Legitimacy and Authority in Internet Coordination: A Domain Name Case Study, in 74 Ind. L.J., 1999, 587.
  • D. J. EZER, Celebrity Names as Web Site Addresses: Extending the Domain of Publicity Rights to the Internet, in 67 The University of Chicago Law Rev., 2000, 1291 ff.
  • M. LEAFFER, Domain Names, Globalization and Internet Governance, in 6 Ind. J. of Global Legal Studies, 1998, 139 ff.
  • A.E. Manas, Harvard as a Model in Trademark and Domain Name Protection, in 29 Rutgers Comp. and Tech. Law J., 2003, 475-502.
  • C. GIBSON, Digital Dispute Resolution. Internet Domain Names and WIPO's Role, in Computer und Recht International, n.2, 2001, 33 ff.
  • G. E. EVANS, Comment on the Terms of Reference and Procedure for the Second WIPO Internet Domain Name Process, in EIPR, 2001, 61 ff.
  • S. JONES, A Child's First Step: The First Six Months of Operation -  The ICANN Dispute Resolution Procedure for Bad Faith Registration of Domain Names, in EIPR, 2001, 66 ff.
  • S.M. MANIATIS, Trade Mark Law and Domain Names: Back to Basics? in 24 EIPR 2002, 397 ff.
  • M. STECHTER, Webvertising: Unfair Competition and Trademarks on the Internet, Kluwer Law International, 1999.
  • A. KUR, Use of Trademarks on the Internet -  the WIPO Recommendations, in 33 IIC 2002, 41 ff.

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