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WIPO Internet Domain Name Process

THE MANAGEMENT OF INTERNET NAMES AND ADDRESSES:
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ISSUES

Interim Report
of the
WIPO Internet Domain Name Process

December 23, 1998

 

Table of Contents
Executive Summary
1: The Internet, Domain Names and the WIPO Process
2: Avoiding Disjunction Between Cyberspace and the Rest of the World
3: Resolving Conflicts in a Multijurisdictional World with a Global Medium
4: The Problem of Notoriety: Famous and Well-Known Marks
5: New Generic Top-Level Domains
A-I. Panel of Experts
A-II. Formal Comments
A-III. Statistical Information
A-IV. List of States Party to the Paris Convention
A-V. List of States Party to WTO and Bound by the TRIPS Agreement


ANNEX III
Statistical Information Concerning Participation in the WIPO Internet Domain Name Process

 

I. REGISTERED PARTICIPANTS (1051 participants)

"Registered participants" means those governmental entities, organizations, corporations and individuals who have registered through the WIPO web site and the WIPO Secretariat to receive regular communications on developments in connection with the WIPO Internet Domain Names Process.

 

 

II. COUNTRY OF ORIGIN OF PARTICIPANTS

(73 countries)

Albania

Argentina

Australia

Austria

Bahrain

Belarus

Belgium

Brazil

Burkina Faso

Bulgaria

Canada

Central African Republic

Chile

Peoples’ Republic of China

Colombia

Cuba

Czech Republic

Denmark

Ecuador

Egypt

Estonia

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Guatemala

Hungary

India

Indonesia

Ireland

Israel

Italy

Japan

Jordan

Kyrgyzstan

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

Luxembourg

Macau

Malaysia

Mauritius

Mexico

Netherlands

New Zealand

Nicaragua

Norway

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Republic of Korea

Romania

Russian Federation

Singapore

Slovakia

Slovenia

South Africa

Spain

Sri Lanka

Sweden

Switzerland

Thailand

The former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia

Turkey

Uganda

Ukraine

United Arab Emirates

United Kingdom

United States

Uruguay

Venezuela

Vietnam

Zimbabwe

 

III. WIPO PROCESS LISTSERVER

 

 

IV. WIPO PROCESS WEB SITE

[Annex IV]