WIPO Internet Domain Name Process

Report: Mexico City regional consultation

On October 6, 1998, the fourth regional consultation within the framework of the WIPO Internet Domain Name Process was held in Mexico City, Mexico at the University Club of Mexico. The consultation was co-sponsored by the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI).

The meeting was attended on behalf of WIPO by Yolanda Huerta, Legal Officer, Office of Legal and Organization Affairs and Deborah Enix-Ross, Senior Legal Officer, Arbitration and Mediation Center. The panel of experts assisting WIPO in its work was represented by Oscar Robles, Interim Chair of the Latin American and Caribbean Country Code Top Level Domain Organization (LACTLD) and Coordinator of NIC MX, and Oscar Sznajder, Member of LACTLD Argentina. Opening remarks were presented by Jorge Amigo, Director of IMPI, and Luis Schmidt, President of the Mexican Association for the Protection of Industrial Property (AMPPI).

The presentations and open discussions covered the four main topics to be addressed by the WIPO Internet Domain Name Process: dispute prevention, dispute resolution, protection of famous and well-known marks, and introduction of new gTLDs. The table below lists those who made presentations or interventions during the course of the meeting. Issues that attracted particular attention were the need for a particular protection for famous and well-known marks and the requirement that a central database for famous and well-known trademarks be established; the desirability of adopting international standards, in the form of a treaty or model law, for domain name-related matters, and the feasibility of establishing an on-line dispute resolution system.

A recording was made of the proceeding and a transcript is available.

Speakers