RE: [ga] NewZealand.com WIPO decision

[Joop Teernstra <terastra@terabytz.co.nz>]

At 09:27 a.m. 20/12/2002, Steven Heath wrote:

>Even more interesting to read the BNA Law summary of the decision:
>
>"A three-member WIPO ICANN UDRP panel has ruled against the Government of
>New Zealand in its bid to obtain the transfer of the newzealand.com domain.
>The panel found that the country does not have a trademark in the name New
>Zealand. Further, the panel termed the action "baseless" and "misconceived"
>as it unanimously found that the government engaged in reverse domain name
>hijacking in bringing the action."

And Stuart Lynn wants more "government" input into the ICANN process, to 
speak on the users behalf. :-(

The NZ "government" hijack attempt of newzealand.com was  the action of one 
Department acting on its own. A bureaucratic left hand acting in ignorance 
of  the right hand (its GAC rep).


-joop-

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