RE: [ga] Interesting WIPO ruling re: NewZealand.biz

["Rodrigo Orenday Serrato" <rorenday@banxico.org.mx>]

Good point, Patricio, specially because the hypothetic gTLD you mention is
highly distinctive indeed. But say that Brazil had one of these national
intitutes devoted to the promotion and production of Brazilian cinema.

One of the biggest problems that I find in domain names is that the
registration of those which include generic names and terms commonly used,
like the name of a country, is not banned, unlike trade and service marks.
However the former is also true in the naming of works of art, such as a
movie. In my opinion, were things as you say, Terry Gilliam would require to
have authorization from the Brazilian government to register that domain.


Atentamente, Regards
Rodrigo Orenday Serratos




-----Mensaje original-----
De: Patricio Poblete [mailto:ppoblete@nic.cl]
Enviado el: Jueves, 10 de Octubre de 2002 12:49 PM
Para: Rodrigo Orenday Serrato
CC: 'Andy Gardner'; ga@dnso.org
Asunto: Re: [ga] Interesting WIPO ruling re: NewZealand.biz


On Thu, Oct 10, 2002 at 12:15:02PM -0500, Rodrigo  Orenday Serrato wrote:
>
> [...] Each State is entitled
> to choose the form of its designation, same which may not be used
otherwise
> by anyone else, irrepective of the function that eacg gTLD is supposed to
> serve.

So, you would argue that, in a hypothetical ".movie" TLD, Terry Gilliam
would have no right to register "brazil.movie"?

Patricio Poblete

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