[Gnso-igo-ingo-crp] An interesting UDRP

[George Kirikos]

And another example would be the UDRP for WorldBank.net:

http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/decisions/html/2002/d2002-0222.html

brought by an agency of the United Nations.

Sincerely,

George Kirikos
416-588-0269
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On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 12:35 PM, George Kirikos <icann at leap.com> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> During our call today I discovered an interesting UDRP related to "UNITAID"
>
> http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/search/text.jsp?case=D2012-1922
>
> I'm not 100% sure whether it's an IGO, but it is hosted by the World
> Health Organization, and its members are mostly governments:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitaid
> http://www.unitaid.eu/en/how/members
>
> It might be a demonstration of how IGOs might pursue UDRPs, under
> existing rules. In the UDRP decision, it mentions:
>
> "In 2009, a Fiduciary Agreement was made between the World Health
> Organization/Unitaid and the Complainant to file and hold in its own
> name, for the benefit of Unitaid, the necessary applications for the
> protection of the “Unitaid” name, according to the instructions and
> under the control of World Health Organization/Unitaid.
>
> In 2009, the Complainant thus registered, in its own name but for the
> benefit of World Health Organization/Unitaid, UNITAID as a trademark
> in numerous jurisdictions."
>
> That seems to be a great mechanism to entirely avoid the
> immunity/jurisdcition issue.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> George Kirikos
> 416-588-0269
> http://www.leap.com/