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

[George Kirikos]

P.S. World Bank is definitely an IGO, and is on the ICANN Reserved List:

https://www.icann.org/sites/default/files/packages/reserved-names/ReservedNames.xml

Sincerely,

George Kirikos
416-588-0269
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On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 12:48 PM, George Kirikos <icann at leap.com> wrote:
> And another example would be the UDRP for WorldBank.net:
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> http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/decisions/html/2002/d2002-0222.html
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> brought by an agency of the United Nations.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> George Kirikos
> 416-588-0269
> http://www.leap.com/
>
>
>
>
> 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/