Does the Policy apply to the names of Government Departments, agencies and programs?
In delineating the proposed scope of what has now become the Policy, the Final Report of the first WIPO Process (April 1999) (Footnote 1), said: “The second limitation would define abusive registration by reference only to trademarks and service marks. Thus, registrations that violate trade names, geographical indications or personality rights would not be considered to fall within the definition of abusive registration for the purposes of the administrative procedure”.paragraph 167. “[]It is in the interests of all…. that the practice of deliberate abusive registrations of domain names be suppressed. There is evidence that this practice extends to the abuse of intellectual property rights other than trademarks and service marks [134], but we consider that it is premature to extend the notion of abusive registration beyond the violation of trademarks and service marks at this stage. After experience has been gained with the operation of the administrative procedure and time has allow
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