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ARTICLE · 04 JULY 2008

Sukhsagar Successful At WIPO Panel

The WIPO forum is proving to be an effective means for trademark owners to assert and claim their rights over infringing domain names.

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The WIPO forum is proving to be an effective means for trademark owners to assert and claim their rights over infringing domain names. In an era where e-trading and e-commerce are gaining prominence day in and day out, the link between the two is getting closer than ever. It seems that soon enough trademarks and domain names will become so inextricably linked that the two shall mirror each other in terms of rights and liabilities.

The Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy created by ICANN, lends trademark owners an opportunity to assert their rights against existing deceptive domain names. The elements to be proved in order to assert their rights include:

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