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  1. 08-27-2009, 11:15 AM #1
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    Question Country names

    I'm curious to know about any WIPO cases where official country names (not cities, towns etc.) were challenged in a UDRP and if there are any successful awards of that domain to the government of the respective country.

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    http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/d...002-00270.html

    Wasn't contested though.

    http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/d...2002-0754.html

    This one they didn't win - also proven was reverse domain hijacking!
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  3. 08-27-2009, 11:46 AM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by jasdon11 View Post
    http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/d...002-00270.html

    Wasn't contested though.

    http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/d...2002-0754.html

    This one they didn't win - also proven was reverse domain hijacking!
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    Thanks James. Don't mess with HRM The Queen

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  5. 08-27-2009, 12:07 PM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by Acro View Post
    Thanks James. Don't mess with HRM The Queen
    Unless you're Greek (Prince Philip)
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    Quote Originally Posted by jasdon11 View Post
    Unless you're Greek (Prince Philip)
    Or Michelle Obama and her famous hug

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    Generally speaking, I can't see how a country name could ever be the proper subject of a UDRP loss. Even the uncontested one seems wrong to me.
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    Her Majesty reverse hijacks, uh oh!
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    When all the restrictions on .be were lifted the Belgian State forgot to reserve belgique.be & belgie.be, they only had belgium.be. I think it took them some time to get the names back from a Dutch company through dispute resolution...
    Switzerland has experienced something very similar.

    I think geodomains are risky when you happen to own the country name in its own TLD... in gTLDs like .com it's another story - gTLDs are no man's land namespace.
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  11. 09-06-2009, 09:15 AM #11
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    I haven't read the links yet. Is this for their extensions only or all extensions .coms, .net, etc...
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    Quote Originally Posted by cleverlyslick View Post
    I haven't read the links yet. Is this for their extensions only or all extensions .coms, .net, etc...
    I'm only referring to gTLDs. Country codes are governed by different rules.
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