Comments in Response to the Secretariat's Questionnaire on the Protection of Country Names in the Domain Name System
State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania
Kalvariju str. 3
LT-2600 Vilnius, Lithuania
Tel: +370 2 78 02 50
Fax:+370 2 75 07 23
Email: spb@vpb.lt
Internet: http://www.is.lt/vpb
Mr. David Muls
Secretary
Secretariat of the Special Session of the SCT
World Intellectual Property Organization
34 chemin des Colombettes
1211 Geneve 20
Sveicarija (Suisse)
F'ax: 41227335428
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RE: QUESTIONNAIRE CIRCULAR C.6635
Dear Mr .Muls,
Please find enclosed the answers of the State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania regarding the protection of country names in the Domain Name System.
Yours sincerely,
Rimvydas Naujokas
Director
QUESTIONNAIRE
ON
THE PROTECTION OF COUNTRY NAMES
IN THE
DOMAIN NAME SYSTEM
(Lithuania)
(i) The name of a country could be identified by ISO Standard 3166. Both the long and short country names should be protected certainly.
(ii) Country names should be protected in English as dominating language on the Internet and in the language of the particular country.
(iii) Any protection could be extended to all existing and future domains.
(iv) If rights are acquired in bad faith, the registration should be cancelled.
(v) The UDRP could be used as mechanisI1l to implement protection of country names.
(vi) Any protection should extend also to misleading variations.
(vii) Protection should be dependent upon a showing of bad faith.