About Intellectual Property IP Training IP Outreach IP for… IP and... IP in... Patent & Technology Information Trademark Information Industrial Design Information Geographical Indication Information Plant Variety Information (UPOV) IP Laws, Treaties & Judgements IP Resources IP Reports Patent Protection Trademark Protection Industrial Design Protection Geographical Indication Protection Plant Variety Protection (UPOV) IP Dispute Resolution IP Office Business Solutions Paying for IP Services Negotiation & Decision-Making Development Cooperation Innovation Support Public-Private Partnerships The Organization Working with WIPO Accountability Patents Trademarks Industrial Designs Geographical Indications Copyright Trade Secrets WIPO Academy Workshops & Seminars World IP Day WIPO Magazine Raising Awareness Case Studies & Success Stories IP News WIPO Awards Business Universities Indigenous Peoples Judiciaries Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural Expressions Economics Gender Equality Global Health Climate Change Competition Policy Sustainable Development Goals Enforcement Frontier Technologies Mobile Applications Sports Tourism PATENTSCOPE Patent Analytics International Patent Classification ARDI – Research for Innovation ASPI – Specialized Patent Information Global Brand Database Madrid Monitor Article 6ter Express Database Nice Classification Vienna Classification Global Design Database International Designs Bulletin Hague Express Database Locarno Classification Lisbon Express Database Global Brand Database for GIs PLUTO Plant Variety Database GENIE Database WIPO-Administered Treaties WIPO Lex - IP Laws, Treaties & Judgments WIPO Standards IP Statistics WIPO Pearl (Terminology) WIPO Publications Country IP Profiles WIPO Knowledge Center WIPO Technology Trends Global Innovation Index World Intellectual Property Report PCT – The International Patent System ePCT Budapest – The International Microorganism Deposit System Madrid – The International Trademark System eMadrid Article 6ter (armorial bearings, flags, state emblems) Hague – The International Design System eHague Lisbon – The International System of Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications eLisbon UPOV PRISMA Mediation Arbitration Expert Determination Domain Name Disputes Centralized Access to Search and Examination (CASE) Digital Access Service (DAS) WIPO Pay Current Account at WIPO WIPO Assemblies Standing Committees Calendar of Meetings WIPO Official Documents Development Agenda Technical Assistance IP Training Institutions COVID-19 Support National IP Strategies Policy & Legislative Advice Cooperation Hub Technology and Innovation Support Centers (TISC) Technology Transfer Inventor Assistance Program WIPO GREEN WIPO's Pat-INFORMED Accessible Books Consortium WIPO for Creators WIPO ALERT Member States Observers Director General Activities by Unit External Offices Job Vacancies Procurement Results & Budget Financial Reporting Oversight

Electronic Commerce and Intellectual Property: Domain Names

Second Special Session of the Standing Committee on the Law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications

Comments in Response to the Secretariat's Questionnaire on the Protection of Country Names in the Domain Name System
(See paragraph 132 of the Report of the First Special Session)

  • Working documents of the Special Sessions of the Standing Committee on the Law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications

I. States

Country

Agency

Australia IP Australia
Brazil Government of Brazil
Canada Government of Canada
China Trademark Office
State Administration for Industry and Commerce
Colombia Department of Multilateral Economic, Social and Environmental Affairs
Ministry of External Relations

Croatia

State Intellectual Property Office

Cuba Cuban Industrial Property Office
Denmark Danish Patent and Trademark Office
Estonia Estonian Patent Office
France Government of France
Hungary Hungarian Patent Office

Ireland

Intellectual Property Unit, Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment

Japan Government of Japan

Kenya

Kenya Industrial Property Office, Ministry of Trade and Industry

Kyrgyzstan

State Agency of Science and Intellectual Property

Latvia Patent Office
Lithuania State Patent Bureau of the Republic of Lithuania
Mauritius

Government of Mauritius

Mexico Mexican Institute of Industrial Property

Netherlands

Directorate-General for Telecommunications and Post, Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management

New Zealand Ministry of Economic Development

Portugal

National Institute of Industrial Property, Ministry of Economy

Republic of Moldova

State Agency on Industrial Property Protection

Republic of South Africa Government of the Republic of South Africa

Spain

Spanish Patent and Trademark Office, Ministry of Science and Technology

Turkey Turkish Patent Institute, Department of International Affairs
Ukraine State Department of Intellectual Property, Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine
Uruguay National Directorate of Industrial Property
United Kingdom Patent Office, Intellectual Property Policy Directorate
United States of America

Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), United States Department of Commerce

 

II. Organizations

Organization

Arbitration Center for Industrial Property, Japan

European Commission

International Trademark Association (INTA)

Japan Patent Attorneys Association (JPAA)

Japan Trademark Association

Network Information Center, Mexico
JapaneseKoreanPortuguese