WIPO Releases First Decision on .Name Generic Top Level Domains

The World Intellectual Property Organization ("WIPO") recently released the first decision pursuant to the new policy on .name generic top level domains ("TLDs"). The Eligibility Requirements Dispute Resolution Policy for .name ("ERDRP") was approved by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ("ICANN") on August 1, 2001 and governs the .name generic TLDs and related disputes. The Respondent, Pascal Leemann-Pluot, had registered the domain name, salvador.dali.name, as a Personal Name Registration. The Complainant, the estate of the late artist Salvador Dali, argued that the Respondent did not meet the Eligibility Requirements for a Personal Name Registration under the ERDRP. Finding that the Complainant had proven their case, the WIPO panel ordered the cancellation of the Respondent's registered domain name. For a copy of WIPO's decision, visit: http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/decisions/html/2002/dname2002-00001.html For more information on the ERDRP, visit: http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/gtld/name/erdrp/index.html