On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 4:29 AM, Alan Greenberg <alan.greenberg@mcgill.ca> wrote:
My recollection is that the URS does allow for names protected by international accord but the UDRP does not. Not sure about TMCH.
Neither URS nor TMCH covers marks other than trademarks/services (registered, protected by international law or by special domestic law). They are all purely trademark measures. Hong
At 22/10/2012 02:44 PM, Evan Leibovitch wrote:
Quick answer:
Because they don't want the hassle and cost incurred by other name-holders (clearinghouse, URS/UDRP) and have convinced the GAC that their legal titles are more important than those of the private sector.
This is all the more curious because my understanding is that international treaty/law protects the IOC graphic symbol (five rings in that colour/pattern) but not the word "olympic". So... in other words (if this is accurate), they are asking ICANN to extend beyond existing protections in the outside world.
At very least, this is not as clear-cut as the GAC would suggest.
- Evan
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