Dear Erick, Thank you for this. NOTE[20] goes "... such remedies may but need not include , for example, revocation, cancellation, transfer, damages, or injunctive relief." Has "BUT NEED NOT" been added to the earlier version around two years ago? Regards, Hiro On Fri, 9 Oct 2015 11:15:18 -0500 Erick Iriarte <eiriarte@iriartelaw.com> wrote:
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De: Erick Iriarte <eiriarte@alfa-redi.org> Asunto: TPP Treaty: Intellectual Property Rights Chapter - 5 October 2015 - domain names (final text) Fecha: 9 de octubre de 2015, 11:12:23 GMT-5 Para: LatinoamerICANN <latinoamericann@dgroups.org> Cc: "ag@lactld.org General de LACTLD" <ag@lactld.org>
Paises involucrados: United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, Mexico, Peru, Vietnam, Brunei, Chile US, CA, AU, NZ, SG, JP, MX, PE, CL, BN, VN, MY
Nota de Prensa de Wikileaks Texto Chapter Propiedad Intelectual: https://wikileaks.org/tpp-ip3/WikiLeaks-TPP-IP-Chapter/WikiLeaks-TPP-IP-Chap... <https://wikileaks.org/tpp-ip3/WikiLeaks-TPP-IP-Chapter/WikiLeaks-TPP-IP-Chap...> (PDF)
Article QQ.C.12: {Domain Name Cybersquatting}
1. In connection with each Party’s system for the management of its country-code toplevel domain (ccTLD) domain names, the following shall be available:
(a) an appropriate procedure for the settlement of disputes, based on, or modelled along the same lines as, the principles established in the Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy, or that is: (i) designed to resolve disputes expeditiously and at low cost, (ii) fair and equitable, (iii) not overly burdensome, and (iv) does not preclude resort to court litigation; and
(b) online public access to a reliable and accurate database of contact information concerning domain-name registrants;
in accordance with each Party’s laws and, where applicable, relevant administrator policies regarding protection of privacy and personal data.
2. In connection with each Party’s system for the management of ccTLD domain names, appropriate remedies[20], shall be available, at least in cases where a person registers or holds, with a bad faith intent to profit, a domain name that is identical or confusingly similar to a trademark.
Note [20] It is understood that such remedies may but need not include, for example, revocation, cancellation, transfer, damages, or injunctive relief.