And another example would be the UDRP for WorldBank.net: http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/decisions/html/2002/d2002-0222.html brought by an agency of the United Nations. Sincerely, George Kirikos 416-588-0269 http://www.leap.com/ On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 12:35 PM, George Kirikos <icann@leap.com> wrote:
Hi folks,
During our call today I discovered an interesting UDRP related to "UNITAID"
http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/search/text.jsp?case=D2012-1922
I'm not 100% sure whether it's an IGO, but it is hosted by the World Health Organization, and its members are mostly governments:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitaid http://www.unitaid.eu/en/how/members
It might be a demonstration of how IGOs might pursue UDRPs, under existing rules. In the UDRP decision, it mentions:
"In 2009, a Fiduciary Agreement was made between the World Health Organization/Unitaid and the Complainant to file and hold in its own name, for the benefit of Unitaid, the necessary applications for the protection of the “Unitaid” name, according to the instructions and under the control of World Health Organization/Unitaid.
In 2009, the Complainant thus registered, in its own name but for the benefit of World Health Organization/Unitaid, UNITAID as a trademark in numerous jurisdictions."
That seems to be a great mechanism to entirely avoid the immunity/jurisdcition issue.
Sincerely,
George Kirikos 416-588-0269 http://www.leap.com/