Nike filed a UDRP complaint with the World Intellectual Property ,asserting legal rights over NikeIran.com domain name.
Nike should expect the World Intellectual Property Organization order the domain name to be transferred,considering the company owns many trademark registration for the “Nike” mark all over the world.
The World Intellectual Property Organization will examine if the domain name is confusingly similar to the trademarked name.Moreover,it will examine if the owner of the disputed domain name has rights over it and if the domain is being used in bad faith.The disputed domain name will be passed over to Nike if it falls under all three of these stipulations.
The case is still pending compliance checks with the World Intellectual Property Organization .
According to whois records ,the domain name was first registered in October,2011 .
Afilias Limited requests the removal of the cross-ownership restrictions reflected on the .PRO Registry Agreement dated 22 April 2010.
This request is submitted according to the “Process for Handling Requests for Removal of Cross-Ownership Restrictions on Operators of Existing gTLDs” adopted by the Board on 18 October 2012.
According to the approved process, in order to lift cross-ownership restrictions, existing gTLD registry operators could either request an amendment to their existing Registry Agreement to remove the cross-ownership restrictions or request to transition to the new form of Registry Agreement for new gTLDs. Any proposed material amendments to gTLD registry agreements would be subject to public comment prior to ICANN approval.
Public Comment Box Link: http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/pro-xo-removal-26jul13-en.htm
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http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-26jul13-en.htm
Afilias Limited requests the removal of the cross-ownership restrictions reflected on the .MOBI Registry Agreement dated 10 July 2005.
This request is submitted according to the “Process for Handling Requests for Removal of Cross-Ownership Restrictions on Operators of Existing gTLDs” adopted by the Board on 18 October 2012.
According to the approved process, in order to lift cross-ownership restrictions, existing gTLD registry operators could either request an amendment to their existing Registry Agreement to remove the cross-ownership restrictions or request to transition to the new form of Registry Agreement for new gTLDs. Any proposed material amendments to gTLD registry agreements would be subject to public comment prior to ICANN approval.
Public Comment Box Link: http://www.icann.org/en/news/public-comment/mobi-xo-removal-26jul13-en.htm
This announcement was sourced from :
http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-26jul13-en.htm
