IP: Re: International Panel Resolves First Domain Dispute

[David Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>]

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From: Mikki Barry [mailto:ooblick@netpolicy.com]
Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2000 12:01 PM
To: farber@cis.upenn.edu
Subject: Re: IP: International Panel Resolves First Domain Dispute


>WASHINGTON -- In the first test of a new international system for resolving
>disputes over Internet domain names, a panel in Geneva on Friday took an
>address away from a man accused of trying to peddle it to the World
>Wrestling Federation for a hefty profit.

Perhaps the most "interesting" part of this particular case was that
the parties had come to a settlement agreement.  It seems that WIPO
insisted on "ruling" in this case regardless of settlement, something
that is rather unprecedented in any arbitration system I know of.