The legal system governing the domain-name in disputes settlement (A reflection on Article 66 of the Ecommerce Law)

Document Type : Technical-Scientific

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The expansion of the global Internet and international trade, the joining of many companies and owners of goods and services to this global network for buying and selling goods and services has frequently increased the importance of intellectual property rights. The use of domain-name by commercial companies is one of the most important elements to make themselves, products, inventions and services identified in the development of e-commerce and conducting commercial activities through the Internet. At the present time, the franchise of the domain-name holder after its registration on the Internet addresses shows the importance of protecting the holders of rights of the domain owners and resolving disputes caused by the violation of this right. In the case of international disputes related to domain-names, the most important method is the Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy, i.e. (resolving disputes by arbitration). Currently, domain registration is done solely on the basis of the preemptive right, and sometimes the problem arises from selecting the domain-name that interferes with trademarks; In fact, the selected domain-name has already been registered as a trademark of a merchant or trade company. Now the authors are trying to study and clarify the issue according to the current procedures and laws and regulations.

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