Coliziunea nume de domeniu – indicaţie geografică. Privire asupra cauzelor „Champagne” şi „Gorgonzola”
The collision between domain name and geographical indication. An overview of the cases “Champagne” and “Gorgonzola”

Summary/Abstract: In the case of conflicts between trademarks and domain names, the holder of the right with which the domain name is in conflict may choose either to go through an extra-judicial procedure before the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Centre or a judicial procedure before the courts. While the procedure in such a dispute is clear and does not involve major difficulties, the same is not true for a dispute between a geographical indication and a domain name. We will see in this article that if the extra-judicial procedure is chosen, it is necessary, in addition to compliance with the standard conditions imposed by the dispute resolution rules, to duplicate the geographical indication right with another type of industrial property right to win the case.

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