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Agency could be coming for your domain name

From: russell_-at-_flora.ottawa.on.ca (Russell McOrmond)
Date: 15 Aug 2000 11:21:45 -0400

http://www.news.com/Perspectives/Column/0,176,474,00.html

    An international organization has proposed rules under which
    established Web sites could lose the right to use names with common
    geographical terms, such as "Bordeaux." 

    The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), an agency of the
    United Nations, recently opened a comment period on its proposal. 


I have a particular interest in this grab given that 'FLORA.ORG' could
easily be taken by someone claiming that 'FLORA' qualifies under
"International Nonproprietary Names (INNs) for Pharmaceutical Substances".


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