The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, ICANN, was created in October 1998 to assume responsibility for domain name system management, including dispute resolution under the Uniform Domain-Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP). The following five cases are of particular interest because they discuss some novel issues of first impression.
In Christies Inc. v. Ola Ljungberg, No. DNU2000-0002, decided Aug. 6 by The World Intellectual Property Association (WIPO), the panel ordered the transfer of the domain name www.christies.nu to the complainant, the auction house Christie’s. The case is the first decision transferring a ccTLD.
