{"id":3172,"date":"2021-12-29T15:44:50","date_gmt":"2021-12-29T15:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yunikalaw.com\/?page_id=3172"},"modified":"2024-10-25T13:17:04","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T13:17:04","slug":"domain-names","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.yunikalaw.com\/en\/domain-names\/","title":{"rendered":"Domain names"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The domain name<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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A domain name is basically the address of a person or organization on the Internet. Its primary function is to help users find websites and the organization to direct the users\u00a0email traffic and establish an online identity.<\/p>

With the significant expansion of the Internet, the use of domain names is essential for\u00a0consumers to be able to, for example access the products and services o companies on the\u00a0Internet.<\/p>

Domain names are composed of two parts: the characters preceding the dot and the characters following the dot. The part that follows the dot is called the top-level domain (TLD). Top level domains are .com, .net, .org, .es, .it, .fr, etc.<\/p>

The part to the left of the dot is called the second level domain or label. This is the part that users associate with your website or an email address and therefore constitutes the\u00a0company’s identity in the digital world.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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It is logical to think that there are controversies between domains and trademarks since both, in practice, relate business to their corresponding offer of products and services in\u00a0the market. For this reason, most trademark owners tend to acquire identical domains or\u00a0at least domains containing their trademark. However, despite their similarity, these two\u00a0figures are different, and so are the rights deriving from them.<\/p>

For example, domain names are not distinctive signs in the sense that the law usually\u00a0assigns to such Intellectual Property rights. In fact, domain names are not Intellectual Property rights as such.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

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The protection of a domain name prevents others from using the same domain name and it constitutes part of the property of its holder. It can therefore be transterred, disposed of\u00a0and seized. However, the registration of a domain name does not necessarily imply a right\u00a0to use the sign of which it is composed, nor the right to prohibit others from using\u00a0confusingly similar signs in the market, a prerogative that in our system is attributed to\u00a0trademarks and trade names (and to a certain extent, to geographical indications).<\/p>

As a consequence of the above, the registration of a domain name as such does not have legal effects under intellectual property law, but merely technical effects.<\/p>

However, the continued use of the domain name over time may eventually give rise to such rights, for example, as a well-known unregistered trademark or as a trade name of the\u00a0owner company merely used under the Paris Union Convention for the Protection of Industrial and Intellectual Property. At the same time, considering its identifying function,\u00a0it is pertectly possible that the registration and use of a domain name may infringe third\u00a0party trademark rights, so it is essential to verify whether its use and registration may conflict with prior rights.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The rise of new technologies has led to many domain name conflicts. On many occasions,\u00a0unauthorised third parties acquire domain names identical or similar to registered\u00a0trademarks in order to obtain a “reward” from their legitimate owner or simply to use them in bad faith or to impersonate them in order to divert user traffic.<\/p>

To stop these uses we have several legal tools, the most widely used due to its speed and simplicity is the arbitration procedure for domain name recovery before authorized bodies.<\/p>

It is important to remember that the possibility of resorting to these arbitration mechanisms\u00a0does not prevent the possibility of going to the ordinary courts and initiating legal proceedings for infringement of trademark rights.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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