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[registrars] Re: Australia, European Union, Germany, Hong Kong

To: Registrars Constituency <registrars@xxxxxxxx>
Subject: [registrars] Re: Australia, European Union, Germany, Hong Kong
From: "Robert F. Connelly" <rconnell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 14:56:53 -0800
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At 04:08 AM 1/22/04, World Trademark Law Report wrote:<br><br>
Dear Registrars.&nbsp; Items 3 and 4 could be of interest to
registrars.&nbsp; Regards, BobC<br>
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Updates Thu 22 Jan 2004 <br>
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<b><a href="http://www.worldtrademarklawreport.com/index.cfm?action=login&amp;c=1046621&amp;id=888";>Refusal to hear submissions not a breach of natural justice rules</a></b> <b>Australia</b> <br>
In <i>Structureco Inc v Registrar of Trademarks</i>, the Federal Court of Australia has ruled that the registrar of trademarks was not in breach of the rules of natural justice in refusing to hear Structureco Inc's submissions before issuing a summons requesting that it appear and produce documents at non-use application proceedings. <a href="http://www.worldtrademarklawreport.com/index.cfm?action=login&amp;c=1046621&amp;id=888";>Full text</a> <br>
<b><a href="http://www.worldtrademarklawreport.com/index.cfm?action=login&amp;c=1046621&amp;id=882";>ASTERIX outfought in opposition to STARIX</a></b> <b>European Union</b> <br>
In <i>Les Editions Albert René v OHIM</i>, the European Court of First Instance has upheld a decision to reject the plaintiff's opposition to the registration of STARIX as a Community trademark. It held that the proposed registration was not confusingly similar to the well-known ASTERIX mark. <a href="http://www.worldtrademarklawreport.com/index.cfm?action=login&amp;c=1046621&amp;id=882";>Full text</a> <br>
<b><a href="http://www.worldtrademarklawreport.com/index.cfm?action=login&amp;c=1046621&amp;id=896";>Google responsible for infringing sponsored link, court rules</a></b> <b>Germany</b> <br>
In <i>Metaspinner GmbH v Google Deutschland</i>, the Regional Court of Hamburg has granted an interim injunction prohibiting Google from displaying a sponsored link for the domain name 'preisserver.de' in the result page for a search with the keyword '<i>Preispiraten</i>' (meaning 'price pirates'). <a href="http://www.worldtrademarklawreport.com/index.cfm?action=login&amp;c=1046621&amp;id=896";>Full text</a> <br>
<b><a href="http://www.worldtrademarklawreport.com/index.cfm?action=login&amp;c=1046621&amp;id=898";>Soft launch period for '.hk' 2LDs starts next week</a></b> <b>Hong Kong</b> <br>
The soft launch period for registering domain names directly under the '.hk' country-code top-level domain will start on January 26 at 12:00pm. The soft launch period comprises a priority registration period, a pre-registration period and a sunrise period. The official launch of second-level '.hk' domain names will be on May 31. <a href="http://www.worldtrademarklawreport.com/index.cfm?action=login&amp;c=1046621&amp;id=898";>Full text</a> <br>
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