Brazilian Internet Management Committee Approves ADR Proceedings for .br Domain Names

Nov. 18, 2010, 4:44 PM UTC

The Brazilian Internet Management Committee (CGI.br) approved the Resolution CGI.br/RES/2010/003/P that created the Administrative Dispute Resolution Proceeding for .br domain names (also called SACI-Adm). The Center for Information and Coordination Point BR (NIC.br) will be responsible for the implementation of the SACI-Adm, as well as for the selection and accreditation of the dispute resolution institutions that will participate in the proceedings.

This news was greatly anticipated by trademark owners in Brazil, whom, until now, had only the judicial system to resolve disputes with third parties that unlawfully registered their trademarks as .br domains names.

Internationally, the situation has been very ...

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