16 January 2014Americas

RPG domain name challenge backfires in WIPO ruling

Mumbai-based pharmaceutical company RPG Life Sciences Ltd has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in a dispute fought at the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)’s Arbitration and Mediation Center.

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