WIPO: 'Sulit' can't be a registered trademark - Technology - GMA News Online - Latest Philippine News: "In what is arguably a landmark case in local cyberspace history, a world body has rejected a complaint by Sulit.com.ph against another website which carries the domain name Sulit.ph, saying the term “sulit" is generic in nature and cannot be registered as a trademark.
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), a specialized agency under the United Nations, issued its decision last August 19, 2011. It was picked up by a couple of blog sites but escaped the attention of the mainstream media.
The seminal case is the first domain name dispute between two local contending parties that was resolved with finality. It can be recalled that in the late 1990s, dominant carrier PLDT sued cyber-activist Gerry Kaimo for using the domain pldt.com.ph. Though filed in the local courts, the issue was never resolved with Kaimo eventually settling the case with the telco giant.
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