News from the WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications

The WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications had a meeting in Geneva from October 25 to 29, 2004. The press release reads that this Committee "considered the issue of the abusive registration of geographical indications as Internet domain names. Without entering into a substantive discussion, the SCT decided to keep this item on its mid-term agenda" (next session: From April 18 to 22, 2005).