- Fakultas Hukum (7) Domain Name

Domain Name Dispute:
Domain Name vs
Trademark???
Masitoh Indriani
Department of International Law
Faculty of Law Universitas Airlangga

Contents
1.  Background
2.  Doman Name: an overview
3.  Trademark: an overview
4.  BMW.id case
5.  Lesson Learned

(1) Domain Name: an overview
•  DNS à Domain Name System à system
of global navigation within the internet
•  Each page of information is given an
‘address’ à called a Uniform Resource
Locator (URL)
•  Order:

http://www.leeds.ac.uk/law

http:// à this page uses hypertext transfer
protocol
www à this page found on world wide web
leeds.ac.uk à unique address of University
of Leeds
/law à 3rd level domain à used to identify
pages of information within the site
managed by the domain name user

•  Domain Name à a name given from
certain website on the internet networks
•  Domain Name contains: combination of
alphabets n numbers
•  It consists of:
1)TLD (Top Level Domain)
2)SLD (Second Level Domain)
3)3rdLD (Third Level Domain)

1)TLD (Top Level Domain)
-  There are 2 categories:
a.  gTLD (generic TLD) à .com (commercial
puposes), .org, .net, .gov, .edu, .mil
(restricted and non commercial),
b.  ccTLD (country code TLD) à .id, .uk.,
ie., .us, .au à geographical indication

2) SLD (Second Level Domain)
-  unair.ac.id, facebook.com
3) Third Level Domain
-  fh.unair.ac.id, leeds.ac.uk/law
for identifying a page managed by the owner
of the domain name

Domain Name à
•  Domain Name should be registered in
certain times and should be extended
•  Principleà “first come, first served” + good
faith à concerns + responsibilities

•  Function à as an address

Who regulates domain name?
ICANN (Internet Coorporation Assigned
Names and Numbers)
Indonesia????
PANDI

Legal problems…
•  Web security vs market demands
•  (third level) domain trespassing
•  ICANN authority vs national/local authority
•  Domain name considered as ‘trademark’

DN

TRADEMARK

Sebagai “ALAMAT” dan “NAMA”
dalam sistem jaringan TIK

As an address or a name in the
internet networks

Sebagai DAYA PEMBEDA dalam
lingkup industri dan perdagangan
As a distinguishing feature in the
industry and trade

Non-Properti sebagai “Amanat” dari
Masyarakat Informasi

Properti à kreasi intelektual manusia

First Come, First Served

First to Filed, First to Used

Tidak ada Pemeriksaan Substantif
There is no Substantial
Examination

Harus ada Pemeriksaan Substantif
Substantial Examination

Sepanjang tidak dapat dibuktikan
beritikad tidak baik, perolehan DN
bukanlah suatu tindakan yg melawan
hukum
As long as can not be proven as a
bad faith, the acquisition of DN is
not an act that violates law

Sepanjang tidak ada LISENSIà
penggunaannya adalah sebuah
pelanggaran hukum
No LICENCE à violates law

Terima Kasih
Thank You