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Rohan, an Indian company director, is in a cross-border domain name dispute where a foreign party registered a domain identical to his firm's trademark in bad faith. He wants a quick, low-cost alternative to court. Which WIPO service is most suitable?

The suitable route is a complaint under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy administered by the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center. It offers a quick, low-cost remedy against bad-faith domain registrations. The other options concern patents, designs or microorganism deposits, not domain names.

  1. AProceedings under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy administered by the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation CenterCorrect
  2. BRegistration of the dispute with the PCT receiving office
  3. CFiling an application under the Hague System
  4. DDeposit of the domain with an International Depositary Authority

Explanation

The WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center administers domain name complaints under the UDRP, which gives a faster and cheaper route against bad-faith registrations than litigation. The PCT receiving office, Hague System and depositary authority are unrelated to domain disputes.

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