The Protection of Digital Intellectual Property: Domain Names Disputes under Jordanian Cyber Regulation

Abstract

The protection of Intellectual property has faced new challenges with the tremendous expansion of Internet. Our article highlights the domain names disputes that may arise in the process of registration of new websites and the legal procedures able to arbitrate those particular cases. We focus the study of this problematic on the case of Jordan and the legal tools available to the Jordanian legislative and judicial authorities to arbitrate those disputes alongside with its memberships to International Organizations and Conventions specialized in protecting Intellectual property.

Keywords: Digital Intellectual property, domain name disputes, Jordanian Cyber regulation, NITC, TRIPS, cybersquatting.