Tuesday, 20 December 2011

Argentina: dot ar is live!

Patricia Covarrubia December 20, 2011 No comments:

By Decree 189/2011, published on 13th December, 2011 the Argentinean government created the National Register of Domain Names on the Internet. The National Register will be under the competence of the Legal and Technical Secretariat of the Presidency of the Nation and will be headed by Gustavo Guillermo Justich.

The Register will be responsible for managing the top level domain Argentina ar. as well as the registration of Internet domain names of natural persons and legal entities. Added to this, the National Register will also be responsible for the resolution of disputes arising in respect of registration and ownership of Internet domains amid other objectives.

The Official gazette can be read in full here.

Source Informatica Legal.

Patricia Covarrubia

Patricia Covarrubia

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* Listed as one of the "Best blogs on Intellectual and Industrial Property Law". The University of Alicante Intellectual Property & Information Technology Project (UAIPIT).

* One of the only two Latin American blog listed in the "Top 100 Intellectual Property Blogs". Feedspot, as of May 2021.

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