奥林匹克标志的域名保护

Protection of Domain Names of Olympic Signs

我国奥林匹克事业的发展和奥运会的成功申办,需要有效的保护奥林匹克标志的知识产权,包括在域名领域防止他人进行恶意注册和使用,应根据我国立法规定对是否构成恶意注册和使用进行判断。在城名领域保护奥林匹克知识产权的主体包括权利人和工商行政管理机关,保护的方法包括行政手段、司法手段和城名争议解决机构进行解决。侵权人恶意注册和使用城名的应承担民事责任、行政责任和刑事责任。只有充分保护奥林匹克标志的知识产权,才能有效地实现其社会价值和经济价值。

Both the development of the Olympic cause and successful bidding of the Olympic Games need effective protection of the intellectural property of the Olympic signs, which includes guarding against the malicious registration and use of the domain names. It＇s necessary to form a judgment on the malicious registration and use from the legislative regulation of our country. The subjects of protecting the Olympic intellectural property in domain names include right owners and administrative organs of industry and commerce, while the methods of the protection include administrative and judicial means and the way of solving disputes of domain names through its resolvation body. The infringers who maliciously register and use the domain names should undertake the civil, administrative and criminal responsibility. Only the intellectural property of the Olympic signs is fully propected, can its social and economic value be effectively realized.