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Issues of protection trademark in domain names in Kazakhstan
In the Republic of Kazakhstan, the rules for using a domain name are governed by the Rules for registration, use and allocation of domain names in the space of the Kazakhstan segment of the Internet (hereinafter - the Rules).
However, the Rules do not provide following moments:
- During submission of an application for domain name registration, the submission of documents confirming the trademark rights is not mandatory.
- According to the Dispute Resolution Policy of the Kazakhstan Network Information Center, in case of disputes concerning the violation of trademark rights by a domain name, the trademark owner must initially send a claim to the domain name owner. The claim must indicate that the domain name violates the rights of the trademark owner and describe the legal damage caused to the trademark owner. Without a complaint, registrars of domain names do not take any action to resolve the dispute.