Post-Mortem Protection and Domain Name Use

Posted: 4 Jun 2024

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Guido Westkamp

Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute (QMIPRI); Queen Mary University of London - Centre for Commercial Law Studies (CCLS); University of Münster - Institute for Information, Telecommunication and Media Law

Date Written: July 17, 2007

Abstract

Personality rights cannot be exercised, as far as a commercial exploitation of a person's name is concerned, after 10 years from the death of the person.

Keywords: Domain name, trade mark, Post mortem, personality right

Suggested Citation

Westkamp, Guido, Post-Mortem Protection and Domain Name Use (July 17, 2007). Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, volume 2, issue 11, 2007 [10.1093/jiplp/jpm180], Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4851553

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