The Complainant, named as Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Jim Sutton, has lost a attempt to gain control of the domain name newzealand.com from Virtual Countries, Inc.
Unlike a recent WIPO ruling which ordered the domain name holder to hand over the domain newzealand.biz to the New Zealand government, the new ruling turns a full 180 degrees and is scathing on the New Zealand Government actions.
The WIPO Panel found that the Complainant has failed to prove that 'NEW ZEALAND' is a trade/service mark in which the Complainant has rights and they uphold the allegation of reverse domain name hijacking.
A full review can be found at
http://arbiter.wipo.int/
