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Anatolian New Zeytin Agricultural Co-op

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RE: ANZAC (Anatolian New Zeytin Agricultural Co-op) I. ISSUE Does ‘‘www.anzac.com.tr’’ infringe the domain name policy and will it be cancelled or transformed ? II. SHORT ANSWER Yes, ‘‘www.anzac.com.tr’’ infringes the domain name policy III. FACTS Anatolian New Zeytin Agricultural Co-op (ANZAC), which helps a collective group of olive growers and manufacturers in Turkey for 20 years, launched a website called in English, in January 2013 to inform the global market about Turkish olive agriculture. The website includes comprehensive information about the olive industry in Turkey. Records show that the Co-op’s website had 100.000 hits from around the world during 15 months but since no products are sold on this website, it did not bring any income to the Co-op. The Complainant, Australian Department of Veteran Affairs (DVA), is a governmental support organization for people who have served or are serving in the Australian Defence Force. The lawyers claim that the Co-op’s domain name Anzac , which is known and used in Australia to refer to the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps that fought in Gallipoli during World War I against the Turkish army, infringes on the DVA’s rights because the domain name that the Co-op using in bad faith they said, is confusingly similar to the use of the word ‘Anzac’ and they contend that the Co-op may unlawfully benefit from this symbolic name considering 100th Anniversary of the Gallipoli

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