The Mexico Tourism Board lost its bid to obtain the www.Mexico.com domain name and is branded a reverse domain name hijacker in an ICANN UDRP proceeding. Consejo de Promoción Turística de México, S.A. de C.V. v. Latin America Telecom Inc., Case No. D2004-0242 (WIPO July 19, 2004).
The Panel (Alan Limbury, Manuel Moreno-Torres, and David Sorkin) finds no bad faith by the registrant, stating:
"Even assuming that the word MEXICO was being used as a trademark by Complainant’s predecessor, the Tourism Ministry of Mexico, it is inconceivable to the Panel that Respondent selected the domain name <mexico.com> because ... more »