Inheritance Problems of Domen's Names

Abstract

This article is devoted to the problem of legal issues which inherit the intellectual rights of a domain name administrator in the modern Republic of Uzbekistan from the perspective of global trends. Due to the special nature of intellectual rights to the results of creative activity and objects equated to them, there are some features of their transition in the order of inheritance, as well as registration of the rights of heirs, which are not reflected in the norms of the Civil Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan Moreover, inheritance of administrator rights as domain names as a means of individualization is not regulated at all. Civil law of the Republic of Uzbekistan is devoted to the detailed regulation of general provisions on inheritance, grounds for inheritance, acquisition of inheritance, as well as inheritance of certain types of property. Special rules on the inheritance of administrator rights domain names are not included in the relevant chapters of the fifth section of the Civil Code of the Republic of Uzbekistan, and are not governed by other normative legal acts adopted in accordance with it. In this article, we have analyzed the legislation of foreign countries and the scientific research on inheritance in domain names. The possibility of inheritance of rights to domain names is analyzed and proposals are developed according to the legislation of the Republic of Uzbekistan.