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translates this number into words and, therefore, usually results in one or more wordsthat help the user to find a particular internet page.Each country has its own specific procedure for their registration. In some countries(as in Mexico) such registration can be made by any person, while in others, only a companythat complies with certain requirements can do so. Nevertheless, in either case, inorder for a domain name to work it must be registered with a Domain Name Server (DNS)and in the Network Information Center (NIC).The steps for their registration are: verify that the name to be requested is available, requestyour hosting provider to register the name in its DNS, and register the name in the NIC.In relation to domain names, there are other questions related to intellectual or industrialproperty rights that may be of interest. For example, with respect to a specificdomain name, exclusive use can also be obtained through a reservation of rights toexclusive use. To that effect, the Federal Copyright Law (Ley Federal del Derecho de Autor,LFDA) considers these rights to be equivalent to those of titles of periodic publications.It should also be emphasized—given the relationship there is between domain namesand that of trademarks—that there are several procedures for requesting the cancellationof a particular domain name in the case of a better right (in terms of the Rules for UniformDomain Name Dispute Resolution Policies adopted by the Internet Corporation forAssigned Names and Numbers [ICANN]).7. Administrative Proceedings Related to Industrial Property Rights7.1. Nullification, Expiration, or Cancellation217Industrial PropertyIMPI’S powers include the implementation of proceedings for the nullification, expiration,and cancellation of the industrial property rights that are governed by the LPI and, consequently,the issuance of corresponding administrative declarations.In this regard and prior to addressing the proceeding itself, a brief summary should begiven of the different premises that result in each of these (nullification and cancellation).It should be mentioned that these proceedings have as a principal consequencethe loss of the exclusive right that the patent or the registration confers, whether of a creationwith industrial application or of a distinctive sign.7.1.1. Request for an administrative declaration of nullificationThe LPI establishes several premises with respect to nullification in the case of bothpatents and utility model and industrial design registrations, on the one hand, and inrelation to distinctive signs on the other. However, in both cases the nullification of apatent or a registration occurs when the elements necessary for the validity of the administrativeact from which they were derived were not fully present.