I agree with you wholeheartedly.
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> From: "Chuck Hatcher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2001 12:36:44 -0400
> To: "Eric Paynter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Call for the delay of .info launch
>
> Registered trademarks that consist of regular words and phrases generally
> apply to narrowly-defined product classes. A registered trademark
> consisting of the common word "tide" does not preclude anyone from using the
> word in its generic sense. Allowing Procter & Gamble priority rights to a
> domain name consisting of the word "tide" in preference to someone else who
> may want to publish ocean tide tables for mariners on a website is, in my
> humble opinion, a gross misapplication of trademark law.
>
> A unique and distinctive trademark, such as "Coca-Cola", may deserve such
> protection, but a generic word such as "coke", which is the common term for
> an industrial fuel made from coal, or a slang term for cocaine, does not.
>
> But since a very vocal segment of the intellectual property community seems
> to think domain names are a special case to which past trademark policies
> and precedents do not apply, my opinion really means nothing.
>
> I am the registrant of the domain name "yoo-hoo.com". This is an everyday
> greeting in the region where I live, and according to www.dictionary.com, an
> interjection "used to call someone at a distance or to gain someone's
> attention". I think it would be a great name for an instant-messaging type
> website. Unfortunately, since it is also a registered trademark for some
> kind of beverage, I am in danger of losing it, even if I use it in ways
> which do not infringe the rights of the registrant of the trademark.
>
> Hopefully, future TLD launches will not use the .info sunrise plan. The
> ..biz plan seems more fair, though I fear the resolution of the inevitable
> trademark disputes will not be any prettier than what we've come to expect
> from UDRP proceedings.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Eric Paynter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 11:07 AM
> Subject: Re: Call for the delay of .info launch
>
>
>> On September 14, 2001 06:37 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>> In addition, even
>>> if someone holds a trademark for the word Tide, it's wrong that they
> should
>>> have any more rights than you or i for public domain words.
>>
>> Aren't most TM's just regular words and small phrases?
>>
>> -Eric
>>
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