Carl Oppedahl says: >The vast majority of domain name disputes that I have seen (and I have seen >dozens in detail and hundreds in general terms) are nothing like real >trademark cases. They are cases where somebody covets another domain name, >has no real legal claim over it, but uses NSI's policy to try to get it. > >Only a tiny handful of the cases I have seen are bona fide trademark cases, >for example where one party has a coined unique trademark like "intermatic" >or "panavision". In those handful of cases, the courts have proven to be a >more than adequate way for the trademark owner to get relief. And guess what? My direct experience is almost identical to Carl's. In fact, I may actually have spoken to MORE domain name holders who are being victimized than Carl has through DNRC (most domain name holders who have contacted DNRC do not have the funding to afford Carl :-)). His findings are quite accurate. __________________________________________________ To receive the digest version instead, send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To SUBSCRIBE forward this message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNSUBSCRIBE, forward this message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Problems/suggestions regarding this list? Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___END____________________________________________
