I have some interesting value questions (I hope)...
1. What is the value of an SLD in a Chartered TLD if the TLD
"name-string" does not work with the desired SLD name-string.
2. What is the value of an SLD in a chartered TLD if the business
changes over time, such that the charter forbids the company to
use its registered SLD?
What I am getting to is the great quesion of whether the market will
find any value in chartered TLDs.
There is clear evidence that the market did find great value in .COM
when it was a charter TLD, but since every charter TLD will by nature
be a monopoly, what does this outcome do the the value of SLDs in that
TLD?
I suspect that the answer is "nothing" unless alternative TLDs become
available in order to restore an open competitve market with
competition among TLDs serving the same SLD market segments.
So, at some meta level, I wonder what are the values to be provided to
the Internet Market for DNS names with charter TLDs?
For the life of me, I do not see any value in them.
Working backwards, how would all those TM holders feel if they were
forced to include their commercial TM category as part fo their full
name, and could not use their TM without also showing their category
name?
So, why is this non-existance TM requirement now being applied to DNS
names?
Cheers...\Stef
