> Please bear in mind that when I suggest that "charters" or "structuring"
> can alleviate certain types of DN/TM disputes I am referring only to TLDs
> that will be used for commercial purposes - where the applicants themselves
> choose to be designated as such.
>
> Now Antony has asked the question as to who whould want a structured TLD
> when there are unstructed TLDs (namely .com). That's a good question that
> needs to be answered but the question is not rhetorical as my fellow
> Interport user might imply.
>
> First, XYZ shoes would want xyz.shoes if xyz.com was already taken.
Assuming that XYZ was only involved in the show business. When a business
selects a name, they are not restricted to use that name ONLY in the type of
business they originally used it in.
> Third, assuming that as a matter of policy ICANN wanted to steer applicants
> to structured TLDs away from undifferentiated TLDs, they could use carrots
> and sticks to favor the structured TLD.
As I said, we are cart before the horse here.
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E-Mail: William X. Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 16-Feb-99
Time: 13:44:21
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