Re: [IFWP] Re: Trademark Enforcement at the TLD Level. WAS Re: a

[William X. Walsh]

On 02-Mar-99 Einar Stefferud wrote:
>  I think the best move for us to take is to just start using the
>  Trademarking of Private and Prospective TLDs and be done with it.  It
>  is a silly thing to try to use qas a hammer to get ICAN to back off.
>  They do not listen to or respond to threats!  They react to real live
>  action.  And since this nice TM avenue is just sitting there waiting
>  to be used, lets just go for it!
>  
>  Can we use the ORSC staging root so show that TLD names have in fact
>  been put in commerce?
>  
>  Cheers...\Stef

I really don't think it could work.  The trademark could be made as only
applying the naming of hosts within the private networks using those
nameservers, and it could be argued (quite convincingly) that this would not
apply outside those networks, since a government sanctioned process is underway
to determine the infrastructure for naming of hosts on the generally connected
internet.

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E-Mail: William X. Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 01-Mar-99
Time: 17:30:55
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