This from the CNET article: "Under its contract with the U.S. government, NSI owns the contents of the InterNIC database. It appears that the government owns the InterNIC trademark, meaning that only it could object to NSI's move." That's drivel. Anyone adversely affected by the use of a trademark can object. The protected party under trademark law is the consumer, not the owner of the trademark. Objection is made by a petition to the USPTO to cancel the trademark for unlawful use so as to create a likelihood of confusion in the minds of the public, and it is the duty of the trademark owner to ensure that that does not happen. Um, has there been any confusion out there in internet land? You ISPs whose customers have got screwed over, for example? Bill Lovell
