At 04:22 PM 4/3/99 -0800, you wrote:
>Bill Lovell wrote:
>>Now here's a real kick:
>>
>>http://www.lawnewsnet.com/stories/A385-1999Mar30.html
>>
>>NSI says it's not the net police, but that sure has not stopped
>>it from screwing up a lot of domain name registrants.
>
>I just read the story you cite regarding WORLDSPORTS.COM. This is TRULY a
>wrongheaded judgment, and while I am publicly critical of NSI's domain
>dispute policies, I hope that NSI prevails in this case.
I think the point is being missed here -- see below.
>
>ALLWORLDSPORTS? EWORLDSPORTS? WORLDSPORTBANK? WORLDSPORTSTATS?
>WORLDSPORTSINFO? NEWWORLDSPORT? MYWORLDSPORT? WORLDSPORTUNIFORM?
>WORLDSPORTGIRL? WORLDSPORTAWARDS? WORLDOFSPORT? All prohibited according
>to this judicial order, without respect to actual use of the domain names.
>
>If this judgment prevails, the domain name system will be turned into a
>trademark owner's paradise, and we will see a fallout of litigation that
>makes the past few years of disputes look like a walk in the park.
>
To take a recent example, who created the mileau in which Pizza Hut was
moved to
register a number of variations of its name comparable to that which you
give above.
Who created the link between trademarks and domain names? This case is a
chicken
come home to roost.
Bill Lovell
