Re: [IFWP] Trademarking TLDs

[Anonymous]

At 07:39 AM 6/23/99 , Michael Sondow wrote:
>"CORE of Geneva, Switzerland, filed on March 8, 1999 trademark
>application No. 75-655804 for domain registry services in the U.S.
>for the Top Level Domain ".INFO"
>http://trademarks.uspto.gov/cgibin/ifetch4?ENG+PEND+3+941840+0+0+8021+F+3+1 
>41+1+MS%2finfo
>  along with applications filed the same day for .REC, .WEB, .SHOP,
>.FIRM, and .NOM."

How can CORE as a non-profit, non-commercial Swiss
corporation file for trademarks for use in commerce?


--tony