----- Original Message -----
From: Richard J. Sexton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, July 05, 1999 9:28 PM
Subject: [IFWP] Trademark Stupidity
> Here's a good one. Zenith watches, in Switzerland, makes the most
> accurate mechanical watches known. Rolex uses a de-tuned (God nows why)
> Zenith movement in their high end chrongraph. ("Daytona").
>
> Samsung bought American company Zenith, and although they havn't
> made a watch, ever, the trademark classiciation "Horological
> instruments" lets a Korean company prevent a Swiss company
> from selling arguably the best watch ever made, in the US.
Trademark law doesn't prohibit the selling of anything. It only restricts
how the product is *labeled.* Zenith US got to the US mark first. Zenith
CH will have to use a different name to sell in the US. First-come
first-served does have it's downside.
>
> I think if trademark lawyers are defining the DNS then it's
> only fair plan that nameserver operators should define tradematk
> law.
Hey, you engineering wonks had first shot at the naming policy. It just
didn't take US law into account so now we overbearing know-it-alls have to
come in and clean up the mess.
Diane Cabell
http://www.mama-tech.com
Fausett, Gaeta & Lund
Boston
