On Tue, 6 Jul 1999 00:36:54 -0400, "Diane Cabell"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> >There are no laws to prevent one person from amassing 200 un-trademarked
>> >generic domain names which was the scenario presented in the discussion.
>> >The discussion, as I understand it, concerns whether or not there should
>> >be.
>>
>> A person can have hundreds of trademarks but only one domain ?
>> Thats pretty silly Diane.
>>
>That's your opinion, Richard and you are certainly entitled to it.
>Nonetheless, this silly method is used by some of the Scandinavian ccTLDs.
hmm, and shall we discuss the customer approval ratings of the
Scandinavian ccTLDs? They just happen to be amongst some of the ones
that have the most complaints. I see one reason why now.
>A company can only register under it's trade (company) name. Domains are
>not issued for product names. Conceptually, I don't have a problem with
>that. You want to locate a Taurus, you can keyword it in a search engine
>and be taken to (ta daa) ford.com.
>
>I could stand education on why it is so critical to have a separate
>registration for taurus.com.
Because there is no valid reason NOT to.
--
William X. Walsh
General Manager, DSo Internet Services
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax:(209) 671-7934
"The fact is that domain names are new and have unique
characteristics, and their status under the law is not yet clear."
--Kent Crispin (June 29th, 1999)
