>While TMs are the big money thing here, there are other rights to
>names, as well. For example, I have a right to use the name
>"Crispin", in certain contexts. There are many others with a similar
>right to the name. It is not possible to prioritize among us, so
>first come first serve is a reasonable allocation strategy. But
>someone who goes out and registers 10,000 common surnames for the
>sole purpose of reselling them has less of a right to the name than I
>do. If there were some business that used "Crispin" as a trademark,
>I would say that they fall into the same FCFS pool that I and all my
>(metaphorical) relatives belong to -- we all have a legitimate claim
>to use the name. The speculator does not.
I can sympathize if you're talking about somebody who just
grabbed a bunch of names and is seling them for a pretty
penny, but if they're selling something like an email
service, that is, they're a reseller, are you saying
thats bad ?
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