At 11:12 AM 7/6/99 -0400, you wrote:
>
>> >At 11:47 PM 7/5/99 -0400, Bill Lovell wrote:
>> >>
>> >>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
>> >>
>> >Hey, Diane! Well put!
>>
>> Wait a minute.....where doesn't it take US law into account?
>
>I think Mr. Lovell was referring to the description of attorneys.
>
>I am referring to the fact that first-come, first-serve doesn't recognize
>trademark or other rights as they apply to the use/registration of words.
>dc
And I was referring to the "engineering wonks" bit. However, there may be
people talking past each other here: the "naming policy" itself need not take
US law into account, any more than does how I name my cat; on the other
hand, once NSI got into the act, the question arises whether the NSI policy
with respect to domain names visa vi trademarks takes U. S. law into account,
and the clear answer is that it trashes it. Um, speaking as one of those
"overbearing know-it-alls."
Bill Lovell
