Gordon and all,
The one big problem that IDO has here is that their Registry is
currently not in operation at this time, and hence could be grounds
for CORE claiming that IOD has abandon their (TM? - SM) on
.WEB.
Gordon Cook wrote:
> For release Monday, 19 July, 1999
>
> San Luis Obispo, California
>
> Lawyers for Image Online Design, Inc., owner of the .WEB Internet Domain
> Registry, today sent letters to the Council of Registrars (CORE) and
> Name-Space, requesting that they cease all use of Image Online Design's .WEB
> trademark. "Image Online Design owns valuable trademark rights in .WEB, and
> we have invested substantial time, effort and money developing our registry
> business in connection with the .WEB mark," said CEO John Frangie. Image
> Online Design uses the service mark .WEB to identify its Internet domain
> name registry and registrar services. "Image Online Design wants to make
> sure there is no confusion over who owns the .WEB registry and the rights to
> the trademark," added Frangie.
>
> Image Online Design began operating its .WEB registry in July, 1996, and
> has continuously offered registry and registrar services for its clients
> throughout the United States and around the world. "At the beginning,"
> noted Frangie, "it was expected that new registries would be added to IANA's
> root servers by October of 1996; that was IANA chief, Jon Postel's original
> plan." The .WEB registry has always been fully operational and many
> Internet users enjoy unfettered access to Internet names in Images Online
> Design's .WEB registry. The addition would allow the rest of the Internet's
> users access to those names in the .WEB registry. Despite hang ups with the
> addition new top-level domains to the root servers, now operated by Network
> Solutions under a U.S. Government contract, Image Online Design has
> continued its .WEB registry services while actively participating in the
> debate to add new registries.
>
> The letters simply ask that CORE and Name-Space cease their use of our
> trademark. "We're looking forward to competing with both CORE and
> Name-Space," said Frangie, "but their use of .WEB clearly infringes upon our
> rights, and confuses consumers. I'm sure that this will be worked out
> quickly and amicably."
>
> "Trademark protection is an important issue surrounding the Internet
> today," said Wes Monroe, attorney for Image Online Design. Monroe also
> explained, "Courts have consistently held that traditional trademark
> protection extends to the Internet's domain name system, and registry and
> registrar services are no exception. CORE, by filing applications for
> federal trademark registration for six marks, including .WEB, has indicated
> that it believes that trademark rights apply to domain registry and
> registrar services."
>
> About Image Online Design
>
> Image Online Design, Inc., of San Luis Obispo, California, operates the
> .WEB Internet domain registry. More information about the company and its
> .WEB registry can be found at its corporate web site, http://webtld.com or
> http://nic.web.
>
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