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From: "John Berryhill Ph.D. J.D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Newsgroups: misc.legal,alt.domain-names.disputes,comp.protocols.tcp-ip.domains
Subject: Re: Register Domain Names as Trademarks?
Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2000 01:33:00 -0500
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Richard J. Sexton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>At some point though having
> <coolname>.com is going to be meaningless in the face
> of a 500 tld universe.
And let's hope that point in time comes sooner rather than later. Neither
domain name speculation nor overzealous trademark enforcement are
fundamental rights. Opening up more gTLDs would have the same effect on the
people who trade on scarcity as the end of prohibition had on bootleggers.
