Re: Conflict resolution?

[Aveek Datta <MoNoLiTH+@CMU.EDU>]

Excerpts from newdom: 19-Nov-96 Re: Conflict resolution? by "Gert
Blij"@itst.co.za 
> I can't agree with this, neither with the "first come, first serve"
> argument. The present conflict resolution document very specifically refers
> to the right of trademark owners to _their_ domain name and has a whole lot
> of other great rules and regulations. The problem is that they are only
> words and are not enforceable, other than for the two parties to go to
> court (in America) to slug it out.

I agree. Maybe there should not be any legal status associated with a
domain name, but there invariably has to be. If the Internet is actually
a superhighway (groan, I know) think of a domain name as a billboard.
Then someone driving down the highway sees a billboard for MCDONALDS.COM
and drives on in.. to find Burger King? 

This is probably the main reason why I would not go into the TLD
business and why the Internic is probably not making as much money as it
could.. these legal issues still have not been handled with.


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