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Re: New TLDs and Registry charters
- Date: Sat, 7 Dec 1996 16:52:40 -0800
- From: Simon Higgs <simon@higgs.com>
- Subject: Re: New TLDs and Registry charters
At 12:40 PM -0800 12/7/96, Karl Auerbach wrote:
> > What do folks think of having space which is marked of explicitly
> > for trademark owners? I doubt that one can RESTRICT them and their claims
> > to such a space, but it does gove them a venue that carries the explicit
> > sematic of a trademark?
>
> I do like the idea... but...
>
> I suspect that we'd end up with double registrations: trade/service-mark
> XYZ would be registered in both .com and .tm.
>
Which is why .COM should be assigned to one of the 42 international
trademark categories - namely 42. Misc. That way this issue is avoided
completely.
Simon
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