Re: New TLDs and Registry charters

[Vince Wolodkin <wolodkin@digitalink.com>]

kslim wrote:
> 
> Vince Wolodkin wrote:
> >
> > Joseph A. Falejczyk wrote:
> > >
> > > > > From:          Vince Wolodkin <wolodkin@digitalink.com>
> > > >
> > > > > Anyway, lets say I look up xyz.com, I would get back my local(.US)
> > > > > xyz.com.  This immediately could satisfy lots of international
> > > > > trademark disputes.  In addition, though I hadn't mentioned it
> > > > > before, a Maryland company and a Virginia company both holding local
> > > > > trademarks could be xyz.com.va.us and xyz.com.md.us.
> > > > >
> > > > gee, vince, I wish I'd thought of that!     ;-}
> > > >
> > >
> > > Good effort, but...what if xyz.com company in Virginia has a Federal
> > > trademark??
> >
> > No problem, then they are xyz.com.us.  Since they have the federal
> > trademark, no other xyz but them can have xyz.com.us.
> >
> > Vince
> Dear Vince
> I would say let's leave it to the Courts to decide who has the right and
> not get involved in this any more.  Let's just stick to the
> organisational and technical issues.
> Best regards
> KS Lim

Wow.  Glad you aren't moderating this list.  I had assumed that the IAHC
wanted to review and possibly decide exactly these things.  If we wanted
to let the courts decide how to implement the naming system, why even
have an IAHC?

Vince Wolodkin