Re: Trademarks, random strings, sharing, reserved words

[Kent Crispin <kent@songbird.com>]

Peter Mott allegedly said:
> 
> Our definition of infringe means:-
> 
> 1. An attempt to sell the name to another entity for any reason, except as
> part of a business which is a going concern.  This would prevent situations
> we had here in New Zealand where somebody registered a whole heap of names
> and attempted to "sell them" to companies owning trademarks which included
> the names.  Details at http://www.registry.net.nz/info/
> 
> 2. The domain name being used to promote a business activity which is
> infringing upon anothers rights, protected by a trademark, servicemark, or
> any other right granted by the law of the land.
> 
> We think it is the responsibility of the applicant to *agree* that the wont
> attempt to do the first, and *certify* that they have taken **all
> reasonable steps** to ensure the second does not occur now or at any time
> in the future.
> 
> If another party feels a domain holder is infringing upon their rights,
> then they can seek normal legal remedies.
> 
> Peter Mott
> Director

This seems like a really clean way to limit various kinds of name 
hoarding and extortion.  Does it work?

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Kent Crispin				"No reason to get excited",
kent@songbird.com,kc@llnl.gov		the thief he kindly spoke...
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