Re: Trademarks, random strings, sharing, reserved words

[Albert Tramposch <0002082489@mcimail.com>]

Brad Templeton wrote:
>Thus the suggestion of random string immediate names or .tm.int or .tm.us
>domains that contain a random string to differentiate the Apples or Uniteds
>or the world is not of much value.   Nobody is going to want
>united.b6.tm.int.


This problem was recognized by the IAHC, and is why the following section was included
in the draft:

	6.2.4     User-friendly Directory

	It appears that a domain name in a trademark-related domain
	space would have to have an element, such as a random number
	tag, to accommodate the required criterion that a unique
	domain name should be available to every trademark owner,
	even if there are many different owners of the identical
	trademark.

	Since such a domain name may not be particularly user-
	friendly, IAHC recommends that each trademark-related domain
	name space should be accompanied by an on-line, user-
	friendly directory, which would allow a user who enters a
	trademark to easily find the associated web page.  The user-
	friendliness of such a directory could be enhanced by
	including the associated logo in the directory.

	It may also be found desirable to establish a single
	directory which covers all of the trademark-related domain
	name spaces (including country code spaces and the
	international space), and perhaps even to open the directory
	to trademark owners who have domain names in other TLDs but
	who wish to be listed in the trademark-domain name
	directory.



Albert Tramposch
WIPO
IAHC Member, speaking on my own behalf