Re: Thread 2: 60-day issue

[Steve Peterson <stevep@ry.com>]

No -- I don't think the registrar should do anything with the name except
publish it, obey any court orders or requests of the applicant that arrive,
and proceed normally if none arrive.

I'm not totally hung up on the idea of the waiting period, though.
Although I've been arguing somewhat from the standpoint of the trademark
owner, I actually think it is more helpful to the domain owner.  

I just think it's to the benefit of the domain name owner to be able to say
to the court, "We gave them adequate notice, and it will damage us
irreparably if you shut off our domain." rather than just "it will damage
us irreparably if you shut off our domain."

Steve

At 05:58 PM 12/24/96 -0800, Simon Higgs wrote:
>At 2:25 PM -0600 12/24/96, Steve Peterson wrote:
>
>Well if that's the case the registry must do due diligence with a
>trademark search and notify all likely participents. Watch that idea
>get shot down instantly.
>
>> I think you have to give the trademark owner a little time to review the
>> application before the domain is turned on.  It's one thing to keep a
>> domain from being turned on;  another to have an existing, active domain
>> turned off.  It should be harder to convince a court to do the latter.  In
>> order to level the playing field there needs to be a short period at the
>> beginning where you're not disrupting existing activity if you shut off a
>> domain.
>>
>> At 10:52 AM 12/24/96 PST, you wrote:
>> >I see this as a simple statement that there is no waiting period for
>> >activation in the DNS, but that there is a 60-day puublication
>> >period, during which applicants should expect any disuptes due to
>> >trademark issues. The resolution, nor any forced waiting period,
>> >should not be put upon the registrar, but upon the registrant.
>> >
>
>
>Simon
>
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