Re: use the force Luke...

[Marc Hurst <mhurst@fastlane.ca>]

On Tue, 31 Dec 1996, Bill Manning wrote:

> 
> 
> Re tm.ISO3166TLD  or why I don't like tm.int.
> 
> 
> Why not let an existant SLD that has some interest in IP (intellectual 
> property) take on this task...
> 
> For purposes of example only, I'd propose that, say WIPO take on
> the task as follows:
> 
> 	offer to register DNS labels for marks registered in the
> 	madrid database under rules that it establishes.
> 
> 	eg  IBM, as a multinational, has already taken the trouble
> 	to register its trademarks in a substantial portion of the 
> 	nations that are signers of the madrid accords.  It has also
> 	taken the time/effort to register in those (few) nations that
> 	have not signed.
> 
> 	They apply to WIPO for the DNS lable:  IBM.WIPO.INT.

It is a valid idea Bill, but the string would eventually become 
cumbersomely long, would it not?

> 
> 	This has the cache of being recognised as a trademark label
> 	as seen by an accredited/recognised arbiter of trademarks.

As a way of registering trademark or as use as a domain lookup this could 
be a useful vehicle for some applications...

> 
> 
> Comments to the list please.	
> --bill
> 

Not an entirely flawed idea, It could offer a measure of trademark 
protection..

Marc Hurst
SKYSCAPE Communications
Toronto, Canada