In regards to the number of trademark controversies (200 Vs 350) Carl writes:
>Second, there is a multiplier effect -- for each dispute
>that reaches NSI, there are many others (I estimate the ratio at 10 to 1 or
>more) in which trademark owners make private threats to domain name owners
To which Leo Smith responds:
Even if we use the 350 number, and even if we multiply it by a factor of 10, you premise that the Internet Community needs a 60 day wait for their own good is completely fallacious. First, cease and desist letters from trademark protectors will churn out in volumes, with or without a wait. After all, what's it cost the trademark rights claimant to write a letter? Second, even if the total were 350 x 10 fold or 3,500, I hold that the rights of the 796,500 lawful users should not be abridged or curtailed in an effort to resolve a problem involving only 4 tenths of one percent of the total users.
If IAHC were to require ANY WAIT PERIOD WHATEVER, I for one would financially support a Domain Name Users' class action lawsuit against IAHC/IANA seeking to invalidate the wait requirement.