my understanding of the 60 day rule is that I am precluded from use a SLD name, such as jones.com, until after the expiration of a 60 day wait, during which time anyone claiming a trademark right to jones can step forward to file an objection to my use of jones.com.
There will be a tremendous amount of inconvenience and hassle endured by the wait-ers. By all counts, less than four tenths of one percent of users would ever be affected by any claim of trademark infringement...So why put so many people through the hassle and inconveience when the solution applies to a fraction of a percent of total users? Add to that question a second question...what historical example can the trademark rights advocates produce to show a past example of a waiting procedure, and how effective or ineffective it was? I personally believe that the number of lawyer letters threatening legal action, and the number of lawsuits filed, over trademark issues as they apply to domain names, will not be effectively reduced (if at all) by the institution of a wait.