Re: Who really benefits from 60-day period?

[Kent Crispin <kent@songbird.com>]

Perry E. Metzger allegedly said:
> 
> 
> "Leo Smith" writes:
> > 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?
> 
> You know, I've never been mugged or robbed. Why should I pay for
> police when its obvious that only a tiny fraction of the population
> ever has need for them?
> 
> The obvious answer is this: many people will never be robbed or mugged
> because the threat of the police hangs over the potential muggers.

Your argument is invalid.  The tiny number of TM conflicts is a 
current fact, without any 60 day wait.  The correct analogy would be 
"I've never been robbed or mugged, and we currently don't have any 
police.  So why should we pay to have them."


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