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Re: Who really benefits from 60-day period?

Simon Higgs wrote:

> The 60 day wait serves only one practical purpose - to feed the legal
> industry. It does nothing for either the end user of the domain name or
> the trademark holder.
> 

Perhaps, it'd help to cite a real-life example.

I'll note that Chris Ambler's 'experimental' .web registry has already 
registered the following to:

*Toyota San Luis Obispo*

buick.web
chrysler.web
chevrolet.web
cadillac.web
ford.web
generalmotors.web
gm.web
gmc.web
honda.web
hyundai.web 
jeep.web
lincolnmercury.web
mercedesbenz.web 
mitsubishi.web
plymouth.web
pontiac.web

among others....

Robert

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Robert Shaw (shaw@itu.int)
Advisor, Global Information Infrastructure
International Telecommunication Union (http://www.itu.int)
Place des Nations, 1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland

Note: IAHC member, expressing personal opinions