Re: [INTA] Trademarks and Domain Names

["Leo Smith" <barter@ntplx.net>]

>From the intanet-l@inta.org discussion group comes this message...
> From: Betty Schafer <betty.schafer@dir.org>
> To: intanet-l@inta.org Discussion Group
> Subject: Re: [INTA] Trademarks and Domain Names
> Date: Friday, January 10, 1997 11:29 AM
> >      Betty Schafer wrote on 8 January 1997 1751:
> >
> >      Promoting the interests of Trademark Owners and resolving
potential
> >      Domain Name conflicts:
> >
> >      It goes without saying that the duties for the Trademark Owners
should
> >      not be multiplied in the Internet.
Question...Who decided that "Trademark Owners (duties) should not be
multiplied in the Internet"?...the Trademark Owner should Police
everywhere...when a new arena comes along, like the Internet, the duties
SHOULD multiply for the Trademark Owner...unless of course, another
solution can be adopted wherein the Trademark Owner succeeds in shifting
the burden onto the shoulders of the Internet user
> 
> the IAHC is considering adopting a proposal suggested by the INTA.  The
> proposal is that all Trademark Owners have 60 days to check and
> challenge each domain name application.

Why is INTA's suggestion valid in the light of the onus placed on the
796,000 users who register .com and never infringe on anyone's trademark?