Re: Lawyers on IAHC

[Karl Auerbach <karl@CaveBear.com>]

> Would it be unfair to call into question the impartiality of the three IAHC
> members whose primary business involves protecting trademark rights?

I think it would be very unfair unless you had some specific information.

(By-the-way, I too am an attorney.  I don't practice -- I find that
starting networking companies and hacking code is more fun -- but I am an
"active" member of the California bar.) 

My concern isn't impartiality.

My concern is that the number of voices speaking from a trademark podium
exceeds those speaking for the rights of those who believe that trademark
is just one way of many that individuals and organizations may have a
legally cognizable right to the undisturbed use of a sequence of
characters in a domain name. 

		--karl--