Re: Who really benefits from 60-day period?

[Kent Crispin <kent@songbird.com>]

David Collier-Brown allegedly said:
> 
For some reason I have a hard time following what you wrote below...
> 
> 	Yes, but what does that buy them?  Ib .com, or in .tm.int,
> they're done.  But in .on.ca, they still have to do .pq.fr, .az.us
> and so on (and on).  Buic would find out where .web was and anem .web
> and I for trasemark infringement, with the intention of making sure
> no-one else in that jurisdiction would try that trick again!
> 	And Buick France would sue .web.pq.fr (:-))
> 
> 	I think the willingness to sue a name-broker will be
> independant of delay periods.  The other questions about
> the efficacy of the period, however, stand...

Buick files suit.  At the first court date I show up and say "I'm 
terribly sorry -- you can have the name."  They waste a lot of 
money...

It's just a standard game -- you hang on enough so that it's a hassle
for the trademark owner, but not enough to give them any real cause
for damages.   You still make lots of money as a name broker, 
potentially.

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Kent Crispin				"No reason to get excited",
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