Re: Who really benefits from 60-day period?

[Simon Higgs <simon@higgs.com>]

At 1:15 PM +0100 1/10/97, Robert Shaw wrote:

> 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....
>

But a registry can only be responsible to qualify applicants if that
registry has complete control over the delegations (such as the ITU has
over .INT).

In a shared registry situation, this is impossible. The waiting period
allows disputes to occur at a much more frequent rate, and then places
the registry at fault when it delegates the domain to the applicant at
the end of the 60 days.

Regards,

Simon

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