Re: IAHC Proposal (Attacks Thereon)

[Carl Oppedahl <carl@oppedahl.com>]

At 10:43 PM 01/13/97 -0800, Dave Crocker wrote:

>At 9:26 PM -0800 1/13/97, Alan Sullivan wrote:

>>OK - Simple question:

>>If I register a name - and wait 60 days - will this protect my name from
>>being claimed by any owner of a trademark of that name?

>	The intent behind the proposal, as I understand the legal aspects
>at their simplest, is to create a basis for developing the relevant case
>law to that effect, yes.

Sorry, Dave.  I believe his question was, even without the IAHC proposal,
if he imposes his own private little unpublicized 60-day waiting period on
one little domain name, does that protect his domain name from covetous
trademark owners?

The answer to that question, of course, is no.  Only a widely followed
waiting period, well publicized to the courts and the Internet and
trademark communities, would have any chance of accomplishing the desired
effect.