Re: IAHC Proposal (Attacks Thereon)

[Alan Sullivan <sully@frontiernet.net>]

Carl Oppedahl wrote:
> 
> 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.

HI,
Sorry for not being more clear. Dave's interpretation of my question was
the correct one. I just assumed it would be silly and  useless to impose
my own private unpublicized 60-day waiting period on my domain name.
Carl, what is your answer to the same question given the above
clarification?

-- 
Alan Sullivan
President
Top Domain Registry Inc.