[ga] Re: [icann-candidates] New TM rules for our intended TLDs

[Rick H Wesson <wessorh@ar.com>]

Jefsey,

ok what committees are you talking about? Are these 3 entities that are
submitting proposals fronm new gTLDs? If so I'll just wait till the
proposals are publishedand review them then.

-rick


On Sat, 2 Sep 2000, Jefsey Morfin wrote:

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> Dames and Gentlemen,
> 
> we had a meeting yesterday at one of the three comities
> for new TLDs I am involved with. The current outcome is as follows:
> 
> -  the Internet routing rules must be simple, clear, understandable
>     by everyone and out of any "legalities"
> 
> -  UDRP could be used with two provisions:
> 
>     - domain names should be defined in it, question: is it possible
>       as erroneous legal definition may already exist?
>     - rules should be added/managed to avoid conflicts, as follows.
> 
> Rules :
> 
> -  registering a DN is starting a business as long as the DN
>     goes to an error page (to avoid delays to other users).
> 
> -  no UDRP can be filed against a dormant DN, as this may be
>     pure legal intelligence, to obtain information on competition
>     projects or any other form of anticomptitive action.
> 
> -  the opening of the new TLD will be published. For 3 months
>     we will register DN requests from TM/company name/private
>     name owners. Final registration will be granted to unique
>     demanders. Others will have to participate to a common
>     UDRP round to decide the winner.
> 
> -  every domain name registration will be confirmed only one
>     month after request (operations may start immediately) and
>     a new registration list published. This will allow new TM
>     owners having registered a TM less than 30 days before
>     the DN request to file an UDRP.
> 
> The aim is to create a de facto group of worldwide TLD
> classes for Industrial Property and to use the revised UDRP as
> an interim tool for the initial period of this concept, and
> occasionally for other conflicts. We are ready to give ICC,
> WIPO, NSI, etc..  accreditations if they accept these particular
> rules for the TLDs we intend to manage in a collaborative
> way with the registrants.
> 
> I want also to note that the three comities I am involved with
> will imply nameserver software modifications. To - in total or
> in part - support innovative concepts making most of the
> "traditional" (?) Domain Name definition partial or obsolete,
> in a fully transparent way to the DNS system and in
> accordance with ICANN requirements.
> 
> We would thank you for your comments and suggestions. The
> file to be submitted to the ICANN (or released to the press) is
> under preparation.
> Jefsey
> 
> At 08:21 02/09/00, you wrote:
> >What happened with The Amazon Bookstore in Minneapolis, MN.
> >Is Amazon.com going to populate the 1000 sites?  If not isn't this
> >cybersquating?
> >Peter Veeck
> 
> It is pure business protection. At least legal cost.
> Could you give me the US legal definition of cybersquatting
> (I do not know where I can find the law on line)? Thx.
> 
> >Jefsey Morfin wrote:
> > > Jamie, Louise, and other UDRP afficionados...
> > >
> > > This is an interesting tip: I just read in GreatDomains letter
> > > that AMAZON has resgitered more than1000 DNs with
> > > AMAZON in it this year and they keep going. It shows
> > > these guies have the proper way of doing it: they register first.
> > >
> > > Using this serious, professionnal example it could be
> > > construed that if a TM owner does not protect his TM as
> > > a domain name in registering it or initiating an UDRP the
> > > same month as he registers his TM it means he does not
> > > really care about internet.
> > >
> > > The same rasoning should apply to old standing TMs; if
> > > they did not tried to register or to protect it after several
> > > years, it means they do not care.
> > >
> > > A new TM could obviously not challenge a existing DNs
> > > since it is easy to everyone everywhere to check if a DN
> > > exists. We could propose a Whois program where searches
> > > could be made with entries as *barcelona* to find every
> > > occurence of the word (there is a service like that for
> > > .com .net .org .ws, but I cannot find it back).
> > >
> > > This would create a defacto worldwide TM internet class.
> > > Jefsey
> > >
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