Re: [ga] competition ?

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Andy and all remaining assembly members,

  Good point Andy!  I am a bit surprised to read this from you however
given your past record on this issue...  I am glad to see a change in
attitude here however.  Well done!  >;)

  Your point also again points out one of several significant problems
with the UDRP in handling Domain Name disputes, as well as the
questionable wisdom or the the USPTO adding additional classes
of Trademarks in '99 to include domain name related .??? as
viable classes of Trademarks.  It has been our [INEGroup's]
position, and still remains so, that DN's cannot adequately
equate to a TM.  The problems that we have seen thus far sense
Jan '99 have shown this to be quite evident....

Andy Gardner wrote:

> >Personally, I would never purchase anything but DOT COMs because I want
> >emails sent to me.  A couple of DOT net owners I know are having this exact
> >problem.  Their customers are sending email to DOT coms.  And now the DOT
> >COM owners are threatening to sue for infringement.
>
> This is one thing that REALLY annoys me.
>
> The .net or .org owner has settled for a 2nd-rate domain, often knowing
> full well that a certain amount of their traffic is going to be lost to the
> .com, then the greedy dotCom goes after the .net and .org names "because
> they can".
>
> Often, the catalyst for this action is the "buy the .net and .org to
> protect your identity" crap that people like NSI have been stuffing down
> people's throats.
>
> If I had a great .com name I wouldn't give a shit who owned the .net or
> .org. Good luck to them.
>
> The sooner this attitude is adopted by the IP community, the better.
>
> I guess they never will, though, as lawyers and the UDRP providers survive
> on creating conflict. That is probably the biggest problem we have, now
> that the IP community has got control of the system.
>
> --
> Andrew P. Gardner
> barcelona.com stolen, stmoritz.com stays. What's uniform about the UDRP?
> We could ask ICANN to send WIPO a clue, but do they have any to spare?
> Get active: http://www.domain-owners.org http://www.tldlobby.com
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Regards,

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