Re: [ga-udrp] The UDRP & Registered Symbols in Domain Names

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

Chris and all,

  Good point.  I hadn't thought of it in this way, but your right.  >;)
Possibly and international symbol would be sufficient?  But it would
need ot be one that would make key board re-mapping very easy to do
I would think.

NameCritic wrote:

> The ® symbol does not mean the same in all countries, so that still won't
> solve the problem. In some countries in order to use that symbol you must
> have registered your mark there as well. Use of it on a website where you
> have customers from such a country constitutes a form of misrepresentation
> as those customers may assume you have that mark in their country.
>
> TM is also english based.
>
> Chris McElroy aka NameCritic
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <DannyYounger@cs.com>
> To: <ga-udrp@dnso.org>
> Cc: <CCHICOINE@thompsoncoburn.com>; <Mueller@syr.edu>
> Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2001 2:52 AM
> Subject: [ga-udrp] The UDRP & Registered Symbols in Domain Names
>
> > As you may be aware, it is now possible to register domain names with
> > symbols, such as (C) or (R) © ®.   This might affect the future UDRP
> process
> > as "marks" become incorporated into domain names.
> >
> > Some information on this process may be found at:
> > http://ml.register.com/index-ss.cgi?6309|2497174265
> >
> > Although such registrations do not currently resolve on the internet, the
> > expectation is that they will indeed resolve subsequent to VeriSign's
> phase
> > 3.3.
> >
> > One interesting question posed:  Why can't I register a domain name that
> > includes the trademark symbol?
> > To register a domain name using the special symbol domain name
> registration
> > process, you must enter a domain name that includes at least one "special
> > symbol".
> > The trademark symbol (™) and the letters "™" translate to the same code.
> The
> > trademark symbol (™) is currently recognized as the standard English
> > characters 'tm'-- not as the special symbol "™". Therefore, a domain name
> > containing the symbol "™" and none of the special symbols is not a special
> > symbol domain name.
> > http://ml.register.com/faq/register-ss-faq.cgi?1|2497174265|CO6309
> >
> > Perhaps we need the IETF to create a special unique symbol for TM for
> > registration purposes.  This might solve some problems down the road.
> >
> > I don't know enough about special symbol registrations yet... perhaps YJ
> > might have greater knowledge, or perhaps the folks at Verisign could
> provide
> > some guidance?
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Danny
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Regards,

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