RE: [ga] Alt.root'ers resorting to spam?

[Roeland Meyer <rmeyer@mhsc.com>]

|> From: jp@ADNS.NET [mailto:jp@ADNS.NET]
|> Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 11:45 PM
|> 
|> > I received the below spam at one of our domains today, 
|> interesting to
|> > see that the alt.root .usa people are resorting to spam to 
|> advertise
|> > their services.
|> 
|> We chase him around the world and he just keeps popping up other
|> places. Like Leah said, one day he'll run out of ISP's. 
|> 
|> FYI: ADNS has a trademark on ".USA" and no its not prohibited
|> to get a trademark on a TLD - more ICANN FUD.

I distinctly remember (and now I will have to dig up the exact references.
but, not tonight) That, in Oct99, the US PTO specifically issued a ruling
prohibiting registration of domain names and TLDs for purposes of
trademarks. I was writing up my WG-C submission at the time and remember
being disctinctly preturbed by the announcement. It caused me to change the
tone quite a bit. If this has changed yet again, I'd truely be interested.

If one could trademark a domain name then there is a legal defense
available, which I published on the NSI Domain-Policy list, years ago, that
would make the UDRP moot. It would also prevent registries from duplicating
existing TLDs, like ICANN did to BIZ.

The lawyers on this list can pop in any time now ...
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