Re: [ga] Interesting WIPO ruling re: NewZealand.biz

[George Kirikos <gkirikos@yahoo.com>]

Hello,

--- eric@hi-tek.com wrote:
> Am I missing something?
> 
> But should not geographics be given to the local of the geographic?
> But what happens when there are twenty one El Pasos?
> Countries are easier.

There are country codes, e.g. .nz, if they need geographic names.
They're not entitled to that name in every namespace, especially not
the gTLD spaces. e.g. Canada.com is run by a commercial company, not
the Canadian government. If I had the foresight to have registered it
first, I wouldn't want the government yanking it back from me, ala
Barcelona.com and other poor decisions. If they want the name, they can
pay market rates for it, and not expropriate the name without
compensation.

Sincerely,

George Kirikos
http://www.kirikos.com/

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