Williamd and all, William X. Walsh wrote: > On 09-Dec-98 Martin B. Schwimmer wrote: > >>>>And if my non commercial site develops into a commercial business? > >>> > >>>What would be an example? > >> > >>A 4 year old 10,000 page website about tropical fish begins > >>selling fish food. > > > > If they've been using [fish info@non com TLD] for four years, they keep > > that one in place, and then decide if they want to add an additional com > > TLD DN. They would likely want to add a commercial DN to signal its new > > line (and a commercial TLD would be in keeping with a professional > > appearance, just as a corporate name, even a DBA, is more > > professional-appearing than doing one's business without a corporate name. > > > > If they don't want to add a new commercial TLD, they plug along using a > > non-commercial TLD. If a third party believes that the company is now > > infringing its trademark rights by selling fish food, then they would have > > to bring a civil action - there's no cyber-piracy here. > > "Bring a civil action" This would be a total waste of time and resources, not to mention a potential for baiting for legal harassment counter suit. > > > Why is this solution ok for this situation but not all situations? Good question. Personally I see nothing improper or wrong here. > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > William X. Walsh (WXW7/WW1506)| TJ Network Services - The .TJ NIC > Network Operations | http://tjns.tj / http://nic.tj > william@tjns.tj/william@nic.tj| Domain Names, DNS, Email, > +1-(209)-493-6144 | DynamicDNS & Web Hosting Services > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Date: 09-Dec-98 / Time: 14:58:46 > > __________________________________________________ > To receive the digest version instead, send a > blank email to ifwp-digest@lists.interactivehq.org > > To SUBSCRIBE forward this message to: > subscribe-IFWP@lists.interactivehq.org > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, forward this message to: > unsubscribe-ifwp@lists.interactivehq.org > > Problems/suggestions regarding this list? Email andy@interactivehq.org. > ___END____________________________________________ Regards, -- Jeffrey A. Williams CEO/DIR. Internet Network Eng/SR. Java/CORBA Development Eng. Information Network Eng. Group. INEG. INC. E-Mail jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com Contact Number: 972-447-1894 Address: 5 East Kirkwood Blvd. Grapevine Texas 75208
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