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Re: The Fame Claim List -was [wg-b] notification as compromise?
Martys wrote:
> The primary advantage of immediate notification to the DN owner of the TM
> owner's claim, is that it can make a more informed decision (and resolve a
> dispute) before it has sunk money into the name. The notification to the
> TM owner is a secondary aspect to this
Alternate approach to help DN holders:
Urge each registrar to provide a link to the Trademark Office database of the
countries it works with most often with a note that domain name holders are
urged to run their proposed domain names through a search to see if they
overlap with existing marks registered to other users in the same line of
commercial goods and services. To be fair, I would also include a note (to
prevent undue concern) that noncommercial speech is not the subject for
trademark infringement or dilution claims under US (fill in the blank
country) laws.
kathy kleiman
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> The primary advantage of immediate notification to the DN owner of the TM
> owner's claim, is that it can make a more informed decision (and resolve a
> dispute) before it has sunk money into the name. The notification to the
> TM owner is a secondary aspect to this - the cost of a cc on the email to
> the DN registrant is minimal and there is a benefit but to me, putting the
> DN registrant on notice is the primary rationale - and much more useful
> than a passive whois (see Roeland Meyers' post), as it is evidence of
> actual notice.