RE: [wg-b] food for thought

[Harald Tveit Alvestrand <Harald@alvestrand.no>]

At 09:17 23.09.99 -0700, Roeland M.J. Meyer wrote:


>Compared to this, the simple policy, of First-Come-First-Served (FCFS),
>is looking more attractive by the minute. Also, exclusionary policies
>appear to be an open-door to bankruptcy, with one exception. The
>registry requires the presentation of a registered trademark of the same
>name as the new domain, from the registrant. In this case, the real
>effective registry becomes the local PTO. This would "clear" the name
>before it enters the DNS and shifts liability to the PTO, rather than
>the registry.

Roeland,

WHICH PTO??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

              Harald

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