Re: [wg-b] Protections for Noncommercial gTLDs.

["Martin B. Schwimmer" <martys@interport.net>]

A>1)      The noncommercial gTLD is proposed by a registry should be accepted 
>as a    noncommercial gTLD provided it does not seem outrageous on its face 
>[.BIZ seems     commercial on its face and could be questioned.  .UNION, if 
>proposed as     noncommercial, appears to be noncommercial and has no basis 
>for being questioned.]
>


If when asked to provide legal support for their position, advocates of
.union would actually do so, then this list would actually move forward,
not in circles.  Unions advertise and seek support for dues-paying members-
that is commercial activity.  For a company which contracts with multiple
unions, and for which there is comeptition to be a "recognized" union, then
ownership of or appearance on a website called generalmotors.union suggests
some type of conenction, endorsement or sponsorship by General Motors (all
other things being equal).

Please cite the caselaw that sets out the law of how a union may utilize
the name of an employer and explain how .union will abide by that law.





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