Re: [wg-review] Trademarks and UDRP

[Phil King <yofelipe@excite.com>]

The issues on trademarks will not be brought into their legal limitations
until someone bigger, with deeper pockets than the combined major trademark
holders forces it to be.  There's just too much money tied up in it.

Phil King in Butte MT

On Wed, 21 Feb 2001 18:54:00 +1100, dassa@dhs.org wrote:

>  One of the things that have always confused me was why trademark issues
were ever allowed to enter into formation of the domain policies. 
Trademarks are localised to particular regions as are business names etc. 
Domain names are not regionalised in their use, not even the country codes.
>  
>  For instance, if I register a business name in one State of Australia,
there may be others using the same name in other States.  I have no means to
prevent this except by registering my business names in all States.  The
same goes for cross country borders.  Trademark law is also different
between regions and although there is some internationalisation, it is not
universal.  However we have attempts to make the domain names ruled by
trademark law, predominately from the US.
>  
>  This forcing of policies onto domain names that are not even reflected
within the regional laws is very hard to understand.
>  
>  I am also concerned about the issue of the UDRP and associated rulings
being applied to third and forth level hostnames/domains.  I have already
personally witnessed attempts to threaten UDRP and law courts over third and
forth level domain names.  Just where is it going to end?
>  
>  Darryl (Dassa) Lynch.
>  
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Yo, Felipe (I, Phillip)
Phil King
Butte America
(The Richest Hill On Earth)





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