On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 11:07:57PM -0000, Martin Hannigan wrote: [ quoting me ] > >And no, companies *aren't* "forced to pay for another domain name" just > >because a new TLD appears -- they aren't doing it *now*, by and large, > >and thank ghod: > > The last time I looked there were a few thousand companies protecting > their intellectual property by using companies like Mark Monitor to > insure that they had defensive registrations in all ccTLD's possible.
Sure; MarkMonitor has a great sales staff. But the methods by which you can violate a trademark are *very* clearly defined, and the mere existence of a domain name doesn't seem to be one of them. IANAL. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] Designer +-Internetworking------+---------+ RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates | Best Practices Wiki | | '87 e24 St Petersburg FL USA +-http://bestpractices.wikia.com-+ +1 727 647 1274 If you can read this... thank a system administrator. Or two. --me
