In message <1bc921a3-c4cd-4fff-9ae5-49c1218d5...@virtualized.org>, David Conrad writes: > On Jun 19, 2011, at 5:46 PM, Mark Andrews wrote: > >> I would guess that most of these are going to be purchased simply to > >> prevent someone else from getting them > > I would agree with this part. > > I suspect you underestimate the desires and power of marketing folks at = > larger organizations. > > > Adding gtlds and opening up the root to brands effectively requires > > TM holders to register/bid to protect their TM rights. =20 > > Not really. You might want to search on "trademark" in = > http://www.icann.org/en/topics/new-gtlds/rfp-clean-30may11-en.pdf. = > There has been a tremendous amount of traffic on that particular issue = > and that is reflected in the Applicant Guidebook. > > > It will be even > > more interesting if ICANN looses and has to roll back brand = > delegations > > it has made. > > Really, if you're going to opine on the disasters that will befall ICANN = > as a result of the new gTLD program, you might want to actually read = > what that program does and doesn't do. Really. > > Regards, > -drc
I'm curious how anyone that has not signed a agreement with ICANN can be bound to anything in any applicant guide book. Also rfp-clean-30may11-en.pdf basically deals with <tm>.<gtld>. on a brief skimming not <tm> or is ICANN going to have a sunrise period for "."? Mark -- Mark Andrews, ISC 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: ma...@isc.org
