Mark, RTFDAG.
Regards, -drc On Jun 19, 2011, at 7:14 PM, Mark Andrews wrote: >> In order to obtain a gTLD, you have to sign a contractual agreement with = >> ICANN. > > David, you are missing the point. The TM holder doesn't want the > gtld, they just want to protect their trademark. The TM holder > doesn't have a contract with ICANN. They do however have a legitimate > right to the name and want to spend $0 keeping the name out of > anybodys hands but theirs. $187K is not longer a amount to be > sneezed at. > > Mark > >>> Also rfp-clean-30may11-en.pdf basically deals with <tm>.<gtld>. >> >> You might want to re-read pretty much any part of that document (e.g., = >> the title). >> >> Regards, >> -drc > -- > Mark Andrews, ISC > 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia > PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: ma...@isc.org >