>From: "John Berryhill Ph.D. J.D." <john@johnberryhill.com>
>To: <intanet-l@inta.org>
>Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 15:58:37 -0500
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>The domain name fibershield.net, which was ordered "cancelled" in a Uniform
>Dispute Resolution Policy proceeding, has been re-registered by Mr. Russell
>Smith, the operator of consumer.net, domainia.org, and many other domain
>names relating to privacy issues, consumer issues, and not surprisingly, the
>questionable wisdom of allowing trademark lawyers to determine how the
>Internet domain name system is run.
>
>The National Arbitration Forum should be congratulated for its role in
>promoting free speech on the internet by ordering the domain name to be
>taken away from the two disputing businesses that had been using the term
>"fibershield" and allowing the domain name to be registered by someone who,
>until today, had no interest in the term whatsoever. Mr. Smith intends to
>use the domain name for the legitimate non-commercial purposes of his
>organization, thus making the domain name safe from further tampering by
>trademark lawyers.
>
>The WIPO drafters of the Uniform Dispute Policy should also be congratulated
>for providing for this "random transfer" method of settling disputes. This
>is an entirely new concept for alternative dispute resolution - if two
>parties are fighting over something, then give it to an entirely unrelated
>third party. Clever.
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