[ga-full] Re: [ga] Tr: Re: NCtelecon, 18 April 2000, results

[Simon Higgs <simon@higgs.net>]

At 11:29 PM 4/23/00 +0200, Roberto Gaetano wrote:

>Also, I personally think that the NC vote on 2000-04-18 has also pre-
>empted any possible result from WG-B to be meaningful.
>Obviously, a similar question should be asked for the "sunrise"
>provision:
>"Is there consensus in the Internet Community that special rights (aka
>"sunrise provision", aka "jus primae noctis" - for the French speaking
>"droit de cuissage") should be given to *all* Trademark owners?"

I think the question needs to be modified slightly to include the needs of 
the internet community, and not just the trademark community. This allows 
other legitimate special needs to over-ride the needs of the trademark 
community where appropriate.

"Is there consensus in the Internet Community that special rights should be 
assigned to appropriately recognized special interest groups, within the 
context of a specialized TLD delegation?"

Remember, if the TLD's charter is where the purpose and special needs for 
delegation are described, then these rules are applied to define the domain 
name's delegation. Special interest groups, more closely related to the 
TLD's purpose, can then be given priority to delegations for that TLD (over 
"generic" trademark holders). This delivers the true intent of consumer 
protection that the trademark law is supposed to serve.



Best Regards,

Simon

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