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[wg-c] Retraction of previous proposal




I'm afraid I must retract my previous proposal that would have the
registries accepting TM strings for comparison against DB updates
to police for infringement.

I was unaware that TM law and legal precedent require the mark
holders to absorb the cost of protecting their own interests, something
which I initially suspected was true anyway.

I was also unaware that there are existing businesses that provide
this service to any TM/IP interest willing to pay to protect their
marks.

What I thought was compromise was in effect extra-legal.

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