Re: [wg-c] Avery-Dennison decision and new gTLDs

[Dave Crocker <dcrocker@brandenburg.com>]

If one is making an abstract statement about the detailed knowledge of DNS 
by all judges, I suppose there's no doubt that the abstract statement is 
correct.  However it has little to do with the question of judicial competence.

In the context and style the statement was made, it asserts that judges 
aren't competent  to do their job.  Judges must deal with specialized 
topics all the time.  Some are good at it and some aren't.

The sweeping assertion of incompetence is probably based on a tiny sampling 
of the population of judges and, further, is a questionable assessment even 
of that tiny sampling.

That is why I expressed an interest in the BASIS rather than just relying 
on the conclusion.

d/

At 11:27 AM 8/25/99 , Kevin J. Connolly wrote:
>Milton speaks sooth.  Few and far between are
>the jurists who actually understand the DNS.
>This is a good thing <generic phrase insusceptible
>of trademark protection in this context :->
>
> >>> Dave Crocker <dcrocker@brandenburg.com> 08/25/99 01:20PM >>>
>At 09:17 AM 8/25/99 , Milton Mueller wrote:
> >Unfortunately most judges do not seem to understand the
> >arbitrariness of the special status of dot com registrations
> >and how easily that could be changed by the addition of new
> >gTLDs.
>
>An impressively sweeping and definitive assessment.
>
>Please explain the basis for such broad assertion of judicial incompetence.


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