Except you don't see the level of what you refer to as "reverse highjacking" in trademark opposition or cancellation procedures, where applicants state the specified goods or services for a mark. At 09:33 PM 2/3/99 -0500, you wrote: >>Indicating the intended use would minimize the pokey.org/veronica.org >>scenarios. > >Very doubtful. In pokey, veronica, AND pseudo, the corporations involved >were informed that the uses were non commercial and non infringing. In >both pokey and veronica, it was not until the press was informed and the >public got annoyed that the corporations backed off. In pseudo, the >corporation's lawyer has been informed, and his response, so far, has been >"we're not reverse hijacking. You're infringing. We'll give you $100.00 >for the address." > >I very much doubt that many of these corporations would back off knowing >that the domain name holders were not infringing. Many feel that they have >a right to the name, regardless. > > > > >
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