Re: [IFWP] Re: Cato Institute forum on domain names ...

1999-05-06 Thread Diane Cabell
Greg Skinner wrote: > "Marsh, Miles (Gene)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > (...) > > This does not work either. > > Of course, if people are unwilling to compromise. ...then we have to pass laws. Diane Cabell http://.mama-tech.com Fausett, Gaeta & Lund, LLP Boston, MA

Re: [IFWP] Re: Cato Institute forum on domain names ...

1999-05-06 Thread Jeff Williams
Greg and all, Greg Skinner wrote: > "Marsh, Miles (Gene)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > OK, then does Firestone have a right to the use of > > firestone.tires.com? Or should it be firestone.tire.com? Or > > Firestone.rubber.com? > > I am not a lawyer. I don't know who has rights to what.

RE: [IFWP] Re: Cato Institute forum on domain names ...

1999-05-06 Thread Greg Skinner
"Marsh, Miles (Gene)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OK, then does Firestone have a right to the use of > firestone.tires.com? Or should it be firestone.tire.com? Or > Firestone.rubber.com? I am not a lawyer. I don't know who has rights to what. But if people are willing to compromise, then no

RE: [IFWP] Re: Cato Institute forum on domain names ...

1999-05-06 Thread Marsh, Miles (Gene)
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, May 06, 1999 6:14 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [IFWP] Re: Cato Institute forum on domain names ... "Richard J. Sexton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If "Firestone" a famous mark ? Should anybody but the tire compna

Re: [IFWP] Re: Cato Institute forum on domain names ...

1999-05-06 Thread Greg Skinner
"Richard J. Sexton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If "Firestone" a famous mark ? Should anybody but the tire compnay get > exclusive world wide rights to it ? What about the other Firestone > brother that makes wine in the Santa Ynez valley - no small winery > either. What about Roy Firestone? Wh

Re: [IFWP] Re: Cato Institute forum on domain names ...

1999-05-06 Thread Kent Crispin
On Thu, May 06, 1999 at 05:48:43PM -0400, Richard J. Sexton wrote: > > Sombody seriously need to reign those folks in. They're simplu out > to het some sot og lobal trademark scheme the golder fleece of the > IP law biz. Jeff Williams revealed... -- Kent Crispin "

Re: [IFWP] Re: Cato Institute forum on domain names ...

1999-05-06 Thread Richard J. Sexton
At 12:10 PM 5/6/99 -0700, you wrote: >Mikki Barry wrote: > >> Although I may have misunderstood, I still say that a group who feels that >> existing laws do not offer them enough protection should not then be able >> to circumvent that existing law through private corporations given >> "trusteeshi

Re: [IFWP] Re: Cato Institute forum on domain names ...

1999-05-06 Thread Greg Skinner
Mikki Barry wrote: > Although I may have misunderstood, I still say that a group who feels that > existing laws do not offer them enough protection should not then be able > to circumvent that existing law through private corporations given > "trusteeship" over an international resource. I think

Re: [IFWP] Re: Cato Institute forum on domain names ...

1999-05-06 Thread Mikki Barry
Greg Skinner said: >I think you misunderstood the point of my post. I am not arguing that >"trademark interests" ought to have protection. I was merely >speculating that they might feel existing law does not offer them >enough protection. Although I may have misunderstood, I still say that a g

Re: [IFWP] Re: Cato Institute forum on domain names ...

1999-05-06 Thread Greg Skinner
Mikki Barry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So if I feel that tomato growers need more protection, that's ok for > ICANN to expand into as well? ICANN's mandate is technical, not policy > making. Through this entire fiasco of "open, transparent and > accountable" formation, we were told again and

Re: [IFWP] Re: Cato Institute forum on domain names ...

1999-05-05 Thread Martin B. Schwimmer
"ICANN's mandate is technical, not policy making." Review the White Paper at www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/domainname/6_5_98dns.htm. As an aside, the word "technical" was in the title of the Green Paper and not in the title of the White Paper.

Re: [IFWP] Re: Cato Institute forum on domain names ...

1999-05-05 Thread Mikki Barry
greg skinner said: >Kerry Miller wrote: > >> I believe its RFC 1591 that states that registering a domain name >> confers no legal rights to that name and that any disputes between >> parties over the rights to use a particular name are to be settled >> between the contending parties using exis

Re: [IFWP] Re: Cato Institute forum on domain names ...

1999-05-05 Thread Greg Skinner
Kerry Miller wrote: > I believe its RFC 1591 that states that registering a domain name > confers no legal rights to that name and that any disputes between > parties over the rights to use a particular name are to be settled > between the contending parties using existing legal methods. Why