Without getting into the value discussion, I wanted to note there's an
official meta-registry called the Trademark Clearinghouse, in which
owners of registered trademarks can block/reserve (as opposed to
register) their marks in all the new gTLDs, so they don't get squatted.
The protection fee at TMCH costs around $150/year/mark:
http://trademark-clearinghouse.com/content/trademark-clearinghouse-fees
I have an IP lawyer friend helping people with this new gTLD stuff if
Wikimedia needs advice or help getting registered with the TMCH.
Pete
On 2/21/14, 13:22 PM, Chad wrote:
On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 1:19 PM, Paul Dugas <p...@dugasenterprises.com>wrote:
I believe there is a period of time before these TLDs go live when
trademark holders are supposed to register and that they want to acquire.
Wonder if that means they loose the rights when that period ends. Suspect
not.
Herein lies the probem: supposed to register. See Brion's earlier
comment about this all being an awful scam.
-Chad
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