[ NNSquad ] Re: Got $55K to spare for ICANN?

[Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond <ocl@gih.com>]

Hi there,

Le 17/01/2010 11:49, ssc a écrit :
> An awful lot of "lawyer-vulture-speak' I'm afraid.
> Lets say xyz.company (small company in the US) has been around since
> 1973, and xyz.corp in Bangladesh, a billion dollar company wants,
> xyz.com, yet the smaller guy has been using it as a website for years.
>
> Is the small guy, who's only claim is he registered his company in 1973
> at as a local county business, going to be stood up for? I think not.
> Not without him spending huge amounts to preserve his name.
> As I expect its "lawver-vulture-speak" for robbing the little guy all
> over again.
>    

Absolutely not: the process is pre-launch, not post-launch. The new 
Trademark protection mechanisms will not affect anyone who already has 
their .com, .net etc. It will not affect anybody who has already built 
their brand online. It will be applied only to the new gTLD launches.
The whole process is designed to reduce domain/trademark hijacking by 
domain pirates, whilst allowing for fair use by small businesses. The 
point you mention was raised and discussed for a long time during our 
conference calls.
I hope this helps.

Warm regards,

Olivier