Clearly, IMO, a bad policy when dealing with strings that are trade marked multiple times. But I might have missed a few historical rounds. Or I'm missing something else. Nicolas On 10/13/2011 9:29 AM, Milton L Mueller wrote: > > Alain > > There is no need to apply for a gTLD to "protect" trademarked brand > names. The policy allows one to pre-empt/prevent someone else from > registering a gTLD based on your trademark. In other words, > louisvuitton's refusal to apply for . louisvuitton does NOT mean that > anyone else can apply for it. >