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.
>