On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 5:59 AM, Alain Berranger <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > HI Milton, > Are we mainly concerned with second level domain names? as trademarked > and/or notorious gTLD names are dealt with: if you want to protect a > valuable resource such as a name - usually trademarked (say Nobel Prize or > Honda or Louis Vuitton or Apple or Red Cross) then the trademark holding > body must apply for a corresponding gTLD, which will be used for primary > purposes say [log in to unmask] However, notoriety of a > given name may not always match the financial robustness needed to apply for > a gTLD, but that will be the exception, no? I'm not sure though. Is gTLD > aiming at a single root or a family of similar roots (hence the suggestion > to stick to strict international treaties nomenclature which I find > interesting but insufficient)? so what happens to related names such as > vuitton or vuitton bags or luis vutton... ICANN cannot substitute for INTA, > WIPO, etc... it must only respect INTA, WIPO, etc... rules and regulations. > Two hard calls: second level domain names with similar roots and also gTLD > that are "super generic" like .ngo. .intl... which really nobody can claim > ownership to! FYI .int is in the root already, and PIR is going to bid for .ngo, why should no one have access to those names? -- Cheers, McTim "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel