[138974] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Nortel, in bankruptcy, sells IPv4 address block for $7.5 million
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ernie Rubi)
Thu Mar 24 15:46:12 2011
From: Ernie Rubi <ernesto@cs.fiu.edu>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTi=kguR7=ekaD0oRfhVriM+Wf1quWTGojFFHVGVO@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:43:58 -0400
To: William Herrin <bill@herrin.us>
Cc: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Alright, how about this - let's wait and see what the bankruptcy judge =
says.
Which firm do you practice for?
On Mar 24, 2011, at 3:05 PM, William Herrin wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 2:32 PM, Ernie Rubi <ernesto@cs.fiu.edu> =
wrote:
>> =
http://ciara.fiu.edu/publications/Rubi%20-%20Property%20Rights%20in%20IP%2=
0Numbers.pdf
>> Even assuming Kremen was decided as ARIN says; United States District =
Courts
>> can and do disagree.
>=20
> Hi Ernie,
>=20
> The case you refer to was a dispute about a trademark which the a
> particular domain name infringed. The court's theory was that the
> property right in the trademark (well documented in law) covered the
> domain name too (fresh precedent). So while a court could disagree
> about IP addresses, it's not really accurate to say that one has.
>=20
