[802] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: IETF questions -- Internet growth
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (vcerf@NRI.Reston.VA.US)
Sat Jun 1 19:11:12 1991
To: Barry Shein <bzs@world.std.com>
Cc: david@twg.com, ietf@isi.edu, com-priv@uu.psi.com
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 01 Jun 91 17:17:04 EDT."
Date: Sat, 01 Jun 91 19:01:56 -0400
From: vcerf@NRI.Reston.VA.US
Barry,
To register a trademark, one has to show evidence of how
it is used in trade and also explain in detail what kind
of trade (there are a number of distinct registration
categories). At present, names are essentially first-come
first-served but I suppose a dispute might arise if
someone took, say, att.com before AT&T. The various
domain/zone authorities do not normally perform any
kind of "ownership" or "authority" check to determine
if the requestor has any claim on the domain names
selected. If the domain name looks like it is a
trademark/name, the registrar might probe deeper
just as a precautionary measure. Legal dispute would
have to be settled between the disputants and the
registrar, one would hope, would not be involved.
Vint
