Comments on: ICA: Trademark Holders Attempting To Greatly Expand Their Rights Through The New gTLD Process

By: Sergei

Sergei — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 12:07:44 +0000

Perhaps should send protests to;

John O. Jeffrey
General Counsel & Secretary
ICANN
4676 Admiralty Way, Ste. 330
Marina del Rey, CA USA
Direct +1.310.301.5834
Mobile +1.310.404.6001
John.Jeffrey@ICANN.org

By: MHB

MHB — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 07:04:23 +0000

Gerry

This is being proposed by ICANN who makes the rules for domains.

If ICANN removes the price caps on domains then that becomes the law.

Yes you can go to court and challenge it but it would be a lot cheaper to join the ICA for a few hundred bucks and comment to ICANN on the proposal and make sure every other domainer you know does the same

By: MHB

MHB — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 07:01:03 +0000

Chris

This has already survived 1 review of ICANN and comments objecting to the proposal.

By: Gerry

Gerry — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 02:42:10 +0000

@Chris Desouza – it would be those corporations that would determine if you have a legitimate domain property.

Your property today could very well be their property tomorrow.

What if you owned the purely Generic “IcedTea.com” and Lipton wanted it and seized it without any legal procedings?

I agree that brands need protection but we do not need the brand’s pr people or webmaster to determine, create, and make the law.

The simple fact that the proposal is also retroactive to include all existing TLD’s is far reaching if enacted.

Think of every single word or word combinations you can think of and every TLD you can think of and then decide if this is a fair ruling, again, should it take place.

Yes, these are proposals but read from your side.

Where is the proposal that reflects your interests and you keeping your legitimate domain property?

The concept of new gTLD’s is not entirely a bad thing.

But the group that came up with these sweeping changes is a bad thing.

I can not see much of this being enacted by the simple fact that there are laws preventing such hijacking of the internet.

And some of these proposals seem just that…an attempt to hijack and control the internet.

By: Chris Desouza

Chris Desouza — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 23:51:40 +0000

This is just a proposal. Why would those corporations target legitimate domain properties. I believe any such law that is created will be fair in its enactment.

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Fri, 20 Feb 2009 23:21:23 +0000

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By: american

american — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 22:24:41 +0000

Hey Jeff – how about you guys spend maybe a couple hundred bucks this year to promote the .US extension you also run? It takes very little promotion to alert people to their country code, and you’d sell lots more, so how about it? Shouldn’t this be a condition of your continued possession of this valuable national resource anyways?

By: MHB

MHB — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 20:15:44 +0000

Jeff

I was sure the “Neu” in NeuStar can from “Neu”man.

Maybe you can hit them up for a royalty payment.

LOL

Thanks for the clarification.

By: Jeff Neuman (NeuStar)

Jeff Neuman (NeuStar) — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 19:32:50 +0000

I am flattered that you refer to me as the President of NeuStar, but I am just the VP of Law and Policy.