Re: RE: Internet domain name controversies

From: <ArborLaw[_at_]aol.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 11:02:39 -0400

> There are lots of small, non-incorporated business (often these
> are individuals) out there in the US and elsewhere. And in this
> electronic age, many of these small enterprises have worldwide
> customer bases and so can not be clearly confined to any
> geographic domain name hierarchy.

Not to beat the same horse overmuch, but even federal trademark rights (the necessary ingredient for pulling a DN) under US law do not trump the common-law rights of a prior user, so in this respect the InterNIC is controverting existing law--or making new administrative law, whichever way you choose to look at it.

Carol Shepherd
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