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Phil Corwin <psc@vlaw-dc.com>; <br>
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Re: [bc-gnso] New US trademark rules likely to exclude many dot-brand gTLDs | DomainIncite - Domain Name News & Opinion <br>
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<td valign="top"><div dir="ltr">Thanks for sending, Phil. I think these rules are very reasonable - it's just unfortunate that the prohibitions on front-running and registering generic terms were not incorporated into the LRO guidelines earlier. It would have saved everyone a lot of time and money.<div>
<br></div><div>Andy</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 10:14 AM, Phil Corwin <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:psc@vlaw-dc.com" target="_blank" href="javascript:return">psc@vlaw-dc.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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