[Gnso-newgtld-wg-wt5] Currency code protection issues

[lists@christopherwilkinson.eu Wilkinson]

Dear Dessalegn

> 
>         > > > - countries change currency names,
> > 
> >     > 

Yes, but not that often. Country names also change occasionally with consequences for cccTLDs etc.

> >  old currency names availability for application?
> 

There are quite of those in Europe, since the €. e.g. DEM, FRF, BEF etc. I would just ask the local central bank.to decide.

CW


PS: I have no opinion nor knowledge about crypto-currencies.


> El 20 de octubre de 2018 a las 12:58 Dessalegn Yehuala <mequanint.yehuala at gmail.com> escribió:
> 
>     Apologies:
> 
>     Correction to on one  of the items described in the previous email:
>     - countries change currency names, how about old currency names availability for application?
>     Kind regards,
>     Dessalegn
> 
>         > > 
> > 
> >         Sent from Samsung tablet.
> > 
> >     > 
>     On Sat, 20 Oct 2018, 11:10 mequanint.yehuala, <mequanint.yehuala at gmail.com mailto:mequanint.yehuala at gmail.com > wrote:
> 
>         > >         Dear WT5 members,
> > 
> >         Currency code protection is a very delicate issue and there seems to be preventive rights obsession within  WT5 that disregards freedom of expression by increasing the pool of protected not only geographic string identifiers but also strings which have geographic indications of what so ever. That said, how is WT5 going to resolve the following issues?
> >         - emerging currencies such as crypto currency
> >         - countries change currency names, how about old currency names availability for protection?
> > 
> >         Kind regards,
> >         Dessalegn
> > 
> > 
> >         Sent from Samsung tablet.
> > 
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