[gnso-rpm-wg] FW: Updated TMCH Charter Questions tabulated categories document - 2 December 2016

[Beckham, Brian]

Paul, all,

A timely post on CircleID speaks to (intentional) confusion on the "generic"/dictionary dichotomy:  http://www.circleid.com/posts/20161212_appearing_respondents_called_out_as_cybersquatters/

In that post, Mr. Levine notes:

"There's continuing confusion among domain buyers (not likely to be professional investors) that dictionary words are 'generic' therefore available to the first to register them. That's not the case at all. There are numerous trademarks composed of common words; weak perhaps, and vulnerable when combined with other common words but nevertheless protectable with sufficient proof of bad faith."

Brian

-----Original Message-----
From: gnso-rpm-wg-bounces at icann.org [mailto:gnso-rpm-wg-bounces at icann.org] On Behalf Of Paul Keating
Sent: Monday, December 12, 2016 10:24 PM
To: J. Scott Evans; George Kirikos; gnso-rpm-wg at icann.org
Subject: Re: [gnso-rpm-wg] FW: Updated TMCH Charter Questions tabulated categories document - 2 December 2016

But it does show that it is not so much rocket science.

On 12/12/16, 10:11 PM, "J. Scott Evans" <gnso-rpm-wg-bounces at icann.org on behalf of jsevans at adobe.com> wrote:

>That don¹t make it right.
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>J. Scott Evans | Associate General Counsel - Trademarks, Copyright,
>Domains & Marketing | Adobe
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>On 12/12/16, 10:04 AM, "gnso-rpm-wg-bounces at icann.org on behalf of George
>Kirikos" <gnso-rpm-wg-bounces at icann.org on behalf of icann at leap.com>
>wrote:
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>>FYI, re: "generic", both the .uk and the .nz dispute policies
>>reference "generic" domain names, see:
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>>.uk:
>>http://nominet-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Final-pro
>>p
>>osed-DRS-Policy.pdf
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>>"8.1.2 The Domain Name is generic or descriptive and the Respondent is
>>making fair use of it;"
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>>.nz: https://www.dnc.org.nz/resource-library/policies/65
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>>"Generic Term means a word or phrase that is a common name in general
>>public use for a product, service, profession, place or thing. For
>>example: toy; shop; cleaner; lawyers; Wellington; sparkling-wine"
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>>"6.1.2. The Domain Name is generic or descriptive and the Respondent
>>is making fair use of it in a way which is consistent with its generic
>>or descriptive character;"
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>>Sincerely,
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>>George Kirikos
>>416-588-0269
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