[gnso-rpm-wg] Recommendation for Questions #7 and #16 (Design Mark and Appropriate Balance)

[Jeremy Malcolm]

On 26/4/17 10:41 am, Silver, Bradley wrote:
> Jeremy - the TMCH does not allow exclusive rights in domains.  Having a mark in the TMCH affords nothing close an exclusive right.  That's a basic truth which shouldn’t be ignored.

The sunrise period can allow the owner of (to use Rebecca's example) the
PARENTS stylized mark to seize the parents.forum domain to the exclusion
of someone who wants to run a parenting forum.  Call it an exclusive
right or whatever you want, but it goes further than trademark law.  A
rose by any other name...

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