[gnso-rpm-wg] Inferences (was Re: Mp3, Attendance, AC recording & AC Chat Review of all Rights Protection Mechanisms (RPMs) PDP Working Group)

[Jeremy Malcolm]

On 17/7/17 3:05 am, Paul Keating wrote:
> If we halted all TMCH use for sunrise purposes I see no huge loss for
> trademark holders.  And such would resolve the underlying problematic
> issue - the use of the TMCH in the context of providing a preemptive,
> perpetual, globally exclusive right to a domain name that far exceeds
> any right granted by any trademark law or treaty. 

Very well put.  Just a reminder that there is already a proposal on the
table to eliminate the Sunrise.  From what I can tell we haven't
officially come to discussing it yet but I trust that we will.

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