[CPWG] The crux of the COM issue

[John McCormac]

On 05/01/2020 22:08, Evan Leibovitch wrote:
> On Sun, 5 Jan 2020 at 16:59, John McCormac <jmcc at hosterstats.com 
> <mailto:jmcc at hosterstats.com>> wrote:
> 
>     But it gets back to one simple question. Who decides what people can
>     or cannot register?
> 
> 
> I'd be happy with something based on the regime already in widespread 
> global use for trademarks: first-come, first-served, accompanied by an 
> aggressive use-it-or-lose-it policy. To this I'd add restrictions on 
> usurious resale markup.

And that gets into the argument over which "trademark" from which 
country has priority. :) Getting a bad flashback to the .EU fiasco and 
those iffy Benelux deposit "trademarks.

Rather than a resale markup, a business plan and probationary period 
during which some real usage of the domain name for a service or website 
might be a better way to do things. I think that .BERLIN actually has 
this as part of its regulations and it is one of the stronger new gTLDs.

Regards...jmcc
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