[CPWG] To convey, not to judge

[Evan Leibovitch]

On Thu, 7 May 2020 at 14:00, Roberto Gaetano <roberto_gaetano at hotmail.com>
wrote:


> “Traditional” trade marks are governed by a systems that have jurisdiction
> at the core - while the DNS is global.
>

Search "Madrid System".

With roots as far back as 1891 I *think* it predates the use of domain
names.


> Also, most trade mark systems use the concept of “class” to identify
> categories, so that trade marks are applied for a specific class of
> products. This allows, for instance, to make a distinction between Apple -
> the fruit, Apple - the recording company, Apple - the computer, and so on.
> The example that has been made from the beginning of these discussions in
> the Internet community is that if multiple companies apply for .apple, each
> of them belonging to a different class, the traditional way goes in tilt.
>

There are multiple ways to deal with this tilt.

The trademark system approaches such conflicts in the best way to protect
consumers. The domain name system approaches such conflict in the best way
to maximize revenues for ICANN and the domain industry.

-- 
Evan Leibovitch, Toronto Canada
@evanleibovitch or @el56
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