Re: [ICANN-EU] trademark vs. domain / legal aspect

["Andreas Fügner" <Andreas.Fuegner@lizenz.com>]

Dear Jefsey:


>I would be interested in knowing were these figures come from and
>if your definitions are base on some law or on the ICANN/DNSO/WIPO
>discussions.


Normal trademark law.

>>Another party using a trademark famous all over the world
>>is misleading its audience.
>
>Why? If my name is Clinton, would I never receive any postal mail
>on the ground I would mislead the Postman or my grand mother
>writing to me?


Different story. Your mail is sent to your postal address. 
Which is identified by:
your name + street + number + city + zip code + country.
That is a little bit more and precise than just Clinton, isn't it?

>BTW, are you a lawyer in this field? 

No. Just doing business in this field
and having a lawyer at hand.

>If yes, I would be interested
>in having a legal definition of a domain name.

>Thank you for your inputes.


More than welcome,

Andreas Fuegner