Re: [ICANN-EU] UDRP

["Roberto Gaetano" <roberto_gaetano@hotmail.com>]

Vittorio,

>
>On the other hand, I'm sure that there must be some space (= TLDs) where
>individuals and organizations can stay sure that no big business will come
>and claim trademark issues to take their domain away ;-)


The only reason for the introduction of new TLDs is, to me, to provide 
diversification of the offer, in terms of econmical models 
(for-profit/non-for-profit Registry, for instance), in terms of tecnical 
solutions ("Thick Registry" vs. "Thin Registry", for instance), in terms of 
geographical distribution of the Registries, and also in terms of policies 
for trademark protection and dispute resolution.
This was the line I followed in my comments to ICANN when the matter was in 
public enquiry. Full details on my Website - url not provided to avoid being 
accused of campaigning ;>).

If new TLDs are introduced without keeping this in mind, the operation will 
have an almost zero added value for the users (unless you believe that 
adding new TLDs will allow to better locate resources on the net, but this 
has been already debated).

To the point of UDRP, if no TLD with a clear policy "trademarks not 
protected here" will be delegated, we would have lost a chance.

And credibility too.

Regards
Roberto


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