STI Recommendations

[mr800king@xxxxxxx]

Thank you for the chance to comment on this very important and vital manner. 



Trademark laws need to be respected not expanded. The irreparable harm and 
damage that can be done to a company, big or small, with thousands of employees 
or not, without FULL due process posses such a risk to commerce that this 
proposal should not be adopted. Some of the very supporters of this may find 
their own companies in peril in the future as an unintended consequence of 
their own support. 


I do believe it may have merit in pre-registrations of new Gtld's before 
registration. In this there is no possibility of harm before the fact. However 
all rights must be protected and over reaching by either side can prove to be 
problematic.


For existing registrations, this would be dangerous and who will be responsible 
for loss of business or other catastrophic circumstance should a quick but 
wrong decision be made? Who will be responsible when irreparable harm and 
damage is done? Just like there are trademark abusers, their are IP abusers as 
well that over reach and do harm. So great care must be given to avoid this.


In short, I agree and support Mr. Kirikos's comments that are well thought out 
and present a clear picture of why this proposal should not be adopted.


Again, thank you for the chance to comment and please treat each comment as 
individual and not lump them together as one group vs another. No one writing 
comments wants trademarks to be abused in any way, shape or form and in that 
respect we all stand shoulder to shoulder. However given some of the horrendous 
decisions of the current process, a fair balance must be struck.



Rick Schwartz
eRealestate.com