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Username:	smckoen
Date/Time:	Thu, June 15, 2000 at 5:02 PM GMT
Browser:	Microsoft Internet Explorer V5.01 using Windows 95
Score:	5
Subject:	Good Idea
Message:
For the most part, I agree with Inez, though I would go one step further and just get rid of the gTLDs entirely once the conversion to ccTLDs is complete (except maybe for truly international bodies like the UN).  Of course, from a trade-mark perspective, if the conversion to ccTLDs just replicates the gTLD system at a country-level, the trade-mark problems still exist because if someone had registered "NORTEL" for toothpaste, they might object to the telecoms giant Nortel getting "Nortel.com.ca".  Why should Nortel get the name when under Canadian trade-mark law both could be equally entitled to use "NORTEL"?

Message Thread:

• Trouble with lawsuits leads to a plead for using the ccTLD .US — Inez{R}, June 15 @ 8:47 AM (3/4)
• Good Idea — smckoen, June 15 @ 5:02 PM (0/0)
• Global-generic and country-generic TLNs - A proposal — mcromer, June 15 @ 4:08 PM (1/1)
• Additional notes — mcromer, June 15 @ 4:26 PM (0/0)
• Re: Trouble with lawsuits leads to a plead for using the ccTLD .US — valen, June 15 @ 1:35 PM (0/0)

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