<<< Wouldn't Business.biz be so similar to Business.com that it would be easy
for a consumer to confuse the two? >>>>>>Apart from the generic name that is the
same, the services and products on each of the 2 sites you mention could be entirely
different, making there be NO confusion.
The word "confusion" is used TOO much
as it relates to the Internet. If a person is confused by what a site offers, and
how it is distinct from another site's offering, I find that pathetic.
Furthermore,
where similar products and services are concerned: it is called "competition."
That
is like saying that 2 grocery stores can't cohabitate on the same city block--that
it will cause consumer confusion, and isn't fair to the store that was there first.
With
all due respect, nonsense.
Firstly, as I said--the products and services might
be different. And if they are similar, let the consumer decide, and use his intelligence
enough to NOT be confused.
<<< Why should we create a system that allows the
company that paid millions for business.com to have competition from a new confusing
domain that cost the competitor $70 or less to register? >>>>
The company that
bought business.com did not buy it through a registrar, who then sold the domain
Business.biz to a competitor for 70 bucks. THEN you might have a case of unfairness.
The
company that bought business.com bought it from its previous owner, in a deal they
made amongst themselves.
That deal does not and should not dictate policy regarding
the entrance of new TLDs.
Furthermore, we are talking about the inclusion of just
a few more competitors INSOFAR as domain recognition is concerned. It is still up
to the respective businesses to actually provide TANGIBLE competition with their
counterparts in the other TLDs, if their products and services ARE the similar.
<<<
Think of all of the hits business.biz will get that started out to go to business.com.
>>>
OKAY. It is called PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES TO MORE PLAYERS, not enabling a
monopoly, so to speak.
<<< That certainly seems like a case for trademark violation
to me. >>>
How? Because the generic domain name is the same? Please. Then eBusiness.com
is in violation of the trademark of Business.com, because it tacked on an "e."
This
is not a question of trademarks--because for one thing, a domain name is not necessarily
a business name. I can own the domain Books.com, and my business that runs it could
be called Aliens From Outer Space, Inc.
<<< My feeling is that we will be creating
more confusion rather than fostering healthy competition, and that is simply wrong.
>>>>
Confusion, confusion, confusion. That word has come to mean nothing insofar
as the Internet is concerned. If you go to Business.com and browse their site, and
then go to Business.biz and browse THEIR site, and see two distinct sites and get
confused. . . OH WELL. I wouldn't.
Competition IS forwarded when you provide additional
domains of equal simplicity, recognition, and generic construction.