No On .XXX TLD

[Alexa Smart <alexaland@xxxxxxx>]

To Whom It May Concern,

My name is Mindy Nashif and I am the owner of the registered  
trademark .XXX® (United States Trademark Registration No.  
3,778,825).   I am also the creator of specialty crayons and crayon  
novelty products marketed under the “.XXX®” brand.   In addition, I am  
in the process of creating a line of crayon party favors for  
bachelorette parties also to be marketed and sold under the .XXX®  
brand.   I write to oppose the granting of a “.xxx” TLD by ICANN.
The use of crayons is a creative, fun and educational activity mostly  
enjoyed by children. I have always thought that it is unfortunate that  
teens and adults generally abandon their crayons and cease to enjoy  
the simple pleasures of crayon art.   Because of this, I created .XXX®  
Crayons in hope that a crayon product directed to a more mature  
audience through its packaging would prompt teens and adults to  
reconnect with crayon art.  Thanks in large part to my creative brand  
name, it appears that my .XXX® -labeled crayon products does indeed  
perform that function.
Unfortunately, if a “.xxx” TLD is allowed by ICANN, and domain name  
registrations bearing the “.xxx” TLD are granted in association with  
innumerable explicit hard-core sex sites (as would inevitably occur if  
ICANN allows the TLD), the value of my brand will be significantly  
damaged, if not destroyed.  Please understand that my .XXX® crayon  
products are meant to attract adult attention while evoking the  
childhood innocence associated with crayon use.   But if  “.xxx”  
becomes ubiquitously associated with hard core sex-sites it is hardly  
likely that the public will associate “.xxx” with crayons, much less  
the childhood use of crayons.
Also, teens and children will always be a significant market for  
my .XXX® crayons and crayon novelty products.  Because of this, the  
likely TLD association of my crayon brand name with what will likely  
be hundreds of thousands of hard core sex sites if ICANN allows the  
TLD, is particularly damaging to my brand as it applies to the child  
and teen market segment.   While parents may purchase for their  
children, or allow them to use, .XXX® Crayons appreciating the mildly  
naughty implications, it is unlikely that many parents will do so if  
my brand appears to be directly associated with explicit hard core sex  
sites.  Also, I shudder to think what would happen if children or  
teens hoping to find a site selling my crayons type into their  
Internet browser something like “buy.xxx”.
Thus, if a “.xxx” TLD is allowed by ICANN it is virtually inevitable  
that my trademark would be tarnished, devalued and virtually  
destroyed.  Because of this, I strongly oppose ICANN’s allowing a  
“.xxx” TLD and respectfully ask that you do not grant the applicant’s  
petition for a “.xxx” TLD.
Sincerely,
Mindy Nashif