Date: Sat, 31 Aug 1996 09:33:33 -0400
To: "Susan R. Harris" <srh@merit.edu>, nanog@merit.edu
From: Carl Oppedahl <carl@oppedahl.com>
Subject: Re: Agenda for next NANOG - interest in domain names?
[...]
Is there any interest in a presentation explaining:
- the latest changes in NSI's flawed domain name trademark policy,
[...]
While I don't necessarily like the tone of the e-mail message, I think
it would be interesting to hear an independent legal opinion of the
issues. Perhaps, a little about the legal background, (e.g., trademark
law), a summary of what issues are fairly clear from a legal perspective,
a descriptions of the areas where the legal answers are not yet
clear, and the level of risk to various parties.
On the other hand, I don't know that NANOG is the right forum for this.
Seems to me the issue is adequately documented at
http:www.patents.com/nsi.sht and possibly there may be some documents
on the resource page at http://www.memra.com/ndbg.html that also apply.
Two good reasons not to discuss it at NANOG are that NSI does have a
domain-policy mailing list and other than taking up the issue with the
company, they are operating under a co-operative agreement with NSF and
the FNC (http://www.nfs.gov and http://www.fnc.gov) which takes it
straight into the realm of politics. And since NSI registers international
domains the issue has even been discussed within the ITU and at OECD
meetings.