What is the sesquence of the events when pulling then name? Once the alternative name has been selected and that name will be put in the root name servers. At the ninety day mark, the contested name will be pulled from the root name server.
ISOC, NSF and IANA was involved in the deliberation. However, SAIC/Network Solutions saw this as big problem and client-lawyer priviledged communications limited some of the general discussion.
There was a suggestion that these disputed names be posted so that people would have a place to discover the new names that are in use and names that are on hold.
There have been about 35 to 40 that appear to be in conflict between a domain and a trademark. There have been 4 that have been through the entire prices.
The policy says that rulings of the federal jursidiction or an aribritraion group from the American Arbitration Association.
There was no real reason for the 90 days.
The InterNIC was brought into suit just once before the policy was brought into place.
The cost of the attorneies fees are allowable under the cooperative agreement.
The InterNIC is both a registry and provides operational support for the infrastructure that services these names.
The policy lists fax, but does not list email. Why? Dave Graves said that email is used in practice in addition to the letter and fax.
What happens when different courts in different coutries rule differently? Dave Graves said this has not been considered.
Should the Internic Registration be done by some quasi-governmental entity that can't be sued? Dave Graves said that the NSF does not want to see this become US Centric.
There about 110,000 domain names (that InterNIC does).
The InterNIC is not prepared to have an specific link between Trademarks and domain names.
Mark Kosters suggests that folks use the domain-policy list to discuss rules that might be established.
Does the InterNIC have a policy of one domain name per organization? Mark Kosters says that was folklore. There was not policy. He says that folks should discuss it on the list.
Mark Knopper was curious what domains this policy apply to. Dave Graves said that this policy applies to .org, .net, .edu, .com, and .gov. Mark Kosters said that other registries are doing similiar things.
Matt Mathis suggested that stock market symbols could be used as a translation aid to reduce the load.
Steve Bellovin suggested that having more top level domains will not discourage speculative work. He also suggests this policy does take the step of trying to insulate the registrar from the litigation.
John Stewart askes about the future. Dave Graves says that the NSF is working on refining this over the next two and 1/2 years.
What should new applicants do? Should they register a trademark as part the process? Dave does not believe that there is necessarily a relationship between domain names and trademakrs.
This policy does apply to service marks and trademarks.
The Internic is still assigning names from the top level worldwide.