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Clearly, IMO, a bad policy when dealing with strings that are trade
marked multiple times. But I might have missed a few historical
rounds. Or I'm missing something else.<br>
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Nicolas<br>
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On 10/13/2011 9:29 AM, Milton L Mueller wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Alain<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">There
is no need to apply for a gTLD to “protect” trademarked brand
names. The policy allows one to pre-empt/prevent someone else
from registering a gTLD based on your trademark. In other
words, louisvuitton’s refusal to apply for . louisvuitton does
NOT mean that anyone else can apply for it.
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