Re: ICANN opens up Pandora's Box of new TLDs

Owen DeLong (owen) writes:

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Whether some choose to do that or not, I believe that the point is that:

1. Nobody is FORCING them to do so.

Trademark law is forcing you to - you have to make reasonable attempts to actively defend your trademark. Of course, no-one forces you to trademark your name in the first place. Not that I agree with the practice, either. Phil