Jim Dixon wrote:
First I'll remind you that there is a world outside of the United States. Then I'll ask: are you at all serious? You expect to ban UK companies from registering in .co.uk?
Last I checked, dot-com was never a US-specific domain. I don't see anything US-centric in my posting, other than the reference to the US PTO. As for my being serious--no, a ban would be silly. But it *is* food for thought when contemplating the trend toward globalism over the past ten years. When starting a new corporate entity, should you come up with a name which is unique only to your own state or country? Or should you do a global name search to define a new one and gain global trademark protection for it? If the dot-com registry were operated efficiently and backed by a trademark authority that had respect throughout the world, then it would be less costly to set up and protect a new corporate name. -rich