From: Mark Kosters <markk@internic.net> Subject: Re: NEW POLICY ON INTERNET DOMAIN NAMES To: chehoocheng@cuhk.hk (Che-Hoo Cheng) Date: Fri, 28 Jul 1995 10:03:19 -0400 (EDT) Cc: nanog@merit.edu [...] Here is policy that a group of our lawyers and technical staff has put together to try to solve the legal quandary that the InterNIC is currently involved in. If there are any suggestions for improvements, let me or Dave Graves (daveg@internic.net) know. [...] (c) The use or registration of the Domain Name by Applicant does not interfere with or infringe the right of any third party in any jurisdiction with respect to trademark, service mark, tradename, company name or any other intellectual property right; [...]

I read this to say that it may not be possible to submit a domain name application without consulting a lawyer, searching tradmark and other databases, and probably a bunch of other stuff. "of any third party in any jurisdiction"??? Worldwide??? How about adding a phrase like "to the best of our knowledge" to these sections? -tjs