Re: DNS: tm.au and pr.au seminars today & tomorrow

From: Robert Shaw <robert.shaw§itu.int> Date: Thu, 04 Dec 1997 15:21:42 +0100 · This archive was generated by hypermail 2.3.0 : Sat Sep 09 2017 - 22:00:03 UTC

mark.hughes&#167;ccamatil.com wrote:
> 
> Robert wrote:
> 
> >As a data point, I'm told that there are some 80 registrations for
> >the word 'Genesis' in only one of the 42 Nice trademark classes in
> >the United States alone. That gives you an idea of the necessary
> >type of minimum granularity you would need to directly map
> >trademarks (80 * 42) into an explicit DNS ...structure.
> 
> Robert, could you clarify this issue.  I was under the impression
> that a trademark could only be valid once in any one category - a
> total of 42 possible identical trademarks.  Your posting implies
> that there may be many identical trademarks within one category - is
> that correct? 

Yes.

Robert
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