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Re: [Ianaplan] control and negotiation (was Re: draft-ietf-ianaplan-icg-response-02 working group last call)

manning bill <bmanning@isi.edu> Sun, 09 November 2014 04:28 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Ianaplan] control and negotiation (was Re: draft-ietf-ianaplan-icg-response-02 working group last call)
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so you are more worried about the name and not the function?

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On 8November2014Saturday, at 17:05, Bernard Aboba <bernard.aboba@gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> On Nov 8, 2014, at 2:36 PM, manning bill <bmanning@isi.edu> wrote:
>> 
>> Removal of or rehoming some of the trappings of power (who controls IANA.*) seems like a niche question at best.
> 
> [BA] I would agree that our goal should be to ensure that this is a non-issue.
> 
> However, I do NOT agree that the issue can be ignored. Trademarks in particular can be very powerful things, and it is quite common for trademark owners to challenge uses that even vaguely resemble the trademark, even in uses that might appear peripheral. 
> 
> The responsible thing here is to avoid amateur lawyering and get advice from counsel.

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