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Re: [Ianaplan] who or what is the proper authority to control the IANA domain and the trademark?

Bernard Aboba <bernard.aboba@gmail.com> Sun, 09 November 2014 05:32 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Ianaplan] who or what is the proper authority to control the IANA domain and the trademark?
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On Nov 8, 2014, at 5:24 PM, Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Nobody, I think, is saying that this is irrelevant. What I think
> we are saying is that from a technical point of view (which is always
> the IETF's bias) the domain name is a secondary issue that can always
> be got around by the (annoying but ultimately trivial) act of using
> a new domain name.

[BA] Unless of course the new name could be alleged to infringe on a trademark. In such a situation, ownership of the new name could fall into dispute as well. There is also the problem of use of the trademarked term or similar ones in the course of IETF business.

Having examined trademark-related legal bills that seemed to have more zeroes than seemed possible, I would hesitate to characterize these matters as 'trivial' without advice of an experienced counsel.

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