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Dot-brand and trade mark rights discussed

24 June 2010

Fionn O'Raghallaigh, Brussels

Given that everything on the right side of dot is considered generic, what effect would getting a .brand TLD have on enforcement, Yahoo’s IP counsel asked yesterday

Speaking at the Icann 38th International Meeting session Brand Management in the Age of New gTLDs on June 23, J Scott Evans of Yahoo! caused a bit of stir when he highlighted that most jurisdictions consider a top-level domain to be generic.

"Under the legal precepts as they exist in most jurisdictions today, everything on the right side of the dot is considered to be a generic," he explained, before...



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