Loren Stocker wrote:
>Roger,
>
>IP Claims are valid prior to the drop, so there's not reason to give IP
>holders anymore power than they already have. In fact, domains are not class
>specific. Trademarks are. In fairness, there should be no superior rights to
>anyone without famous marks (i.e. marks that transcends class like Coke, ATT,
>IBM, etc.)
>
I disagree -- while trademarks are class-specific, what I proposed --
that if there were multpile valid IP claims they would be treated as a
higher-priority pool from which an owner would be chosen at random --
handles that.
>As to random, that's the point. The drop -- now in it's own non-interferring
>pool -- allows a random assignment to any monkey who clicks the firstest and
>the mostest.
>
That's not random -- that rewards the first one in.
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