[At-Large] Protection of IOC/Red Cross Names at Top Level

[John R. Levine]

> Please note the term NGO has no generally agreed legal definition.

True, but the Red Cross and the IOC are both international treaty 
organizations.  That's why they get to register in .INT.  Those are pretty 
well defined.

I agree that the existing objection process should take care of any funny 
registrations, or if not, the gTLD process has worse problems than 
.REDCROSS.

By the way, in the United States, RED CROSS is the registered trademark 
for a brand of table salt (since 1895), for a brand of sterile cotton for 
medical purposes (since 1898), for a brand of womens' shoes (since 1898), 
for a brand of toothache drops (since 1876), for a brand of mattresses 
(since 1904), and for a brand of canned fruits and vegetables (since 
1876.)

Under ICANN's wonderful trademark rules, don't they get priority over some 
wussy non-profit?

R's,
John

http://www.cargill.com/salt/brands/red-cross/index.jsp

http://www.jnjredcross.com/medical-wound-tape-bandages

http://www.haband.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/products.detail/categoryID/cad3e114-4f64-4196-8613-335e8c10130a/productID/8ffbb7cb-9402-49c3-b0aa-e2e174f2fc12

http://us.mentholatum.com/oral.aspx

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