Re: ICANN to allow commercial gTLDs

[Owen DeLong <owen () delong com>]

On Jun 18, 2011, at 12:18 AM, Robert Bonomi wrote:

> > Subject: Re: ICANN to allow commercial gTLDs
> > From: Owen DeLong <owen () delong com>
> >
> > MacDonald's would likely get title to .macdonalds under the new rules, 
> > right?
> >
> > Well... Which MacDonald's?
> >
> > 1.   The fast food chain
> > 2.   O.C. MacDonald's Plumbing Supply
> > 3.   MacDonald and Sons Paving Systems
> > 4.   MacDonald and Madison Supply Company
> > 5.   etc.
>
> Easy to resolve (excuse the pun) _that_ one.
>
> The _senior_ claimant to that domain would be Clan MacDonald, of Scotland.
>
> Who gets 'apple'?  Apple (the computer company), Apple (the record company)?
>  How about the 'fruit of the month' club?
>
> Now, if you want a _hard_ problem, who gets to register 'YellowPages' ?
> <*EVIL* grin>

That's easy... Oracle as the successor to Sun Microsystems. :p

Owen