<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><html>On 19-Apr-08, at 8:13 AM, Eddy Nigg (StartCom Ltd.) wrote:</html><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"> <div bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Dick Hardt: <blockquote cite="mid:0D061AD3-03B0-49EE-A18C-64B728ED5DDD@sxip.com" type="cite"> <div> <blockquote type="cite"> <div bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"><br> Not sure if you can enforce that. As long as it doesn't say only "OpenID" I belive it's not enforceable at all. Then what about spread<b>openid</b>.org, my<b>openid</b>.com, <b>openid</b>.org, <b>openid</b>.yahoo.com, <span class="a"><b>openid</b>enabled.com, </span><span class="a"><b>openid</b>directory.com, </span><span class="a"><b>openid</b>.sun.com, </span><span class="a"><b>openid</b>.cn, </span><span class="a"><b>openid</b>france.fr, </span><span class="a"><b>openid</b>.pl, </span><span class="a"><b>openid</b>.trustbearer.com, </span><span class="a"><b>openid</b>source.org</span></div> </blockquote> <div><br> </div> <div>the .org and .com domains are enforcable under US law and then using the Uniform Domain-Dispute Dispute-Resolution Policy</div> <div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.icann.org/udrp/udrp.htm">http://www.icann.org/udrp/udrp.htm</a></div> <div><br> </div> <div>.fr, .pl, .cn are another story</div> </div> </blockquote> <br> Yup...and all the others as well...including openidselector.com I guess...<br> ...and then it depends even how, where, what registered when...</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Not sure what you are meaning Eddy.</div><div><br></div><div>If the trademark is in the domain name, then it using the mark.</div><div><br></div><div>How Mozilla protects the Firefox mark is a good example for the OpenID community. The OpenID Foundation REALLY, REALLY needs to develop a policy soon so that people know how to use the mark!</div><div><br></div><div>Note they don't have (tm) around Firefox, and don't need to. (tm) indicates to someone that it is likely a trademark, but is not required. </div><div><br></div><div>-- Dick</div></div><br></body></html>