Re: COM names != US trade marks (was Re: Future of IANA)

[Masataka Ohta <mohta at necom830.hpcl.titech.ac.jp>]

Valdis Kletnieks;

> > The long established formal way to do so is through international treaty,
> > which is why ITU is involved in gTLD issues.
> 
> Which would you prefer?  Something that *does* work, most of the time,
> informally, or waiting a nice long time for the "formal treaty" way of
> doing things to get anything done?  Check out what year the follow-on to
> X.400(88) came out...

Please don't forget the fact that ISOC is an international entity
recognized by ITU (at least part of ITU essential to the operation
of the Internet), but US goverment is not.

Do you mind the fact that US goverment must wait a nice long time for
the "formal treaty" way of doing things to get its private opinion
on IANA operation heard by the international community?

							Masataka Ohta