Hi Brian, "I agree with the points raised by J. Scott and others: the TMCH is not the place to challenge underlying trademark registrations. The appropriate recourse is to challenge the registration at the appropriate national or regional trademark office." That's a very TM-centric view of things, which assumes that TMs are inherently "superior" to domain name rights. Put yourself in the shoes of the "other side". By your "logic", for those who say that domain name rights are "superior", there should be no TMCH at all. Instead, the "appropriate recourse" to a domain name dispute is for the TM holder to challenge the domain name registration in the appropriate national courts. In other words, there's a double-standard. Domain name registrants are subject to excess scrutiny (i.e. there's no assumption of good faith for them, whereas TMs are always assumed to be "valid", subject to an appropriate challenge in a national court or by whoever granted that national TM right). If one follows that "logic" to its natural progression, it argues for the elimination of the UDRP/URS/TMCH/etc., and let only the national courts decide everything. Sincerely, George Kirikos 416-588-0269 http://www.leap.com/