Reposting per J. Scott's request on the call: In order to fully evaluate the proposal to extend the match criteria, we really need information on the harm it is supposed to address, including (1) the number of registration attempts that included but were not limited to the text of an entry in the TMCH and (2) the number of such registrations that led to a trademark owner challenge after the fact (therefore excluding URS actions against, for example, typosquatting). To the extent that the proposal becomes more limited to specific goods and services, the evidence of need should be likewise limited. Then, as George K. eloquently explained, we'd also want to see how many attempts/registrations would have been flagged in an expanded match system, to get a sense of the potential for false positives. Rebecca Tushnet Georgetown Law 703 593 6759