On 1/19/2016 11:02 AM, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote: >> > When the entry is textual, even if the character set is limited to >> > US-ASCII, then that scope is considerable so I would argue that any such >> > registry should have someone keeping an eye on it, to query, perhaps >> > reject, proposed entries that might be intended to subvert, to malign, >> > to breach IPR and so on. I would argue this as the starting point for >> > all registries where the entry is textual and otherwise unconstrained. > > That is a good point. And a corner case that we don't seem to have > faced to date. Though I can imagine we might end up doing so in the > future. We actually do review SRV requests for exactly this sort of thing and recommend alternatives to the applicant (which they typically either accept or suggest their own alternatives), although I don't know what would happen if the applicant insisted otherwise. Joe