Re: network name 101100010100110.net

[Roland Perry <lists () internetpolicyagency com>]

In article <201010190123.o9J1Njra013666 () mail r-bonomi com>, Robert 
Bonomi <bonomi () mail r-bonomi com> writes
> Not to mention the fact that the company was originally _named_
> "Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing", and that '3M' was *just* a
> logo and trademark.

I recall that in the UK, before Nominet deregulated the name space, it 
was forbidden to have a domain name which wasn't virtually identical to 
your company name. Product names and trademarks weren't allowed. The 
example used at the time was "you can have kelloggs.co.uk, but not 
cornflakes.co.uk".

3m.co.uk wasn't registered until 1997 (a year after Nominet's birth).
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Roland Perry