Sean Breheny cornell.edu> writes: > What about just having w3c or some other group trademark some name > (say CertifiedHTML ) so that they could sue anyone who used that term > to describe their web page if it wasn't compliant with the standard? I strongly believe that the terms 'web' 'web page' 'html' and a few others are in the well-known enforceable 'public domain', so a mark would not be necessary, just enforcing the existing laws would do. Peter -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist