The International Trademark Association’s (INTA) President, Richard Heath, testified before the United States Congress at the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy hearing on the “Expansion of Top Level Domains and its Effects on Competition.”
Mr. Heath provided testimony on behalf of trademark owners on the harms that may result from an unlimited expansion of new generic top-level domain names. INTA believes the proposed expansion raises numerous Internet-related public safety and health concerns, arising from the misuse of trademarks.“
You can read the testimony of Richard Heath here : http://www.inta.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2015&Itemid=152&getcontent=3