What's the official TuCows comment on this?
Alex
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From: Michael Sondow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2001 17:00
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Subject: [DOMAIN-POLICY] Sunrise at .info
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Tom Barrett - CEO Netnames
ICANN has selected dot-info as the next unrestricted generic
top-level domain. Open
registrations are expected to begin in the second quarter of 2001.
In an attempt to minimize abusive domain name registrations,
Afilias, the dot-info Registry,
will employ a Sunrise Period to allow qualified trademark owners to
register their mark as a
domain name through participating ICANN registrars. This period will
begin approximately 90
days before the start of the open registration period.
During this Sunrise Period, the owner of any valid registered
trademark or service mark having
national effect (explicit inclusion of EU marks and exclusion of US
state registrations) that
issued prior to October 2, 2000 will be eligible to register a
domain name that is identical to
its mark, using ASCII characters only.
The dot-info Registry will not provide preferential treatment among
competing trademark owners
that have a registration for the same mark. Thus, the procedure is
first-come first-serve for
multiple owners of identical marks (i.e. United for goods Airlines
and UNITED for goods Moving
Services) Moreover, the Registry will not be accepting
pre-registrations of domain names for
this Sunrise Period. Because the registry will be employing an
equitable allocation process
among participating registrars, potential registrants should
carefully analyze any claims by a
registrar offering priority placement in the registration queue.
The Sunrise registration will be for an initial term of five years.
Sunrise applicants must
provide the trademark serial number, jurisdiction or country of
registration and date of
trademark registration with each submitted sunrise registration.
The Sunrise Program is broken down into the following three periods:
Announcement Period: This announcement period will last for a
minimum of thirty (30) days,
although it can be extended. However, under no circumstance will the
registration period begin
until the trademark community has had at least 30 days public
notice.
Registration Period: Following the announcement period and at least
sixty (60) days prior to
the TLD being added to the root server system, Afilias will begin
the registration period.
During this time it will begin processing domain name registrations
among eligible trademark
owners through ICANN accredited registrars. This registration period
is scheduled to last for a
minimum of thirty (30) days.
Cooling Off Period: After the registration period, there will be a
minimum thirty (30) day
cooling off period in which trademark owners will have the
opportunity to investigate any fraud
by domain name registrants and initiate a challenge.
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