Thanks Rick, this is of great assistance to me in my muddled state-of-mind
(long story).
One thing I notice was that the Sunrise requirements seem a little
different. Under .BIZ I was able to enter an IP claim on easydns.biz
as an "applied for trademark", as ours has been formalized in Canada
since august/2000, BUT it is not yet a completed registered trademark.
(although it is not being disputed by anyone either *knock wood*)
It looks like we can't register easydns.info under the same circumstances,
or can we?
-mark
On Thu, 7 Jun 2001, Rick Baraniuk wrote:
> FYI - Tucows will create a new FAQ page for the .info and .biz updated faq's
> as they relate to the SUNRISE and PRE-REGISTRATION
>
> .info Questions and Answers
> Does the recently released RCL and RWI for .info allow resellers to submit
> pre-registrations for landrush?
> No. This tool ONLY allows resellers to pre-register for the Sunrise Period
> only. A landrush tool will be made available approximately July 1, 2001.
>
> For the land rush period what will The bulk file format for .info land rush
> submissions will be beyond: domain,username,password?
>
> This is identical to what is currently required in the RWI for com/net/org.
> Resellers will submit domain, username, password for bulk files IN ADDITION
> to the contact info, billing info and technical contact info
>
> Are there rebates for .info pre-registrations?
>
> No, but there is no pre-registration fee for .info.
>
> Is Tucows offering pre-registration as a lottery for info?
>
> No, for pre-registration we operate as with any other domain name, first
> come first served; so if we have an application for a name we will not
> accept another for the same name. By having only one of each name in the
> queue from Tucows we will be ensuring that we do not lose our place in the
> queue because a name has already been selected. This ensures that we
> maximize our resellers' chances of being awarded the domain name (realizing
> that Tucows cannot impact the submissions from other registrars in the
> queue). We then send a batch file to Afilias at the start of Sunrise.
>
> How are resellers billed for this?
>
> When resellers submit pre-registrations to Tucows, the appropriate money
> will be placed on hold. For sunrise = $65
>
> How come you aren't charging until the pre-registration application is
> successful?
>
> Unfortunately this is the mandate by the Afilias registry. Tucows, along
> with other registrars are lobbying to change this to make it similar to
> NeuLevel's extended credit period.
>
> In the case of .info who may register during Sunrise period?
>
> Owners of any current (non-expired) trademark or service mark registration
> having national effect (including, for example, European Community
> Trademarks (CTMs) but excluding United States state registrations) that
> issued prior to October 2, 2000 will be eligible to register a domain name
> that is identical to the textual or word elements of such trademark or
> service mark, using ASCII characters only, and subject to the same character
> and formatting restrictions as apply to all domain name registrations in the
> Registry TLD.
>
> Will the "unlimited tickets" be available to .INFO Domain pre-registrations
> as well?
>
> There are no 'tickets for .info. Tucows will be accepting only one
> pre-registration per domain name.
>
> Rick Baraniuk
> Product Manager
> Registrar Integrations
> Tucows Inc.
> p.416.535.0123x1336
> c.416.346.0385
>
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mark jeftovic
http://www.easydns.com
http://mark.jeftovic.net
