Shawn Please check the WIPO link provided below which will answer all of your questions. Thanks Rick > -----Original Message----- > From: Shawn Pritchard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 10:55 AM > To: 'Rick Baraniuk'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: .info > > > Hello, > > If we challenge a .info name that clearly does not meet the criteria for > a valid trademark, etc.. Would we, as the challenger, "win" that domain > name if the WIPO ruled against the current registrant? Or...does the > name then just go back into the pool "at a later date" and we have no > better chance at getting the name than anyone who didn't bother to > challenge? > > There are a couple of .info names that we are VERY interested in, but > have been fraudulently claimed during Sunrise (like with Trademark dates > of January 2040). > > Thanks for any insight you can provide. > > Shawn Pritchard > webexceed > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Rick Baraniuk > > Sent: August 31, 2001 9:48 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: .info > > > > > > Jim > > OSRS will be sending a 'check registration' command to > > Afilias prior to sending our Landrush submissions. As a > > result, all names entered into Landrush that were already > > registered in Sunrise will not be submitted (again, so we > > maximize our chances of successful pre-registrations) > > > > As I stated in my post on Wednesday, August 29 - the majority > > of information can be found at: > > http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/gtld/info/sunrise/guide.html > > However, the following is the official statement by Afilias > > on this matter: > > > > It is possible that certain sunrise registrations may remain > > unchallenged even though they appear to be in manifest > > non-compliance with the sunrise registration conditions. In > > order to remedy this problem, Afilias has announced its > > intention to challenge such registrations through WIPO if > > they have not been challenged by others before the end of the > > Sunrise Challenge Period. This concerns, in particular, > > registrations where the alleged trademark registration does > > not exactly match the domain name registered, has a date > > after the 2 October 2000 cut-off, or a trademark number in an > > obviously wrong format. The domain names that are cancelled > > due to these Challenges will be returned to the pool of > > available domain names at a later time. > > > > Rick > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Jim Carey > > > > Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 2:14 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: .info > > > > > > If a name is already registered in the sunrise stage of .info > > - which we can see from the affilias whois - I guess there is > > no point in submitting that name through Landrush is there ? > > Any challenge that could be bought will not be resolved prior > > to Landrush ? > > > > > > as a PS: > > > > I note that a lot of the interesting names (eg local.info > > with trademark name of "Trademark local" and trademark # of > > "common law") and a lot of other generic or place/state > > names - money, football, wealth, nsw, qld, queensland, > > victoria, hotel, state, soccer.info etc etc etc have > > trademarks that are possibly a little suss (I checked all of > > the small number (25) I had put in personally and all had > > been taken in the sunrise and a lot appear, perhaps , a > > little suspect). Wonder how good Affilias' review will be - > > and whether these will find their way back into the pool at > > some time in the future - I certainly can't afford to > > challenge them :-) > > > > Jim Carey > > www.OZbcoz.com discount domain registration > > www.iluvoz.com affordable hosting services > > >
