[[ sorry for the previous half written e-mail.. stupid mailer program sent message without my permission when I started using vi editing keystrokes in windows.. pooh! ]] I think I may have answered my own question... >From http://www.afilias.info/faq/sunrise-challenge-policy.html h. Remedies. The remedies available to a Challenger shall be limited to requiring the cancellation of your Domain Name registration or the transfer of your Domain Name registration to the Challenger. j. Implementation of the Decision. The Center will notify its decision to the Registry for implementation. In cases where a prevailing Challenger seeks the transfer of the Domain Name, such Challenger will be provided with an authorization code generated by the Registry which will allow the Challenger to register the Domain Name in its name, at the registrar of its choice, within 10 days of the date on which the notification of the authorization code is sent to the Challenger, in accordance with and subject to the sunrise registration conditions set forth in the Registration Agreement. Sounds like that if you win the challenge AND want the domain name transferred to you, then you only get the right to perform a Sunrise registration (not a real registration). So, presumably, you have to be a trademark holder on the domain if your Sunrise registration is going to be legitimate. David -----Original Message----- From: David Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 12:21 PM To: Mark Jeftovic; Shawn Pritchard Cc: 'Rick Baraniuk'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: .info To perform a successful challenge do you have to hold the trademark on that name? Or is it just sufficient to prove that the other party does not have a trademark without owning one yourself? If: (a) it is sufficient to prove that the other person does not have a trademark without owning one yourself, and (b) you get to own the domain name at the end of the challenge, then this sounds like an awesome sure-fire way to get a valuable domain that someone has performed a bogus sunrise registration on. Is this correct? David Harris President, DRH Internet Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.drh.net/
