Hi All,
I have an interest in a .info challenge, but have done nothing to date.
Can I initate an action with a valid trademark at this late date? I realize
that the deadline is something like December. My question is whether there
this a rule that requires a trademark holder to have requested the domain or
taken any other action DURING the sunrise period.
Best, Loren
"David Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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/
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mark Jeftovic
Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 11:31 AM
To: Shawn Pritchard
Cc: 'Rick Baraniuk'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: .info
I am under the impression that if somebody other than Afilias (i.e. you)
challenge it and win, you get it.
Then after all the third party challenges are in, Afilias is supposed
to go through the ones that are left (have not been challenged) and
themselves challenge the fraudulent ones and those go back into the
free pool.
Correct me if I'm wrong.
-mark
On Fri, 31 Aug 2001, Shawn Pritchard wrote:
> 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
>
