Friday, Friday, September 14, 2001, 10:59:22 PM, Jim Carey wrote:
> My understanding of the IP challenge on biz is that the person challenged is
> merely warned that there is an ip registration for that name - correct ? It
> is then up to the claimant to proceed with a challenge.
> There has been no validation of the claim or the IP accuracy ?
> For example I have been challenged on australia.biz - clearly frivolous -
> how can someone have IP on a country name - and the others are standard
> dictionary words.
Who knows with ICANN. ICANN recently passed a rule on .info I believe
that gives the governments of countries the rights to their
countryname.info domains (a policy I strongly disagree with, no make
that vehemently).
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Best regards,
William X Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Userfriendly.com Domains
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