Exactly..the system should have dumped out the request, not happily accept it (and payment)...hrmm.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of TH Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 2:32 AM To: Ross Wm. Rader Subject: Re[2]: Another .biz scam??? I think what he was talking about is that we were able to preregister some domain names that were registered during the Sunrise period. The system didn't weed all of them out and I'm not sure why, though I would assume it was a glitch. His customer has a legitimate complaint I think. He paid an $88 fee to attempt to register a name that had already been registered by someone during Sunrise (who illegally claimed to have a longstanding trademark.) From that customer's viewpoint, he got scammed. th. R> Speaking solely for myself... R> If I was going to set up a business today, I might call it Microsoft. Or R> Ross' New Company - can't be sure which, anyways, the business license R> office won't tell me which is better from a legal or marketing standpoint, R> so it's very much up to me which one I go with. So I might call my trusty R> marketing consultant who will tell me that Microsoft is definitely the way R> to go (because it is such a well known name) and my legal consultant who R> will tell me that Ross' New Company is a crappy name, but it's way better R> than Microsoft because it won't get me sued. R> Trademark holders very definitely have to enforce their rights because no R> one is is compelled to do so. As far as the specific claim goes, no names R> are "unavailable because of long-standing trademarking". Domains may have R> been assigned during sunrise and otherwise still available names might be R> trademarks. R> -rwr R> ----- Original Message ----- R> From: "Tech" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> R> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> R> Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 3:35 PM R> Subject: Another .biz scam??? >> Interesting question from a customer of mine, and I would hope SRS has a >> good nuff answer for it: >> >> ------- >> There still is one issue you haven't touched on. It's the R> pre-registration >> of "show.biz," which I have recently been informed was not available R> because >> of long-standing trademarking. Since I pre-registered in good faith that R> it >> was potentially available, I am seeking the preregistration fees totalling >> $88 for that one item. >> --------- >> >> He makes a good point..if it was trademarked, why was he even able to >> pre-register it (and pay the tickets, etc.) in the first place?? anyone >> want to take a stab at explaining this mosh-pit? >> >> Jason >>
