It didn't occur to me that you were speaking directly about our pre-registration facility. Let me look into this with Rick and see if we can't help somewhere (or he might intercede here before I talk to him...)
Thanks, -rwr Tucows Inc. t. 416.538.5492 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tech" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "TH" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Ross Wm. Rader" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 8:16 AM Subject: RE: Re[2]: Another .biz scam??? > 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 > >> >
