For the record I have been investigating this issue and specifically checking into the registry side reserved names but could find nothing about this. As for the trademark protection - the *only* thing that a business can do is file an IP Claim which (if the tm is legit) gives the company the chance to more easily use the UDRP to file against a company.
Have I helped to clarify at all? If not - can you please contact me and ask any additional questions so that i can continue investigating. Thanks Rick > -----Original Message----- > From: Ross Wm. Rader [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 8:50 AM > To: Tech; TH; Ross Wm. Rader > Cc: Rick Baraniuk > Subject: Re: Re[2]: Another .biz scam??? > > > 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 > > >> > > >
