At 11:29 AM 5/14/02 -0400, Chuck Hatcher wrote: >The question I have is this: > >Will there be any difference in the handling of disputes of domain names >initially registered without a trademark (eg landrush) and those initially >registered with a trademark (eg sunrise), once the initial sunrise >challenges, STOP processes, etc. are over?
I imagine the name's history will be a factor for consideration in the process, but AFAIK the standard process will apply. >Obviously any gTLD domain name is subject to a UDRP action at any time. The >wording from Neulevel could be interpreted to mean UDRP and other challenges >which apply to all .biz and .us names, not just those originally registered >under sunrise rules. Correct. >The statements from Afilias, on the other hand, imply >some sort of permanent watch on sunrise names to make sure nobody ever tries >to own one without the benefit of a trademark. This indeed does not appear to make sense (although it is the answer I was given). Let me double check this with them and follow up. >(I have not heard anything >from Afilias regarding how revoked names will be returned to the public pool >in the future, since LR2 does not seem to include many names currently being >challenged by Afilias.) I will ask this as well. If the answer is substantially different then "we will announce when we decide" I will post. >I don't know if the statements made by the registries are deliberately vague >to allow for evolving policy changes, or if they are just having trouble >clearly expressing their intentions. I think I understand Neulevel/Neustar, >but I can't figure out why Afilias seems to be doing everything in their >power to reduce the stability and value of the .info namespace. Fair. Regards, sA
