I wouldn't of seen this if Chris had not responded to this imposter's drivel,
but after seeing it I came into some interesting information which I will paste
below the snippets of the original message :
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jeff Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Christopher Ambler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; domain-open-rsc.org
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, April 01, 1999 9:31 AM
> Subject: Re: NSI SPAM
>
>
> > Chris and all,
> >
> > The .biz gTLD will be available in about 30 days. As we have filed
> > for a TM on that particular acronym as a TLD with the USPTO.
> > I will notify everyone of the particulars when it is an will be
> > openly available...
This has been found :
Word Mark
.BIZ
Pseudo Mark
BIZ
Owner Name
(APPLICANT) American Information Systems, Inc.
Owner Address
980 North Michigan Avenue Suite 875 Chicago ILLINOIS
60611 CORPORATION ILLINOIS
Attorney of Record
JOHN M STEC
Serial Number
75-224087
Filing Date
01/10/1997
Section 1(B) indicator
SECTION 1 (B)
Mark Drawing Code
(1) TYPED DRAWING
Register
PRINCIPAL
Type of Mark
TRADEMARK
_
International Class
009
Goods and Services
part of a domain name used in connection with global
computer networks
Perhaps some of the more informationally resourceful people can dig up some
more background if interested.
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William X. Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
General Manager, DSo Internet Services
Date: 02-Apr-99
Time: 12:11:26
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"We don't accept any property claim to (registry information).
Network Solutions has been exploiting this to drive their own business."
--Michael Roberts, ICANN
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/tech/DailyNews/netsol990326.html
