Take a look at the whois at the afilias site: http://www.afilias.info
It's bogus trademark after bogus trademark!
Check these out!
Domain Name:
HELP.INFO
Created On: 2001-JUL-25 18:45:06.0 UTC
Expiration Date: 2006-JUL-25
18:45:06.0 UTC
Trademark Name: Unknown
Trademark Date: 2040-01-02
Trademark
Country: AL
Trademark Number: 0
Sponsoring Registrar: 5007-TU
Status:
NEW
Status: LOCKED
Status: OK
Registrant ID: C2452-LRMS
Registrant
There are tons just like these with either an unknown trademark listed or
a completely irrelevant tm listed. Irrelevant?
Check this out:
Domain Name: MUSIC.INFO
Created On: 2001-JUL-31 13:21:42.0 UTC
Expiration Date: 2006-JUL-31 13:21:42.0
UTC
Trademark Name: dumping
Trademark Date: 2000-05-05
Trademark Country:
KR
Trademark Number: 206-08-32163
Sponsoring Registrar: 5155-YN
Status:
NEW
Status: LOCKED
Status: OK
Registrant ID: C43042-LRMS
Registrant
Dumping?
Shopping and sex apparently have trademarks as well. So do
analsex.info and oralsex.info!
Here are some more:
Domain Name: NAMES.INFO
Created On: 2001-JUL-25 18:52:47.0 UTC
Expiration Date: 2006-JUL-25 18:52:47.0
UTC
Trademark Name: Unknown
Trademark Date: 2040-01-02
Trademark Country:
AL
Trademark Number: 0
Sponsoring Registrar: 5007-TU
Status: NEW
Status:
LOCKED
Status
How could the trademark have been issued in 2040?
And be unknown?
There are tons more just like this, with no trademark existing.
Many of them seem to be originating from registrar 5007-tu
How can we be expected
to spend nearly $300 to fight bogus registrations? Doesn't afilias check the tms?
Do they create a bogus system so they can force people to spend even more money to
challenge a registration (which can't be gotten by the challenger anyway) when it
is afilias sunrise system that causes this problem in the first place? This is disgusting.
I hope Icann steps in and either straightens this out or picks a more responsible
registrar. This is fraud!
More:
Domain Name: LEARNING.INFO
Created
On: 2001-JUL-25 18:50:46.0 UTC
Expiration Date: 2006-JUL-25
18:50:46.0 UTC
Trademark Name: Unknown
Trademark Date:
2040-01-02
Trademark Country: AL
Trademark Number:
0
Sponsoring Registrar: 5007-TU
Status: NEW
Status: LOCKED
Status: OK
Registrant
Domain
Name: TEACHING.INFO
Created On: 2001-JUL-25 18:35:58.0 UTC
Expiration Date: 2006-JUL-25 18:35:58.0 UTC
Trademark Name:
Unknown
Trademark Date: 2040-01-02
Trademark Country:
AL
Trademark Number: 0
Sponsoring Registrar: 5007-TU
Status: NEW
Status: LOCKED
Status: OK
Registrant ID: C1253-LRMS
There are tons more just like this,
again many by 5007-TU.
It is disgusting and unfair.