This is a snippet from a press release dated 8/15/01.....If this is
how it is going to be there will be some terrible backlash come landrush day (9/15/01):
"Under the plan announced today, Afilias will allow the Challenge
Process to take its course, enabling legitimate trademark owners to obtain their
names. If suspicious names remain, they will be reviewed for challenge directly by
Afilias. If successfully challenged, they will be equitably returned to public availability
after the completion of the Sunrise Challenge period. "
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For
one I cannot believe this is happening. Fraud, needs to be dealt with swiftly
and justly. It is not helping this Sunrise one bit to delay the succesful registration
under the landrush guidelines. If these names are allowed to linger, waiting
for you to challenge, the individuals could either sell the domain, or anything he
or she wants. Will Afilias address this. If you don't the validity of
the entire process is pretty much awash. As one would have to wait for a domain
to be finally challenged (if succesfully ???) and then released. How is someone
supposed to know that the "new" owner hasn't produced a phony TM. To cleanse
this system, you need to dump those Fraud registrants, and let the landrush process
begin. Several thousand dollars have been spent "requesting" some of these
domains.