The following ICANN/DNSO email says it all:
Re: [ga] Afilias is cybersquatting To:
jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com
Subject: Re:
[ga] Afilias is cybersquatting
From:
steinle@smartvia.de
Date: Tue, 4 Sep
2001 17:28:09 +0200 (MET DST)
Cc: ga@dnso.org
In-Reply-To: 3B93D796.A0B3B4CA@ix.netcom.com
Sender: owner-ga-full@dnso.org
to Jeffrey A. Williams and all assembly members:
your reply isn't displayed at the the DNSO Mailling lists archives.
http://www.dnso.org/clubpublic/ga/Arc08/mail20.html
therefore i will mail it again for the records
> Steinle
and all assembly members,
> Yes. And
what you show below is just the
> tip if the iceberg,
so to
> speak! Our staff has found quite a number
of
> other similar violations
> from Afilias as well as Neulevel in this
> area.
We have forwarded them
> to the USPTO and the DOJ for
their information.
> It would seem obvious
that the ICANN BOD and
> staff have more than
> ample justification for revoking afilias's and
> Neulevel's Registry contract
> immediately!
However, given the political
> bedfellows that these
two
> companies are with certain ICANN BoD members
> is, it is very
> doubtful that this
action will be taken. Yet,
> we [INEGroup] believe
> that it should be, along with a stiff fine!
> steinle@smartvia.de wrote:
> > Afilias has registered
many domain names
> which are in fact trademarks by other
> > parties. Afilias has registered directory.
> info and squatted on UK trademark 276801
>
> (word only). But that is only one example.
> Below
you can find some more.
> >
> > SEARCH.INFO: They are squatting on UK
> trademarks
(word only) 1056333, 1380291,
> > 1380292, 1436692,
1436693, 1459763 and
> 1572389
> >
> > DOT.INFO: They are squatting on European
> trademark (word only) E1143700, on UK
> > trademarks (word only) 343477, 550623,
> 840483, 898994, 900985, 957376, 1121916,
> > 1534077
and 2151274
> >
> > EMAIL.INFO:
They are squatting on UK
> trademarks (word only) 987603,
987604 and
> > 1055042
>
>
> > Afilias has registered 150+ domain names.
In
> fact they could register up to 10000
> > domain names according to the contract with
> ICANN. If we would check all the
> > registered
domain names, I think this could
> proof that Afilias
is one of the biggest
> > .info cybersquatter like
YesNIC Co., LTD.,
> an Afilias-authorized registrar.
> >
> > Is a trademark 'directory'
or 'dot' less
> worth than a trademark 'apple' or 'amazon'?
> > Is there a law for Afilias and another for
> us?
> > Why have a sunrise period, if even
the
> registry is squatting on trademarks?
> >
> > To view the sources of
the information you
> can use these links:
> > http://nic.info.xs2.net (if you use name.
> space DNS: http://www.nic.info)
> > http://www.url.free.new.net/nicinfo/news.html
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> Regards,
> --
> Jeffrey A. Williams
> Spokesman for INEGroup - (Over
118k members
> strong!)
>
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> Development
Eng.
> Information Network Eng. Group. INEG. INC.
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