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Username:	spot
Date/Time:	Tue, October 9, 2001 at 1:20 AM GMT
Browser:	Microsoft Internet Explorer V5.5 using Windows 98
Subject:	A strategic solution to this mess
Message:
If Tiscover does not retract the registrations and uphold their reputation, I can imaigine that many newspapers in the UK would be interested in such a blatent and unstopped fraud on this scale. I may pursue selling the story to them. I rather like the idea of profiting legitimately from cheats. If Tiscover does retract the registrations, they may attempt to retrieve their $500,000 by making Plankenstein a scapegoat and taking Afilias/ Speednames to court for accepting such a blatently unacceptable order which contravenes their contractual obligations stating that the TM details must be verified. Although LaPlante actually issued a statement saying that Afilias could not have liased with all TM databases in the world hence the frauds slipping through the net, this is a lame and inadequate excuse when a reistrar accepts thousands of TM registrations dating back to the 1800s.

Message Thread:

• More on Plankenstein — richard_henderson, October 8 @ 10:07 PM (3/5)
• Messrs. P and L are public relations fodder, — vera-city, October 11 @ 5:45 AM (0/0)
• A strategic solution to this mess — spot, October 9 @ 1:20 AM (0/0)
• About Tiscover - e-mail or phone to find out the facts? — richard_henderson, October 8 @ 11:03 PM (1/2)
• Who is Plankenstein? — richard_henderson, October 8 @ 11:19 PM (1/1)
• Article from Tirol Online - immediate action needed by ICANN and Afilias — richard_henderson, October 8 @ 11:42 PM (0/0)

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