This defence of Philip Grabensee was offered on this forum on 24th October:Richard,
let
me explain the issue with Philipp. The most important message: he is not a domain
grabber!
Our company is a domain registrar. Due to a database error we noticed
some hours before the close of the first sunrise period, we didn't have all necessary
information for feeding the applications to Afilias of some of our customers.
Therefore
we looked for a neutral, venerable lawyer who knows the domain business. Philipp
accepted the mandate and jumped in as a fiducial registrant. The registrant information
will be replaced as soon as possible (in 180 days). All customers are informed about
our fault and most are happy with this temporary solution.
That's the whole story.
Regards,
Elmar