Is Hal Lubsen going to challenge all the fake names he submitted for William Lorenz,
and if so, why did he charge Lorenz for them?They had "NONE" in all four Trademark
data fields.
Lorenz told him they were fake.
But Hal Lubsen's company Domain
Bank were happy to take $15000 and submit them.
If Hal Lubsen is happy to take
someone's money to register these ineligible names, what right does he claim to challenge
them?
He's challenging what he's done himself, because he overlooked the contract
rules which said that the four fields of data ALL had to represent a Trademark. None
of them do.
The Lorenz names never had to be submitted and registered. Only Lubsen
is responsible for that, and for "stealing" the names from Landrush customers.
But
first Lubsen's company takes the $15000. Then he challenges his own handiwork.
For
months Hal Lubsen has refused to discuss this. For months ICANN has known about this.
For months ICANN has condoned it by its inaction and silence on the matter.
And
this is just one example. There are thousands of names like this.
Lorenz was either
a plonker or a satirist.
But the actions of Lubsen's company have resulted in the
defrauding of honest customers and profit for his own company.
As CEO of Afilias,
there is a massive conflict of interest involved here.
How do you challenge yourself
for what you have done, without apologising or accepting the responsibility for the
loss that other people have sustained?
At the very least Hal Lubsen and ICANN should
be prepared to discuss this and answer the questions of ordinary honest customers
who have lost out, while DomainBank and Afilias profited.