From the Afilias application:
"During this Sunrise
Period, owners of any subsisting trademark or service mark registration having national
effect (i.e. no United States state trademark applications or foreign equivalents)
and that issued prior to October 2, 2000 will be eligible to register a domain name
that is bidentical to its mark/b, using ASCII characters only. Afilias established
the October 2nd registration requirement to prevent potential cybersquatters from
obtaining trademarks identical to existing trademarks and taking advantage of the
Sunrise Period.
|
|
|