Fw: [ga] Will the .info registry be open to competitive bidding in 2006?

[<steinle@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Yes, .info Sunrise was a total fiasco.
> It only showed how a unethical registry and unethical registrars can make
> big bucks out of low registration numbers.
> --> Additional fees for sunrise applications for registrars
> --> Additional fees for Afilias from WIPO for every Sunrise Challenge
> ...
>
> And yes, it was unnecessary.
> Why give trademark holders precedence?
> Now squatters moved from "domain name squatting" to "trademark squatting".
> I have seen many new trademark applications for the term "sex" in the
> anticipation of a dotEU Sunrise Period in the last two years.
> Even Sebastian Dieterle (theinternetchallenge.de; Richard do you remember
> him?) get his "SEX" trademark registered.
>
> "Registernummer/Aktenzeichen: 30246759.9
> Markentext:  SEX
> Markenform:  Wortmarke
> Inhaber:  Dom.info e.K., Karlsruhe
> Zustellungsanschrift:  Herrn
> Sebastian Dieterle
> ...str. 9
> ... Karlsruhe
> Waren/Dienstleistungen (gegenwärtiger Stand):  Gaszünder für
> Gasheizautomaten (Vollautomatik)"
> Translated via Babel-Fish: "Gas fuze for gas automatic heating
installation
> (full mechanism)"
> Now Dieterle can legally register sex.eu with his trademark for "Gas fuze
> for gas automatic heating installation (full mechanism)"
>
> WELL DONE MR. PALAGE!
>
> This is what you wanted: More money for the Intellectual Property
industry.
>
> Best,
> Simon
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Williams" <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Richard Henderson" <richardhenderson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; "Don Evans"
> <DEvans@xxxxxxx>; "Nancy J. Victory" <nvictory@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: <ga@xxxxxxxx>; "Jeff Holt" <jefftttt@xxxxxxxxxx>; "icann board
address"
> <icann-board@xxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, September 01, 2003 8:50 AM
> Subject: Re: [ga] Will the .info registry be open to competitive bidding
in
> 2006?
>
>
> > Richard and all former DNSO GA members or other interested parties,
> >
> >   It it likely and would not be surprising if the ICANN BoD and
> > staff have a short list of best candidates for a potential replacement
> > for the .INFO registry should such be a serious consideration.  Any
> > other business entities will of course have an opportunity to put
> > forth a proposal for appearances sake, but will never be considered
> > seriously given the last go round's history.
> >
> >   Sunrise was not only unnecessary but has been shown and proven
> > to to have been a fiasco of nearly gargantuan proportions.
> >
> > Richard Henderson wrote:
>
>