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New TLDs Loaded with Fraudulent Registrations
Dan Tobias and others wrote in about the disaster unfolding during the new registrations of .biz and .info domains. Both TLD's are - by mandate of ICANN - employing sunrise registrations where trademark holders can pre-register or reserve domain names that coincide with their trademarks. However, neither registry plans to check the validity of the asserted trademarks. Guess what? Most of the reservations in .info thus far appear to involve fictional trademark claims on highly generic words - I checked ten common words for trademark validity and was able to verify two and confirm that seven were completely invalid (.biz is doing things slightly differently, and will probably have fewer problems). The challenge process costs $300, so it's doubtful that most bogus registrations of non-trademarks will ever be challenged - register yours today, or just amuse yourself by checking common names. As usual, I should point out that if the root were run properly, allowing any TLD to be added, this squabbling over an artificially-limited resource would be eliminated.
Or BenDover.info?
Looks like microsoft.biz and microsoft.info are available if anybody has time on their hands.
TechNoir
Worst. TLD. Ever.
I'm registering slashdot.biz and info as we speak.
I think Nympho.info would be a great name for a web site. It was available as of 5 minutes ago. I don't want to bother with it, but one of you guys might. Go for it.
-B
You searched for:
"icann.info"
The domain name you searched is not in the registry, and may be available for registration. To register a domain name, contact an Afilias-authorized registrar.
Promote proofreading. Don't mod up sloppy posts.
Freedom and Liberty are apparently trademarked.
One company, YesNIC has registered trademark, food and Life.
Government is also registered. I suppose next they'll be confiscating the Declaration of Independence.
Erik
"You," Bite me.
"Each and every one of you." Bite me.