Hi folks, I recall when .info/biz and other "old new gTLDs" (for lack of a better term!) launched, they had sunrises (that were gamed, of course). But, one thing that they did well was that they actually published in the WHOIS the trademark jurisdiction and trademark registration number that was relied upon to gain the domain name in the sunrise period. For example, the historical WHOIS (from DomainTools) for Verizon.info on 2004-03-13 was: https://research.domaintools.com/research/whois-history/search/?q=verizon.in... Domain ID:D57221-LRMS Domain Name:VERIZON.INFO Created On:09-Aug-2001 23:19:13 UTC Last Updated On:31-Mar-2003 22:09:28 UTC Expiration Date:09-Aug-2007 23:19:13 UTC Trademark Name:verizon Trademark Date:2000-10-01 Trademark Country:US Trademark Number:11,588 Sponsoring Registrar:R151-LRMS Status:ACTIVE Status:CLIENT LOCK Status:OK Registrant ID:C2923346-LRMS Registrant Name:Verizon Trademark Services LLC Registrant Organization:Verizon Trademark Services LLC Registrant Street1:1320 North Court House Road Registrant City:Arlington Registrant State/Province:VA Registrant Postal Code:22201 Registrant Country:US Registrant Phone:+1.9727184800 Registrant FAX:+1.9727183946 Registrant Email:christian.andersen@verizon.com That was on display for many years. I noticed that the WHOIS output has changed, to eliminate that information for .info: e.g. today's WHOIS: https://whois.domaintools.com/verizon.info Domain Name: VERIZON.INFO Registry Domain ID: D57221-LRMS Registrar WHOIS Server: Registrar URL: http://www.markmonitor.com Updated Date: 2015-07-08T09:17:33Z Creation Date: 2001-08-09T23:19:13Z Registry Expiry Date: 2017-08-09T23:19:13Z Registrar Registration Expiration Date: Registrar: MarkMonitor Inc. Registrar IANA ID: 292 Registrar Abuse Contact Email: Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: Reseller: Domain Status: clientDeleteProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientDeleteProhibited Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited Domain Status: clientUpdateProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientUpdateProhibited Registry Registrant ID: C47695397-LRMS Registrant Name: Verizon Trademark Services LLC Registrant Organization: Verizon Trademark Services LLC Registrant Street: 1320 North Court House Road Registrant City: Arlington Registrant State/Province: VA Registrant Postal Code: 22201 Registrant Country: US Registrant Phone: +1.7033513164 Registrant Phone Ext: Registrant Fax: +1.7033513669 Registrant Fax Ext: Registrant Email: domainlegalcontact@verizon.com doesn't have the trademark details, etc. any longer. 1) Why isn't there a requirement to show the TM details for sunrise registrations in WHOIS for new gTLDs? That certainly helped expose all the gaming when .info/biz launched. 2) Why did registries (all thick WHOIS, of course) stop publishing that information for "old new gTLDs" like .info/biz? Sincerely, George Kirikos 416-588-0269 http://www.leap.com/