Volker, The URS sounds interesting and I'll admit I have not studied it in dept yet. I have attached a screenshot from eNom's site which not only lists bulk options by dynamically suggests domains with related keywords and trademarks of competitors. I have also attached a screenshot from Moniker's site which adds the keyword "100mg" to proposed domains indicating they know what the customer is looking for. Not saying this is all Registrars, I did not find the same issue at Key-Systems. -Garth -------------------------------------------------- From: "Volker Greimann" <vgreimann@key-systems.net> Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 9:08 AM To: "Garth Bruen at Knujon.com" <gbruen@knujon.com> Cc: <na-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org> Subject: Re: [NA-Discuss] Fwd: "Domain Protection Racket" Promotion on Network Solutions Home Page
Garth,
I think you overlooked the URS, which is specifically tailored to the issue you mention. The trademark holder is not forced to take over the domain name, but his main issue (the infringing use) is resolved. Costs should be substantially under those of the UDRP as well, but we will have to see what prices the URS providers will arrive at.
And for all the prostrations, Registrars are not blameless in this as they have developed special search engines which make cybersquatting in bulk easy. Can you give an example? I have not seen registrars providing search engines specifically tailored to enable cybersquatting.
Best,
Volker