As long as this discussion remains cordial and informative, it's useful to all of us. May it continue as such. As NA RALO chair and admin of the list, however, I want to remind everyone that the NA-discuss list is just that, a discussion list for members of the NA-RALO (North American at-large regional organization). Those who are, by employment or ownership, a member of a contracted party to ICANN, should not use this list to attempt to silence or harass the volunteer members of NA-RALO in the process of carrying on reasonable discussions. (I am not saying anyone involved in this discussion has done this, but it has occurred in the past.) In other words, we need oxygen in this room. So please be aware that members of the NA RALO are not accountable to contracted parties for the substance of their discussions. Please do trust that we are responsible enough in the NA RALO to challenge erroneous or inappropriate claims made during the course of a discussion -- if and when we see fit to do so. If you are a contracted party and want to see methodology or research behind a statement or claim made by a member of the NA RALO on this list, I ask that you contact that person off-line outside the discussion (please let me know if you need contact info). Newcomers to this list and to the at-large need to feel comfortable asking questions and communicating freely here without being "challenged" by contracted parties, even if that is not the intent. Thanks Beau Brendler -----Original Message-----
From: Volker Greimann <vgreimann@key-systems.net> Sent: Sep 1, 2011 1:11 PM To: na-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org Subject: Re: [NA-Discuss] Fwd: "Domain Protection Racket" Promotion on Network Solutions Home Page
Garth,
The URS sounds interesting and I'll admit I have not studied it in dept yet. You should, it is going to be an integral part of the new gTLD program and a huge relief for brand owners. 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. OK, I see your point, but do you know how these results are generated? They may just be generating Key-Words for any given search term automatically using Google. There are also registry operators pushing a name generation tool. Basically, I don't think the results you posted are necessarily generated due to bad will. It is more likely a result of an automated process which does not in any way differentiate between trademarked terms and terms that are not trademarked.
Having to integrate a trademark checking script for all possible jurisdictions that checks any search terms (and resulting keywords) if they are trademarked, sounds like a nightmare. Especially since many trademarked terms or brand names may have a legitimate alternative use/meaning.
Not saying this is all Registrars, I did not find the same issue at Key-Systems. Well, this is mainly because we have not implemented any such tool at this time. We may do so at a later stage, after a relaunch we are currently preparing, but I am not sure how we could prevent the problem you are describing. Any name suggestion tool will in my view produce unforseeable and potentionally questionable results, no matter how it is designed.
Volker
-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
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