On Tue, Mar 23, 1999, Bob Deleault <rdeleault[_at_]aol.com> wrote:
>
> On 3/23/99, Jessica Litman <litman[_at_]mindspring.com> wrote:
> >
> > NSI decommissioned its internic.net site over the weekend in favor of
> > a new and more proprietary look at <http://www.networksolutions.com/>
>
> I just visited the internic.com site. It was still operational for
> searching and registering domain names.
Yes, but for some weeks now the "file created" date has no longer been available in a "whois" search.
Knowing when the file was created is important to knowing when a domain name was originally registered ... and knowing when a domain name was originally registered is essential to knowing whether the owner of a registered trademark identical to the second-level domain can challenge the domain name under NSI's dispute policy or not, since the trademark registration must precede the domain name registration.
It is now virtually impossible for trademark attorneys to counsel trademark clients on their rights as against identical domain names, since the database no longer allows you to determine whether the domain name was registered before or after the trademark.
What surprises me is that no one seems to be outraged by this.
Bob Cumbow
cumbr[_at_]perkinscoie.com
206-583-8566
Received on Wed Mar 24 1999 - 15:50:49 GMT
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