Re: protecting a domain name

On Wed, Mar 24, 1999, Robert Cumbow <cumbr[_at_]perkinscoie.com> wrote:
>
> 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.

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Diane Cabell
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