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[ga] ICANN Sunrise Policy at work...



Title: Help
Can I ask what purpose has been served by ICANN's Sunrise Policy with regard to .info Sunrise registrations like this one, which appear to be founded on spurious trademark details, appear to prevent legitimate use of domain by the rest of the world, and about which nothing seems to have been done since the last update over 2 years ago? There are, believe it or not, actually people in Cornwall and elsewhere who could make legitimate use of domains like these. Has the Sunrise Policy actually prevented legitimate use of domains instead of protecting legitimate use? Why have names like these been neglected for over 2 years? Why were such spurious trademark claims ever accepted in the first place? How much money did the Afilias cartel of registrars make from the sale of these fake Sunrise registrations? (For example, the 4981 fake registrations sold to one individual by one registrar in the Afilias cartel.)
 
Could Dan Halloran or an Afilias representative kindly justify this?
 
Sample .info Sunrise registration (try it yourself at http://www.afilias.info/whois_search/ ) :
 
www.cornwall.info
 
Domain ID:  D77345-LRMS
Domain Name:  CORNWALL.INFO
Created On:  23-Aug-2001 21:32:40 UTC
Last Updated On:  05-Oct-2001 17:44:38 UTC
Expiration Date:  23-Aug-2006 21:32:40 UTC
Trademark Name:  Unknown Tradeamark
Trademark Date:  1899-12-30
Trademark Country:  GB
Trademark Number:  123456
Sponsoring Registrar:  Tucows, Inc. dba OpenSRS (R139-LRMS)
Status:  ACTIVE
Status:  LOCKED
Status:  OK
Registrant ID:  C179870-LRMS
Registrant Name:  Toby Lawrence
Registrant Organization:  Just Browsing Ltd
Registrant Street1:  PO BOX 17
Registrant Street2:  Wallasey
Registrant City:  Cheshire
Registrant State/Province:  unknown
Registrant Postal Code:  CH456WA
Registrant Country:  GB
Registrant Phone:  +44.01516371807
Registrant Email:  lordtoby@xxxxxxxxx
Admin ID:  C179870-LRMS
Admin Name:  Toby Lawrence
Admin Organization:  Just Browsing Ltd
Admin Street1:  PO BOX 17
Admin Street2:  Wallasey
Admin City:  Cheshire
Admin State/Province:  unknown
Admin Postal Code:  CH456WA
Admin Country:  GB
Admin Phone:  +44.01516371807
Admin Email:  lordtoby@xxxxxxxxx
Billing ID:  C179870-LRMS
Billing Name:  Toby Lawrence
Billing Organization:  Just Browsing Ltd
Billing Street1:  PO BOX 17
Billing Street2:  Wallasey
Billing City:  Cheshire
Billing State/Province:  unknown
Billing Postal Code:  CH456WA
Billing Country:  GB
Billing Phone:  +44.01516371807
Billing Email:  lordtoby@xxxxxxxxx
Tech ID:  C179870-LRMS
Tech Name:  Toby Lawrence
Tech Organization:  Just Browsing Ltd
Tech Street1:  PO BOX 17
Tech Street2:  Wallasey
Tech City:  Cheshire
Tech State/Province:  unknown
Tech Postal Code:  CH456WA
Tech Country:  GB
Tech Phone:  +44.01516371807
Tech Email:  lordtoby@xxxxxxxxx
Name Server:  NS1.LIVEDNS.CO.UK
Name Server:  NS2.LIVEDNS.CO.UK