CircleID

Thanks for the note. It certainly might be a good idea to declare your affiliation (Zenogroup, PR consultant / spokesperson for pool.com, as a quick google search shows) more clearly though, in such a post.

One of the problems with .eu and .info was that many applications during Sunrise have not been verified by the agent (PWC) or there was not agent at all (at .info). I was wondering whether the trademarks in .asia Phase 2 will be verified by Deloitte, as mentioned in the press release or not, as mentioned in the .asia sunrise rules:

- Mark must be issued and valid upon domain registration application
- Applicant must have demonstrable usage of Mark (in the class if applicable) registered
- Registrant must be owner, co-owner or assignee of Mark
- Documentary evidence is not mandatorily required, but required upon request

If the provision of evidence for a valid trademark is not required there will be a big incentive for mass domain grabbing. A strategy which was not too bad for cyber cowboys at .eu was to apply with not valid trademarks during the Sunrise, then wait until you were thrown out and catch the domain name some months after the sunrise when it was released one day (which was only known by registrars and insiders).

I hope the .asia people take care of these concerns.

Suresh Ramasubramanian said:

Thanks for the note. It certainly might be a good idea to declare your affiliation (Zenogroup, PR consultant / spokesperson for pool.com, as a quick google search shows) more clearly though, in such a post.

Suresh,

All true and an oversight on my part.

John Berard