Re: [ga] Science.info/afilias update

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Russ and all assembly members,

  Mr. Palage has been quite silent for some months now on this and other
forums.  Perhaps now we have our answer as to why!  >;)  My opinion
as well as every single one of our legal staff's, is that Mr. Palage
is a shyster lawyer of the highest order....

admin wrote:

> It looks like the person who is claiming an "error" in the registration of
> science.info manages a company called Corporate Domains AND is also an
> Afilias official.  He is not only an Afilias official, he also seems to be
> involved with correcting the errors and he has given talks to trademark
> attorneys about registering during the sunrise period.
>
> The Science.info "error" has not been fixed and the Afilias attorney Palage
> has not responded to inquiries about when this "error" will be fixed or what
> other domains were involved.
>
> Russ Smith
>
> ==
> http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-6807825.html
>
> Reseller Corporate Domains mixed up a batch of trademark applications with
> regular applications, Palage said, a fact later confirmed by Corporate
> Domains Vice President John Kane.
>
> The company erroneously sent approximately 50 applications to Afilias,
> including DuPont's "science.info" application, that should have been
> reserved for the regular "land rush" in September, Kane said.
>
> ==
> http://www.internetnews.com/isp-news/article/0,,8_758841,00.html
>
> "This is just to kick out registrants who don't have legitimate right. We're
> not trying to give trademark holders the carte blanche to register any
> domain name. We're just giving them the rights to register their exact
> mark," explained John Kane, marketing task force leader at Afilias.
>
> ==
>
> http://www.delawareonline.com/newsjournal/business/2000/12/14domain.html
>
> Like the 1889 land dash, Web designers are waiting for next year's signal so
> they can register new domain names. And in the same fashion Oklahoma was
> settled, people already are trying to register the electronic addresses
> before the official date.
>
> "It's going to be the wild, wild West," said John Kane, general manager of
> Corporate Domains, Inc., a Greenville Web design company.
>
> ==
>
> http://www.afilias.info/press-room/releases/INTA-Media-Alertv2.html
>
>  Panel discussion: “ICANN & Trademark Protection in the New gTLDs”
>
>                    John Kane - Afilias spokesperson
>
> ==
> http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,39455,00.html
>
> "First, there's going to be a sunrise period that will last 60 days in which
> trademark holders can register domains," said John Kane, Afilias spokesman.
>
> ==
> http://www.sedo.nl/links/showhtml.php3?Id=245&language=nl
>
> Afilias spokesperson John Kane said ... that the company expects over
> 500,000 trademark and copyright holders to register dot-info addresses
> during the sunrise period.
>
> ==
> http://www.afilias.info/press-room/releases/afilias-media-alert-melbourne.ht
> ml
>
> “As we approach the launch of .info, we get closer to meeting the need for a
> truly global domain name, one that will transcend cultural and geographic
> boundaries by providing easy access to information for everyone,
> everywhere -- the initial promise of the Internet,” said John L. Kane,
> Afilias’ Marketing Task Force Leader. “Afilias is proud to participate in
> the expansion of the domain name space, which represents a true milestone in
> the evolution of the Internet.”
>
> ==
>
> http://www.gtld-mou.org/gtld-discuss/mail-archive/07623.html
>
> "As a business, we'll have to compete with NSI on
> whatever playing field is available, including their own,"
> said John Kane, the general manager of Corporate
> Domains, another CORE member."
>
> ==
> http://www.attachemag.com/advert/special/ebiz_june.htm
>
> “Today, we serve thousands of clients daily, providing a wide range of
> corporate services, including corporation filings, formation of
> limited-liability companies, registered agent services, corporate kits, Web
> site development, and corporate compliance services, plus many other
> small-business and corporate services,” says John L. Kane, the company’s
> general manager. “We are prepared and committed to serving our
> entrepreneurial-spirited clients quickly, professionally, and at the best
> rates available from any service company in the business.”
>
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