[ga] Afilias is cybersquatting

[steinle@smartvia.de]

Afilias has registered many domain names which are in fact trademarks by other 
parties. Afilias has registered directory.info and squatted on UK trademark 276801 
(word only). But that is only one example. Below you can find some more. 

SEARCH.INFO: They are squatting on UK trademarks (word only) 1056333, 1380291, 
1380292, 1436692, 1436693, 1459763 and 1572389

DOT.INFO: They are squatting on European trademark (word only) E1143700, on UK 
trademarks (word only) 343477, 550623, 840483, 898994, 900985, 957376, 1121916, 
1534077 and 2151274

EMAIL.INFO: They are squatting on UK trademarks (word only) 987603, 987604 and 
1055042

Afilias has registered 150+ domain names. In fact they could register up to 10000 
domain names according to the contract with ICANN. If we would check all the 
registered domain names, I think this could proof that Afilias is one of the biggest 
.info cybersquatter like YesNIC Co., LTD., an Afilias-authorized registrar.

Is a trademark "directory" or "dot" less worth than a trademark "apple" or "amazon"?
Is there a law for Afilias and another for us?
Why have a sunrise period, if even the registry is squatting on trademarks?

To view the sources of the information you can use these links:
http://nic.info.xs2.net (if you use name.space DNS: http://www.nic.info)
http://www.url.free.new.net/nicinfo/news.html
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