RE: [council] ICANN Advisory on Regland Lawsuit

[Theresa Swinehart <Theresa.Swinehart@wcom.com>]

Andrew,

Thanks for the update. No questions now -- the response from ICANN is good.

Theresa

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-council@dnso.org
> [mailto:owner-council@dnso.org]On Behalf Of
> Andrew McLaughlin
> Sent: Friday, November 03, 2000 6:25 PM
> To: council@dnso.org
> Subject: [council] ICANN Advisory on Regland Lawsuit
>
>
> NC members:
>
> ICANN has just posted an advisory regarding a lawsuit that
> has been filed
> against ICANN in a state court in Texas, USA.  The lawsuit relates to
> "pre-registration" services for potential new TLDs, and our
> advisory takes
> note of the Names Council's recent warning about that kind of
> activity.
>
> As the advisory notes, we believe the claims are utterly baseless, and
> regard the lawsuit as frivolous.
>
> Let me (or Louis) know if you have any questions.
>
> --Andrew
>
> ================
> <http://www.icann.org/announcements/advisory-03nov00.htm>
>
> Advisory Concerning Regland Litigation
>
> ICANN has seen reports that Regland, Inc. has filed a lawsuit
> against ICANN
> in state court in Texas. The lawsuit complains about ICANN's
> statements
> concerning Regland's business practices in taking money for
> "pre-registrations" in proposed top-level domains (TLDs) that
> do not exist,
> have not yet been approved by ICANN, and may never be available on the
> Internet. Regland's claims are utterly baseless and ICANN regards the
> lawsuit as frivolous.
>
> ICANN believes that it is entirely appropriate to alert the
> public that no
> TLDs have been selected and that no company — including
> Regland — is yet
> authorized to be selling domain names in new TLDs. These
> statements are
> entirely true and are designed to caution consumers who may
> be mislead into
> believing that they have actually registered a name in a TLD
> that does not
> yet exist.
>
> On 29 September, ICANN's primary advisory body on domain name
> issues — the
> Names Council of ICANN's Domain Name Supporting Organization
> — issued a
> statement warning consumers that "it is premature for
> companies to offer
> pre-registration services for domain names in speculative new
> TLDs. To date,
> no new TLDs have been selected and there is no guarantee that
> any particular
> organization will be authorized to take registrations for any
> particular
> TLD. The registration of names in new TLDs will be done on a
> fair basis, and
> the practice of pre-registration should not be encouraged."
>
>   # # #
>
>