Re: [council] ICANN Advisory on Regland Lawsuit

["YJ Park" <yjpark@myepark.com>]

Theresa wrote:

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

What's going on here?

...............I am lost here...............

YJ

> 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."
> >
> >   # # #
> >
> >
>
>