Re: [registrars] Neulevel (.biz) concerns.

[Rob Hall <rob@momentous.ca>]

Rick,

They were received by my company last week.  I have attached a copy for 
your perusal.

Rob.

At 07:37 AM 4/30/2001 -0700, Rick H Wesson wrote:

>Rob,
>
>where are the documents you are refering to?
>
>thanks,
>
>-rick
>
>On Mon, 30 Apr 2001, Rob Hall wrote:
>
> > We have just received the documentation from the planned .biz rollout
> > starting May 14th.  The information we have to do date greatly concerns me.
> >
> > For the first phase, it appears that we are being reduced to "referral
> > partners" for the trademark claim submissions.  The way they are
> > structuring this includes such things as
> >
> > 1)  They want us to direct users to their website to fill in the trademark
> > application for and the $90 payment.
> > 2)  If we want an alternative to this, we must submit in batches of 100 (of
> > course, we get a discount of 10% for our "profit").
> > 3)  This submission process starts in 14 days, and there is no information
> > on the communication protocols nor what information we require from our 
> clients
> > 4)  We must show the user on our invoice the $90 cost.  Should we add any
> > fees on top of this, they must be shown as a "processing fee" on a separate
> > invoice line item.
> > 5)  They are offering these services to registrars whom are not ICANN
> > accredited.
> >
> > I don't know about the rest of you, but this seems to be flying in the face
> > of a typical registrar-registry agreement.  Neulevel seems to be trying to
> > deal directly with our clients whenever possible.  In addition, they have
> > reduced us to a "referral partner" for at least the preliminary trademark
> > submissions.
> >
> > Does anyone have any other information on this ?  This registration process
> > is supposed to start in 14 days.
> >
> > Rob.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Rob Hall                                voice  (613) 768-5100
> > President                                  fax  (613) 820-0777
> > Momentous.ca Corp.
> > rob@momentous.ca                      www.momentous.ca
> >
> >
> >
> > iti,s
> >

IP Claim Service11.doc

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Rob Hall                                voice  (613) 768-5100
President                                  fax  (613) 820-0777
Momentous.ca Corp.		
rob@momentous.ca                      www.momentous.ca



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