Warnings and Reminder of the Competition Bureau of Canada Regarding Domain Names Warnings and Reminder of the Competition Bureau of Canada Regarding Domain Names

2001-01-01

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WARNINGSANDREMINDEROFTHECOMPETITIONBUREAUOFCANADA
REGARDINGDOMAINNAMES

MarcelNaud*
LEGERROBICRICHARD,L.L.P.
Lawyers,PatentandTrademarkAgents
CentreCDPCapital
1001Square-Victoria–BlocE–8thFloor
Montreal,Quebec,CanadaH2Z2B7
Tel.(514)9876242–Fax(514)8457874
www.robic.ca–info@robic.com

InanewsreleasemadeJuly18,2001,theCompetitionBureauofCanada
warnsdomainnameregistrantsagainstmailings(see
http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/SSI/ct/iroc.pdf)originatingfromthedomainname
registrar«TheInternetRegistryofCanada».Suchmailingsaredesignedsoas
toleadtherecipientstobelievethattheyconstituteinvoicesfroma
governmentagencythatmustbepaidinordertorenewthedomainnames
thattheyregisteredandavoidtheexpirationthereof.Inreality,thisrenewal
offeralsohastheeffectoftransferringyourdomainnameregistrationfrom
yourcurrentregistrartothisnewregistrar.Obviously,thismailingisnot
sanctionedbytheGovernmentofCanadaandtheregistrarthathassent
thesemailingsisnotaccreditedbythe«CanadianInternetRegistration
Authority»(CIRA).Thesemailingsshouldbeignored.
Similarly,CIRAissuedawarningonJuly17,2001regardingaSwitzerland-
basedcompanynamedUTPAG,whichsendsphoneyinvoicesintheamount
of$965.15USDtodomainnameregistrantsinreferencetolistingfeesina
directorycalled«InternetBusinessGuide».
Thesetwoeventsillustratequitewelltheincreasednecessitytoreviewyour
internalpoliciesregardingthemanagementofyourdomainnamesandmore
preciselythesecurityissuesrelatedthereto.
WewouldalsoliketoremindyouthatNeulevel,theregistryforthe.biz
domainnames,extendedtoAugust6,2001thedeadlinetofileatrade-mark
claimagainsttheapplicantsofcorresponding.bizdomainnames.
Companiesthatwanttoapplyforpre-registrationofa.bizdomainname
haveuntilSeptember25,2001todoso.

©CIPS,2001.*OfLEGERROBICRICHARD,L.L.P.,amultidisciplinaryfirmoflawyers,andpatentand
trademarkagents.PublishedintheSummer2001issue(Vol.5,No.3)issueofourNewsletter.
Publication068.040E.

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Inthecaseof.infodomainnames,thepersonswhowouldliketoclaimtheir
trade-markrightscanonlydosobetweenJuly25,2001andAugust28,2001
byrequestingtheregistrationofadomainnamecorrespondingtheretoforat
least5years.Inaddition,inorderfortheownerofthetrade-marktobeable
tobenefitfromthisprotection,thetrade-markmustbeofnationalscopeand
musthavebeenregisteredbeforeOctober2,2000.

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