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Hi!
Please help!
I've bought a number of domain names. Some personal, some brand names, others correspond to a geographical location. I didn't read the rules, nor think, and the trademark + geographical are clearly prohibited. Suffice to say the DNS has promptly started rejecting the domains after just a few days of them being live... and put them back on the market. It was a swift email of rejection and removal. I had no say in the matter. Just told. And I doubt I'll ever see that money again.
I registered all my domains over a 5 day period last week and the rejections of brand and geographical names have been creeping in at a steady pace since yesterday. I don't know how many more I'll lose.
But this isn't really the story...
80% of the domains I bought were top personal male and female given names - from around the world - e.g. Allison. A large financial investment.
All the reading I'd read beforehand suggested the rules of buying the domains had been relaxed - that anyone, anywhere in the world, could - and I was quick to jump in.
I'm now super nervous that the DNS.provider is going to reject them all under some restriction, the main ones they list: 'Correspond to top domain names', 'mislead ownership', 'infringe trademarks', 'Correspond to protocols defined by IETF'.
There is nothing to state 'don't take/ must prove ownership of names', and there are others using the domain extension to host personal websites of their own. However, I've ordered a lot at once, and if they want to be difficult, well... they could probably find a dozen 'Allison' geographical locations and trademarks in the US alone.
Any response/ words of wisdom would be appreciated. Anything i can do to protest their decisions should the worst happen? Also, will I lose my money?
Best,
Lee
Please help!
I've bought a number of domain names. Some personal, some brand names, others correspond to a geographical location. I didn't read the rules, nor think, and the trademark + geographical are clearly prohibited. Suffice to say the DNS has promptly started rejecting the domains after just a few days of them being live... and put them back on the market. It was a swift email of rejection and removal. I had no say in the matter. Just told. And I doubt I'll ever see that money again.
I registered all my domains over a 5 day period last week and the rejections of brand and geographical names have been creeping in at a steady pace since yesterday. I don't know how many more I'll lose.
But this isn't really the story...
80% of the domains I bought were top personal male and female given names - from around the world - e.g. Allison. A large financial investment.
All the reading I'd read beforehand suggested the rules of buying the domains had been relaxed - that anyone, anywhere in the world, could - and I was quick to jump in.
I'm now super nervous that the DNS.provider is going to reject them all under some restriction, the main ones they list: 'Correspond to top domain names', 'mislead ownership', 'infringe trademarks', 'Correspond to protocols defined by IETF'.
There is nothing to state 'don't take/ must prove ownership of names', and there are others using the domain extension to host personal websites of their own. However, I've ordered a lot at once, and if they want to be difficult, well... they could probably find a dozen 'Allison' geographical locations and trademarks in the US alone.
Any response/ words of wisdom would be appreciated. Anything i can do to protest their decisions should the worst happen? Also, will I lose my money?
Best,
Lee
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