What's the name of the registrar, and are they ICANN accredited? Adam >Dear all, > >I am not sure whether this is of any interest >for the NCUC but this is what happened to a >student of mine. He registered the domain name ><http://www.braeheadfoods.co.uk/>http://www.braeheadfoods.co.uk/ >on behalf of a company which is located here in >Scotland. The term Braehead merely represents a >location with a quite popular and busy shopping >centre here in Scotland but it is not by any >means well-known around the world. (I have added >at the end of this email their communication) >My student received an email from a Chinese >registrar claiming that another company Sefar >Soft Inc. is looking to register the same SLD in >China urging my student to register them first. >Sefar Soft Inc. most probably doesn¹t exist (I >conducted a google search on my own) and it >looks like the Chinese registrar is seeking to >intimidate my student in order to proceed to >various domain name registrations under the >Chinese gTLDs or ccTLDs. This is not the first >time I have heard of something like this >(something similar has happened to a friend of a >friend). >I think this is quite worrying as now with the >IDNs and the expansion of registries and >registrars some sort of control should be >maintained by ICANN as they will continue to try >and attract customers through intimidation. This >is something that I think should be addressed by >us as representatives of non-commercial users. > >Konstantinos > >Dr. Konstantinos Komaitis > >Lecturer in IT&T Law, Panellist, >Chair Membership Committee, >Global Internet Governance Academic Network, >University of Strathclyde, >The Law School, >141 St James Road, >Glasgow G4 0LT. > >tel:+44 (0)141 548 4306 >fax:+44 (0)141 548 3639 >email: [log in to unmask] >http://www.law.strath.ac.uk/staff/bio_sharepoint.aspx?id=75 > >From: andy.zhang [mailto:[log in to unmask]] >Sent: 28 October 2008 01:33 >To: Braehead Webmaster >Subject: Re: Re: URGENT_Notice of disputing >³braeheadfoods² domain name in China > >Dear Stephen Grant, > >Thanks for your confirmation. If you have no any >relationship with ³Sefar Soft Inc², then it must >be a pre-empt company who want to register your >domain names. We hereby suspect the company >"Sefar Soft Inc" is your competitor and intend >to enter Chinese Market by imitating your brand, >or "Sefar Soft Inc" is a domain grabber and >speculator. >Thus their representative in China submitted >this application through our body so we can not >get in touch with them full-face, this just our >conjecture. But as per the open registration >principle as "who is the first, who is the >owner" in China, we do not have any right to >reject their application. So our duty and >incumbency is informing you about this issue as >you are the holder of "www. braeheadfoods. com". >If your company consider those Domains are not >important at all and " Sefar Soft Inc." register >and use those names will not brings any negative >effects to your company ,we suggest that there >is no need wasting lots of time and energy to >process this matter. If your company consider >those Domain names are very important to your >company and very necessary to be protected that >we shall apply the priority of registration for >your company and register those Domain names >under your company's name. >Nevertheless this need you and your company cooperate with us. >In addition, please inform us your company's >decision of this issue. If your company do need >to register those Domains in China we will >transfer an formal Application Form and fill out >finished return to us by Fax or via E-mail. If >not need, we will pass the registration of >³Sefar Soft Inc² unconditionally. Of course we >will esteem your any decision also. Thanks for >your cooperation. > >Best Regards, > >Andy > > >andy.zhangÅC<mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask] >2008-10-28 > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <mailto:[log in to unmask]>Braehead Webmaster >To: <mailto:[log in to unmask]>andy.zhang >Sent: 2008-10-28, 00:28:48 >Subject: Re: URGENT_Notice of disputing ³braeheadfoods² domain name in China > >Hi Andy, > >"Sefar Soft Inc" are not a business partner or subsidiary company of >ours and as such we would not like them to use our trademarked name and >second level domain in the suggested domain names. Could you please >advise me on how you wish to proceed. > >-Stephen Grant >On behalf of Braehead Foods Ltd > > > >andy.zhang wrote: >> Dear CEO, >> We are the department of registration service in China. we have >> something need to confirm with you. We formally received an >> application on Oct. 24th 2008, One company which self-styled ³Sefar >> Soft Inc² are applying to register ³braeheadfoods² as internet brand >> and domain names as below : >> braeheadfoods.asia >> braeheadfoods.cn >> braeheadfoods.com.cn >> braeheadfoods.com.hk >> braeheadfoods.com.tw >> braeheadfoods.hk >> braeheadfoods.in >> braeheadfoods.net.cn >> braeheadfoods.org.cn >> braeheadfoods.tw >> braeheadfoods.com.vn >> braeheadfoods.co.in >> After our initial checking, we found the internet brand and these >> domain names being applied are as same as your company's, so we need >> to get the confirmation from your company. If the aforesaid company is >> your business partner or your subsidiary company, please DO NOT reply >> us, we will approve the application automatically. If you have no any >> relationship with this company, please contact us within 7 workdays. >> If out of the deadline, we will approve the application submitted by >> "Sefar Soft Inc." unconditionally. >> >> Best Regards, >> Andy Zhang >> Senior Consultant >> /Tel:00852-31781989Fax:00852-31758227 >> Website: /www.87global.hk <<http://www.87global.hk/>http://www.87global.hk/> >> /Address:UnitA,5/F,Max share Centre,373 King's Road North Point, Hongkong/