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1. Comment - GoDaddy: .eu Domain Hijacked

   (Apr 11, 2006 - 12:45 AM)

   Bob didn't mention the biggest "game" of them all - the fact that the Benelux trademark registry intentionally turned a blind eye and granted the most generic trademark applications in history allowing domain speculators with no legitimate claim to acquire the most valuable generic domains such as sex.eu, business.eu, news.eu, etc. Benelux had been developing their "fast track" system where applicants could get a trademark registered in a couple of days with a mimum of scrutiny for years in anticipation of .eu Sunrise. The Benelux registry made millions of dollars from knowingly granting essentially fraudulent trademark registrations and helping these speculators "job the system" and pervert landrush into a tool used to defeat the very principle it was established for - to allow legitmate right holders to prtect their brands from cybersquatter and give everyone else an EQUAL chance to register the .eu domain of their choice on a first-come, first-served basis. We can't put all the blame on the Benelux registry though. Equally guilty, is its co-conspirator, Eurid, who set up the system to allow this abuse and then turned a blind eye and deaf ear when it predictably occured.