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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:#1F497D'>Dear all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:#1F497D'>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 <a
href="http://www.braeheadfoods.co.uk/">http://www.braeheadfoods.co.uk/</a> 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)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:#1F497D'>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 doesn’t
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). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:#1F497D'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:#1F497D'>Konstantinos<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:#2E08D2'>Dr. Konstantinos Komaitis</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#2E08D2'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:#2E08D2'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:#2E08D2'>Lecturer in IT&T Law, Panellist,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:#2E08D2'>Chair Membership Committee,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:#2E08D2'>Global Internet Governance Academic Network,</span><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#2E08D2'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:#2E08D2'>University of Strathclyde,</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#2E08D2'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:#2E08D2'>The Law School,</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Comic Sans MS";color:#2E08D2'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:#2E08D2'>141 St James Road, </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#2E08D2'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:#2E08D2'>Glasgow G4 0LT.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Comic Sans MS";color:#2E08D2'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:#2E08D2'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:#2E08D2'>tel:+44 (0)141 548 4306<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:#2E08D2'>fax:+44 (0)141 548 3639<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:#2E08D2'>email: k.komaitis@strath.ac.uk<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#2E08D2'>http://www.law.strath.ac.uk/staff/bio_sharepoint.aspx?id=75 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> andy.zhang [mailto:andy.zhang@china-dnr.hk]
<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 28 October 2008 01:33<br>
<b>To:</b> Braehead Webmaster<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Re: URGENT_Notice of disputing “braeheadfoods” domain name
in China<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'>Dear Stephen Grant<b>,</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'>Thanks for your confirmation. If you have no any relationship with
“Sefar Soft Inc”, 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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'>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</span><span lang=EN-US
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>. 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.<br>
Nevertheless this need you and your company cooperate with us.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'>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 “Sefar Soft Inc”
unconditionally. Of course we will esteem your any decision also. Thanks for
your cooperation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'>Best Regards, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:navy'>Andy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>andy.zhang<span lang=ZH-CN>，</span><a
href="mailto:%3c!--AID_FROMADDRESS_BEGIN--%3eandy.zhang@china-dnr.hk%3c!--AID_FROMADDRESS_END--%3e">andy.zhang@china-dnr.hk</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>2008-10-28 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='background:#E4E4E4'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>From:
</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><a
href="mailto:webmaster@braeheadfoods.co.uk">Braehead Webmaster</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>To: </span></b><span
style='font-size:9.0pt'><a href="mailto:andy.zhang@china-dnr.hk">andy.zhang</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Sent: </span></b><span
style='font-size:9.0pt'>2008-10-28, 00:28:48<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Subject: </span></b><span
style='font-size:9.0pt'>Re: URGENT_Notice of disputing <span lang=ZH-CN>“</span>braeheadfoods<span
lang=ZH-CN>”</span> domain name in China<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt'>Hi
Andy,<br>
<br>
"Sefar Soft Inc" are not a business partner or subsidiary company of<br>
ours and as such we would not like them to use our trademarked name and<br>
second level domain in the suggested domain names. Could you please<br>
advise me on how you wish to proceed.<br>
<br>
-Stephen Grant<br>
On behalf of Braehead Foods Ltd<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
andy.zhang wrote:<br>
> Dear CEO,<br>
> We are the department of registration service in China. we have<br>
> something need to confirm with you. We formally received an<br>
> application on Oct. 24th 2008, One company which self-styled <span
lang=ZH-CN>“</span>Sefar<br>
> Soft Inc<span lang=ZH-CN>”</span> are applying to register <span
lang=ZH-CN>“</span>braeheadfoods<span lang=ZH-CN>”</span> as internet brand<br>
> and domain names as below :<br>
> braeheadfoods.asia<br>
> braeheadfoods.cn<br>
> braeheadfoods.com.cn<br>
> braeheadfoods.com.hk<br>
> braeheadfoods.com.tw<br>
> braeheadfoods.hk<br>
> braeheadfoods.in<br>
> braeheadfoods.net.cn<br>
> braeheadfoods.org.cn<br>
> braeheadfoods.tw<br>
> braeheadfoods.com.vn<br>
> braeheadfoods.co.in<br>
> After our initial checking, we found the internet brand and these<br>
> domain names being applied are as same as your company's, so we need<br>
> to get the confirmation from your company. If the aforesaid company is<br>
> your business partner or your subsidiary company, please DO NOT reply<br>
> us, we will approve the application automatically. If you have no any<br>
> relationship with this company, please contact us within 7 workdays.<br>
> If out of the deadline, we will approve the application submitted by<br>
> "Sefar Soft Inc." unconditionally.<br>
><br>
> Best Regards,<br>
> Andy Zhang<br>
> Senior Consultant<br>
> /Tel:00852-31781989Fax:00852-31758227<br>
> Website: /www.87global.hk <<a href="http://www.87global.hk/">http://www.87global.hk/</a>><br>
> /Address:UnitA,5/F,Max share Centre,373 King's Road North Point, Hongkong/<br>
<br>
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