The KC is probably ofigel from reg.ru and corrects the rules - only trademarks registered before March 25, 2009 are included in the priority registration. A bunch of domains CETIS (bank.rf, seks.rf) under this rule do not fall, because registered later, and a special commission will decide on their registration.
Registration now stops, all registered domains are deleted, and registration begins again, taking these rules into account.
True, this is more like an attempt to drag out time in order to either mitigate the scandal and smudge it for a certain period of time, or to really come up with something against such swatting. But it is difficult to imagine that the expert commission, which should decide the fate of more recent brands, will be able to find reasonable arguments for why to give one and not give the other.
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Alternatively, they could cancel priority registration for fresh TMs at all, leaving them up for auction. At the very least, the opportunities for all would be equal.
- Dear registrars!
We hereby inform you that on November 26, 2009, the Council of the Coordination Center of the national domain of the Internet decided to supplement the “Regulation on the priority registration of domain names in the domain. RF” with the following conditions:
1. Domain names are reserved as a priority for trademarks registered no later than March 25, 2009.
2. In the case of filing applications for matching trademark registrations registered under different classes of MKTU, the subsequent registration of the domain name will be carried out for a trademark with an earlier registration date.
3. The resolution of questions on the reservation of domain names in respect of trademarks, including well-known, registered after March 25, 2009, will be considered by a specially created expert commission under the Coordination Center.
In connection with the decision made by the Council, the work of the registry and the system of registration of second-level domain names in the domain. RF is suspended until the procedures for processing applications submitted are brought in line with the approved changes.
We ask you to treat with understanding the decision of the Council, which takes into account the need to respect the maximum purity and transparency of the process of entering a domain. RF.
Tomorrow, November 27, 2009, the TCI suspends accepting applications for reserving domains of trademark owners and deletes all entries in the registry. We ask you to resend applications that fully comply with the changes in the Regulations. The coordinating center will notify you of the date of the repeated submission of applications.
For its part, the Coordination Center begins accepting applications for review by an expert commission. The rules of work of the expert commission will be announced soon.