Harassment (was Re: ELAN.NET ...)

Mon Nov 3 18:32:43 UTC 2003

Steve Gibbard writes on 11/3/2003 1:08 PM:

> Uh... This appears to be a potential trademark law issue, except that I'm
> not aware of Merit or anybody else ever claiming NANOG as a trademark.
> Presumably, if this becomes a problem (somebody advertising alternate
> "NANOG" conferences, for example), Merit's lawyers can deal with it.  This

Well, at least one other netops conference is in the same boat - 
APRICOT2005.NET is registered to a domain squatter.

    Zone Contact:
       Administrator, Administrator      info at apricot2005.net
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       PHONE: +62.4543534545 (FAX) +62.454542545

    Registrant:
       cybertiger
       Jl. Jambu Mente NO. 1
Jakarta
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       Domain: APRICOT2005.NET
       Registrar: DomainBank.com

    Administrative Contact:
       Administrator, Administrator      info at apricot2005.net
       Jakarta Jakarta
       Jakarta Jakarta
       Jakarta Jakarta  10000
       ID
       PHONE: +62.4543534545 (FAX) +62.454542545

    Technical Contact:
       Administrator, Administrator      info at apricot2005.net
       Jakarta Jakarta
       Jakarta Jakarta
       Jakarta Jakarta  10000
       ID
       PHONE: +62.4543534545 (FAX) +62.454542545

    Record created on 2003-07-31
    Record expires on 2005-07-31
    Database last updated Mon Nov 03 13:31:00 EST 2003

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