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Over the last few months, Afilias, the .INFO Registry, has challenged over 10,000 names that were registered during the Sunrise Registration period last year. Afilias challenged these domain name registrations in response to claims that not all sunrise registrations met the required trademark criteria in effect during Sunrise Registration. As a result, over 10,000 domain names are expected to be released back to the public for registration during what is being called "Landrush 2."
Afilias' process to redistribute the successfully challenged Sunrise names will utilize a randomized, round robin name selection method, similar to the one used in the initial Landrush registration period last year. This method randomizes the queue (or batch) of names submitted by each registrar, and then assigns a random order to pick names from each of the registrars' queues.
Registrars will be receiving a list of Landrush 2 names from Afilias on April 22, 2002. Only those names that were successfully challenged will be available for registration during this registration period. The .INFO Landrush 2 queue is expected to be open May 15, 2002 through June 5, 2002. It is anticipated that Landrush 2 domain names will be awarded by mid-June 2002.
Corporate Domains, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of CSC and an ICANN accredited registrar, will be participating in Landrush 2 and will serve CSC customers exclusively. Corporate Domains, Inc. manages the domain names of many Fortune 500 companies. Contact CSC today at 1.800.927.9800 to find out how we can help you get your Landrush 2 names and manage your entire portfolio of business entities, domain names and trademark registrations.