An expiration question that has been puzzling me

[morel]

Hello,

I recently ran a whois on "cali.net" and I found that it expired back in October of 1999! (look it up for yourself)

How come it is still in the database? Can a domain be on hold for so long??

Thanks,
-dm

 

There are no formal rules for when a domain name will drop.

Write to ICANN...

-t

 

[AMERICAR]

Netsol just keep them.

 

[morel]

This is just ridiculous, I guess. I really hate NetSol. I mean, how long do we have to wait? 2 years? 5 years? Someone should do something about it.

 

[clemzonguy]

Yeh this question should obviously be tested in court somehow. It would work well if you had a common law trademark or even better a real one and filed a suit against them claiming they were squatting your name. Think of the possibilities!

 

[MillerTyme]

When WLS goes live all (Verisign) hoarded names will be dropped during 12 month trial period.

 

Originally posted by MillerTyme
When WLS goes live all (Verisign) hoarded names will be dropped during 12 month trial period.

Do you know this for a fact, or are you speculating that they will drop because of the WLS?

My belief is that Verisign will not drop all names, but they will drop those with WLS subscriptions - or they will be sued.

There is still no reason for them to drop any name that's not WLS-listed...

-t

 

[DropWizard.com]

They are all ready being sued for not dropping names. class action !!! Started a couple of years ago But i haven't checked up on it lately

*******************************

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

STAN SMITH, individually and on )
behalf of all others similarly situated )
)
Plaintiffs, )
) CIVIL ACTION NO.
) CV-00-BU-2769-S
v. )
)
)
NETWORK SOLUTIONS, INC. and )
VERISIGN, INC., )
)
Defendants. )


Title 28 Section 1746

 

[Whois-Search]

ICANN will just say "contact the register that has the domain - we don't deal with the registration of individual domains" as they always do