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Anyone heard any update on game.co.uk?

The domain recently shows as "Renewal request being processed" and is still showing as registered to the same guy even though the domain redirects to the GAME PLC website.

Nominet site shows "[FONT=Courier New]Appeal process suspended under DRS Procedure 20.a[/FONT]"

which reads

"[FONT=Courier New]If legal proceedings relating to a Domain Name which is the subject of a complaint are issued in a court of competent jurisdiction before or during the course of proceedings under the Dispute Resolution Service and are brought to our attention, we will suspend the proceedings, pending the outcome of the legal proceedings[/FONT]".

So I guess lengthy legal proceedings are still underway?

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I mixed this up with itunes.co.uk and hence have deleted my reply

invincible

Game Group PLC are now the legal registrant of game.co.uk. The domain name was last updated 06-Feb-2006 so I presume the change of registrant occured then (although I could be wrong). Did the former registrant appeal the DRS via the three panel route, or did he go straight to court? Alternatively did the former registrant appeal the DRS via the three panel route and did Game Group PLC decide to go to court at that point? I cannot remember the chain of events - i.e. whether notice of a DRS appeal was ever received - but I am presuming the previous registrant has given up his claim over the domain name.

James

I'm always stunned that Game UK PLC could ever be so arrogant, ignorant and vindictive regarding this domain. They deserve to go out of business in my honest opinion, and I hope they do.

domaingenius

I would guess that Game Plc did a confidential deal and bought the name or else this would certainly have ended up in Court as I could not comprehend someone letting them win such a good name. Were Court proceedings ever started ?.

DG

melitaweb

Another example of DRS failings

invincible

If the domain name was so important to the original registrant, and it appears it was, why didn't he stump up the £3,000 for the DRS appeal? If he took legal advice, which one would assume he did (let's face it, he'd have been daft not to have taken some with that domain name), and he then opted to go to court instead of to the DRS appeal, why have Game Group PLC now obtained the domain name? Did he loose in court, or run out of money, or get advised that he didn't have a case, or get a pay off, or something else? I'd be surprised if Game Group PLC offered him anything, particularly after obtaining a decision in their favour.

EdPhillips

The note on the website told you that an appeal was in progress, but that court action interrupted this. That note has now been removed, and the case is not marked as being under appeal, which tells you that the court action is over (at least as relates to the domain) and there has been some sort of resolution which does not require the DRS to continue. The WHOIS tells you who has the domain. Beyond that, I can't help.

The case is therefore closed.

James

But why on Earth was the outcome of the original DRS in Game UK PLC's favour? It's so unfair it beggars belief. No amount of justification can change the fact that Nominet have quite possibly ruined an individual, just so a corporation feels more secure about it's branding. I hate Game UK PLC even more than Nominet, but both display comparably bizarre levels of ignorance.

EdPhillips

The expert set out his reasoning in great detail in his decision -
http://www.nominet.org.uk/disputes/d...contentId=2169

Nominet does not tell the experts what to think - they really are independent - so essentially you have the same information that I have.