Domain Registration Related News
Nominet tackles 'Domain Registry Services'
over bogus invoices
November 2004
Nominet UK, the .uk domain name registry, has
obtained injunctions and orders from the High
Court against Peter Francis-Macrae and Ultra
Technologies Ltd, a company of which Mr Francis-Macrae
is the sole director.
The injunctions prevent either defendant from
(a) causing any damage to Nominet's computer
systems, (b) harassing Nominet staff, (c) using
the .uk WHOIS database, or (d) sending any
documents in the format of the 'Domain Registry
Services' notices circulating earlier this year.
The defendants were further ordered to provide
Nominet with a list of names and addresses of
those to whom they may have sent the bogus invoice
letters and to cover the costs incurred by Nominet
in rectifying these actions.
Nominet's case alleges that the defendants have
misused Nominet's intellectual property rights in
its WHOIS service and, by sending bogus 'Domain
Expiration Notices' to .uk registrants under the
name of Domain Registry Services, have falsely
passed themselves off as having some form of
official relationship with Nominet. A date for the
full hearing of this case, when these interim
orders would expire, has not been set. Nominet
will also continue to assist the police with their
investigations into Domain Registry Services.
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