You know, i wouldn't do anything or count my money until Jan 1, 2007. I have a trademarked mobi name and I wanted to change the nameservers to develop my mobi site. However, I should have put the correct nameservers in right from the purchase because i can't touch them now until next year. I complained about this on the blog, and the response will be below. Basically, even though you own the name, it can still be contested. So, I would just hold it and see.
Here's the response to my nameserver question:
All domains and associated contacts created in the dotMobi registry during the trademark sunrise registration period are automatically âlockedâ upon creation. This means that the domain name and the associated contact and nameserver information cannot be modified, renewed, deleted or transferred. This is designed to preserve information about the registrants and their trademark data, and allow potential challengers to review sunrise registrations and challenge them during trademark Sunrise Challenge Period that began August 28th and runs until December 15th, 2006.
A name registered during trademark sunrise will be unlocked if someone files a Sunrise Challenge and WIPO determines a legitimate registrant for the domain name, or if no party challenges the domain name. Again the Sunrise Challenge Period ends on December 15, 2006. Please note that after December 15th dotMobi has the right to challenge additional names. Therefore, you should assume that any Sunrise domain name may remain locked until the end of 2006.
Your registrar should have notified you of all terms and conditions when you submitted your registration application. You may still associate a live web site at any time with your current registration provided that it meets with the simple requirements as outlined in our Switch On! Guide. You may be able to work with your registrar or hosting provider to put up a live site using your current nameserver information. I would suggest speaking with either of them.
Finally, please note that any names registered beginning with our Land Rush period on September 26th and subsequent General Registration period will NOT be locked, so you will be free to modify, transfer, renew and delete as needed according to our terms and conditions.
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I would hold it and remember that 888 is considered a very lucky number in Chinese. There was a domain dispute because Victor Chandler bought Victor888 and 888 casino complained that the use of 888 is a lucky number...
Read the whole case here:
http://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/decisions/html/2004/d2004-0753.html
But, the snippet about 888 is this:
The Use of â888â
The Respondent says that, to Chinese people, â888â is a lucky number. In support of that proposition the Respondent has produced an article entitled âFeng Shui and Chinese Numerologyâ, downloaded on October 11, 2004, from a website at â
www.feng-shui-architects.comâ. That article refers to the number 8 as standing âfor potential and for growth: a change from bad luck to good luck. Eight also stands for the 8 trigrams (Bagua) â an auspicious symbol of transformation. â¦In business, where the aim is to grow and make a profit, the three digit numbers like 328 and 888 are very popular with the Chinese because they sound the same as âbusiness will easily prosperâ and âthrice prosperousâ [in Chinese]. Generally three digit numbers are preferred over two or four digits because 3 is a yang number and it stands for âlivelinessâ or âsanâ in Cantonese.
Other material produced by the Respondent makes it clear that â888â is indeed regarded as a lucky number by many Chinese people. A Media Release issued by the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center in October 2000, opened with the words: ââ888â is a very lucky number in Chinese meaning making a huge fortune! The Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) today celebrates the 888th exhibition since its opening in 1988 with the lucky winner ââ the 9th Hong Kong International Toys and Gifts show â¦.â
The Respondent has also referred to a series of advertisements run by the Hong Kong Shanghai Banking Corporation, featuring the value of the local knowledge HKSBC claims to have in its various markets. One such advertisement produced by the Respondent features numbers which are said to be unlucky in Japan and the United Kingdom (4 and 13 respectively), and a lucky number in China â 888.
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So, you may have a lot more endusers then you had orignally thought.
Congrats!
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