FAKe TM registrations under inregistry ?

[nametrader]

It has come to my notice that there are around 1000-1500 fake registrations of premium high value .in domain names that are registered under fake trademark!

Some of the domains I have noticed to be under fake TM's are

airlines.in
airline.in Trademark Number:191104
movies.in
movie.in Trademark Number:546562
airport.in Trademark Number:554084
airports.in

For instance HOME.IN has whois as below,

Madanlal Sachdev
14/23, Gur Ki Mandi
Agra, Uttar Pradesh

When contacted this party says he has no Idea of what a domain name is!
I recieved this information few days back now whois shows:

Created On:04-Feb-2005 14:18:48 UTC
Last Updated On:20-Apr-2007 19:49:53 UTC

Registrant ID: DI_6173305
Registrant Name: Directi Compliance (Domain Suspended)
Registrant Organization: Directi Compliance (Domain Suspended)
Registrant Street1:330, Link Way Estate
Registrant Street2:Linking rd, Malad(W)
Registrant City:Mumbai
Registrant State/Province:Maharashtra
Registrant Postal Code:400064
Registrant Country:IN
Registrant Phone:+91.2266797500
Registrant Email:[email protected]

This tells us that there is some TRUTH in this as Directi suspended these domains.

Why I am posting this here on DNF is just out of concern as this really scares me away from buying/developing .in domains as someone might approach tomorrow and say that they have right to the domain!

 

[scorpio]

hmm yes i wanted few of these names movie.in but they were all gone before under TM even before registration were open..

I think 1500 is less . These would be more TM fraud registered generic names.. If lot of people email to [email protected] i think they will have to investigate into this..

really fishy whole matter is..

 

[Mr. Deleted]

email sent

 

[scorpio]

pets.in
search.in
cricket.in

Expiration Date:16-Feb-2007

Status shows ok and they still did not expire..

 

[katherine]

cricket.in is working (parked page)...

 

[scorpio]

cricket.in is working (parked page)...

yes but the expiry data was 16-Feb-2007 .. why new renewal date did not come up.