I don't imagine ICANN is going to be very happy with France or Web.com right now for circumventing the already established Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (UDRP) process. Especially...
I don't imagine ICANN is going to be very happy with France or Web.com right now for circumventing the already established Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (UDRP) process. Especially since that likely would have favored the previous France.com owner since there was no intentional deception on his part and he had a long established, valid business concern associated with the name.
If I was Web.com Group Inc. I would even be seriously concerned about ICANN terminating Network Solutions' (which Web.com owns) Registrar license for violating the Registrar Accreditation Agreement which states that they must abide by the UDRP. Honestly, what the hell were they thinking just handing the domain over to the French government? They aren't a French company, being headquartered in Jacksonville Florida, and so aren't obligated to follow French court copyright rulings which have absolutely no bearing on .com domain name dispute policy in the first place.
Hell, even France shouldn't be pissing off ICANN or they could risk losing their ccTLDs since they, through AFNIC, are bound by the ICANN ccTLD Sponsorship Agreement which states that ICANN can terminate the agreement at any point for any reason. Not only that but by doing this France may have also just violated the terms of several United Nation's World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) related treaties since they are a signatory member and WIPO helped draft the UDRP in the first place and oversees all UDRP related arbitration cases.
Risking the consequences of all that just so they could take control of France.com and redirect it to France.fr... WTF, France?
I don't imagine ICANN is going to be very happy with France or Web.com right now for circumventing the already established Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (UDRP) process. Especially since that likely would have favored the previous France.com owner since there was no intentional deception on his part and he had a long established, valid business concern associated with the name.
If I was Web.com Group Inc. I would even be seriously concerned about ICANN terminating Network Solutions' (which Web.com owns) Registrar license for violating the Registrar Accreditation Agreement which states that they must abide by the UDRP. Honestly, what the hell were they thinking just handing the domain over to the French government? They aren't a French company, being headquartered in Jacksonville Florida, and so aren't obligated to follow French court copyright rulings which have absolutely no bearing on .com domain name dispute policy in the first place.
Hell, even France shouldn't be pissing off ICANN or they could risk losing their ccTLDs since they, through AFNIC, are bound by the ICANN ccTLD Sponsorship Agreement which states that ICANN can terminate the agreement at any point for any reason. Not only that but by doing this France may have also just violated the terms of several United Nation's World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) related treaties since they are a signatory member and WIPO helped draft the UDRP in the first place and oversees all UDRP related arbitration cases.
Risking the consequences of all that just so they could take control of France.com and redirect it to France.fr... WTF, France?