It is unconscionable that in the new Domain Name Dispute Policy, NSI does not pass on to its domain name customers the benefits of the new protections it now enjoys. DNRC President Mikki Barry notes that the new Policy continues the oppressive rules of the old Policy. For a total of 64 cents, any trademark holder can have innocent domain name holders put out of business.
Unscrupulous groups make threats and unsubstantiated claims with alarming regularity.
NSI's new policy goes even further than their previous Domain Dispute Policy. Under today's Policy, NSI continues to give trademark owners the benefit of an injunction against the domain name without any proof of infringement or likelihood of confusion. The predictions have turned out to be accurate and DNRC regularly works with domain name owners who have received cease and desist letters against their domain names where there is no infringement or likelihood of confusion. DNRC also criticized the closed-door manner in which the first Policy, and its subsequent revisions, were created.