Hi

I own a domain for yearsss, last month Godaddy replied as below:


The domain has been named in a domain dispute filed through the
Asian Domain Name Dispute Resolution Centre (ADNDRC). As a
result,the domain has been placed on registrar-lock and will
remain locked until we are directed otherwise by ADNDRC.
You should receive notice of the complaint from ADNDRC
within the next few days, along with information to assist
you in defending the domain.


What is my rights? What should I do?

Need your pro-advise badly.

Thanks in advance.

What is the extension?
Did you receive the ADNDRC complaint? What did it say?

I think you need to contact ADNDRC to be informed of your rights.

Is ADNDRC trade mark? You need to investigate that and read ICCaNN rules for the domain name extension. You need to have more information to start fighting.

Is ADNDRC trade mark?

No, ADNDRC is a dispute resolution provider like WIPO. The OP got a notice for such for the domain name in question, which Go Daddy subsequently locked per their agreement.

Saints, is this a .com or some other extension? You can start here (http://www.adndrc.org/adndrc/index.html) to learn more about ADNDRC, but you might need to retain a legal expert for this sort of thing.

It is .net and .org.

ADNDRC has already sent the complaint.

You all say microsoft is the ultimate legal owner microsoft.com, .net, .org, .us, ...?

Anyone has this experience before?

Please share.

Thanks.

While we can register any domain name, certain laws and decisions limit our ability to use them. Namely, one can't have and use domain names bearing famous trademarks because users will likely confuse your domain name with the mark.

If the domain name bears Microsoft in it, there's practically no way you'll be able to use that domain name since they aggressively protect their marks. Sorry to say you're better off giving it to them, and I doubt they'll compensate you even if you ask.