Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Notice of Internet Intellectual Property Rights Dispute in China???
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For about the last year or so I have been getting calls from many of our manufacturing customers that are in a panic because they have received an email with the subject line: "Notice of Internet Intellectual Property Rights Dispute in China".
The email claims to be with the department of Asian Domain registration service in China and they claim to have received a application from a company that is attempting to register my clients brand name in a domain.
This is a scam. They are attempting to sell you a bunch of over priced domain names. Don't be fooled. Often times the phone numbers in the email actually work but in none of the cases we have looked at have we found the companies initiating the emails NOT legitimate ICANN registrars.
Here is an example of one such email:
UPDATE- 12/20/2011
Here is another email I received from what I believe is the same group:
I responded to the latest email from these guys posted above stating that the domain in question was our brand name. This is the response I got back:
As you can see the end game here is to get me to buy some over priced Chinese domain name extensions. The next correspondence I received from this company was a invoice. The invoice contained:
$144/Year from a "Internet Key Word" (My Brand Name)
4 different Chinese domain name extension versions of my URL at $44/Year.
The invoice said it was the "Internet Keyword & CN Domain Name Application Form"
The email claims to be with the department of Asian Domain registration service in China and they claim to have received a application from a company that is attempting to register my clients brand name in a domain.
This is a scam. They are attempting to sell you a bunch of over priced domain names. Don't be fooled. Often times the phone numbers in the email actually work but in none of the cases we have looked at have we found the companies initiating the emails NOT legitimate ICANN registrars.
Here is an example of one such email:
Subject: Notice of Internet Intellectual Property Rights Dispute in China
(If you are NOT CEO,please forward this to your CEO, because this is urgent.Thanks.)
Dear CEO,
We are the department of Asian Domain registration service in China, have something need to confirm with you. we formally received an application on July 19,2010. one company which called "Brazil Kpore Investment S.A" are applying to register "YourCompanyName" as Brand Name and Domains.
YourCompanyName.asia (Asia)
YourCompanyName.hk (Hong Kong)
YourCompanyName.com.tw (Taiwan)
YourCompanyName.hk (Hong Kong)
YourCompanyName.net.cn (China)
YourCompanyName.org.cn (China)
YourCompanyName.tw (Taiwan)
YourCompanyName.com.sg (Singapore)
YourCompanyName.com.vn (Vietnam)
YourCompanyName.sg (Singa pore)
YourCompanyName.vn (Vietnam)
YourCompanyName.my (Malaysia)
YourCompanyName.ae (Arab Emirates)
YourCompanyName.co.kr (Korea)
YourCompanyName.kr (Korea)
YourCompanyName.cn (China)
YourCompanyName.com.cn (China)
But we found that "Brazil Kpore Investment S.A" is not the original owner of the brand and trademark in the checking period,which belong to your company .I need confirm with you whether your company authorized that company to register these domain name.If you have done that ,We will finish the registration for them and link to their website.
If not, please let me know ASAP.
In addition, we hereby affirm that our time limit for dissent application is 7 workdays. If your company files no dissent within the time limit, we will unconditionally approve the application.
Best Regards,
Peter Yan(Mr)
Auditing Consultant
Tel: +0086-566-2629-555 Fax: +0086-566-2629-666
Address:Room205, No.D4 Qingxi South Garden, South-ChangJiang Road,Guichi Shi District,Chizhou,China
UPDATE- 12/20/2011
Here is another email I received from what I believe is the same group:
Dear CEO,
(If you are not in charge of this, please forward this to your CEO, because this is urgent. Thanks)
We are a Network Service Company which is the domain name registration center in Shanghai, China. On Dec 15, 2011, we received an application from Hantong company requested "foremosthunting" as their internet keyword and China (CN) domain names. But after checking it, we find this name conflict with your company name or trademark. In order to deal with this matter better, it's necessary to send email to you and confirm whether this company is your distributor or business partner in China?
Kind regards
Paul PangOffice Manager Shanghai Office (Head Office)3002, Nanhai Building, No. 854 Nandan Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai 200070, China Tel: Mobile: +86-182-2195-1605Fax: +86-21-6191-8697Web: www.yiguannetwork.comP Please consider the environment before printing this email
I responded to the latest email from these guys posted above stating that the domain in question was our brand name. This is the response I got back:
"Dear Sirs,We are Hantong company based in China. We will register the "foremosthunting" as internet keyword and CN domain names .cn, .com.cn, .net.cn, .org.cn. We have handed in our application and are waiting for Mr. Paul Pang's approval. We think this name is important for our products in Chinese market. Even though Mr. Paul Pang advises us to change another name, we will persist in this name.Best regardsGareth Lee"I responded again saying I wanted to protect my brand and this is the response I got back:
Dear Jon Ballard,
Based on your company having no relationship with them, we have suggested they should choose another name to avoid this conflict but they insist on this name as CN domain names (.cn/.com.cn/.net.cn/.org.cn) and internet keyword on the internet. In our opinion, maybe they do the similar business as your company and register it to promote his company.
According to the domain name registration principle: Domain name and internet keyword which applied based on the international principle are opened to companies as well as individuals. Any companies or individuals have rights to register any domain name and internet keyword which are unregistered. Because your company haven't registered this name as CN domains and internet keyword on the internet, anyone can obtain them by registration. However, in order to avoid this conflict, the trademark or original name owner has priority to make this registration in our audit period.
If your company is the original owner of this name and want to register these CN domain names (.cn/.com.cn/.net.cn/.org.cn) and internet keyword to prevent anybody from using them, please inform us. We can send you an application form with price list and help your company register them.
Kind regards
As you can see the end game here is to get me to buy some over priced Chinese domain name extensions. The next correspondence I received from this company was a invoice. The invoice contained:
$144/Year from a "Internet Key Word" (My Brand Name)
4 different Chinese domain name extension versions of my URL at $44/Year.
The invoice said it was the "Internet Keyword & CN Domain Name Application Form"
Attached please find this application form. You can find the price from this form. If your company want to make this application, please fill out this form and send it back with the copy of company business license (company registration certificate).I also asked what a internet keyword was (Only $144/Year) and this is the response I received:
Thanks for your email. Internet Keyword is one of the new accessing ways to internet, which is the real-world brand’s extension and incorporeal property in the network. It is also a new generation of network accessing technology, which can help users get the companies and products’ information directly by inputting the name of company, product, trademark etc. into browser, search engines, regional infoports and so on.
Kind regards
Paul Pang
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11 comments:
I recieved the same:
Dear CEO,
We are the department of Asian Domain registration service in China, have something need to confirm with you. we formally received an application on Feb 21,2011 one company which called "South America Tge Investment Sa" are applying to register "My Company Name" as Brand Name and Domains.
xxxxxx.asia
xxxxxx.cn
xxxxxx.com.cn
xxxxxx.com.hk
xxxxxx.com.tw
xxxxxx.hk
xxxxxx.in
xxxxxx.net.cn
xxxxxx.org.cn
xxxxxx.tw
But we found that "South America Tge Investment Sa" is not the original owner of the brand and trademark in the checking period,which belong to your company .I need confirm with you whether your company authorized that company to register these domain name.If you have done that ,We will finish the registration for them and link to their website.
If not ,please let me know ASAP.
In addition, we hereby affirm that our time limit for dissent application is 7 workdays. If your company files no dissent within the time limit, we will unconditionally approve the application.
Best Regards,
John Wong(Mr)
Auditing Consultant
Tel: +0086-566-2629-555 Fax: +0086-566-2629-666
Address:Room205, No.D4 Qingxi South Garden, South-ChangJiang Road,Guichi Shi District,Chizhou,China
Here is another version of this spam email I got today:
After our initial checking, we found the name were similar to your company's, so we need to check with you whether your company has authorized that company to register these names. If you authorized this, we will finish the registration at once. If you did not authorize, please let us know within 7 workdays, so that we will handle this issue better. Out of the time limit we will unconditionally finish the registration for "Ubeobolt Industries, Ltd.".
I was just spammed too. Glad to find this thread started. Thanks! and Don't be fooled. Mine read like this:
(If you are not in charge of this please transfer this email to your President or appropriate person, thanks)
Dear President,
We are the department of Asian Domain registration service in china, have something to confirm with you. We formally received an application on August 16, 2011. One company which self-styled "Ubeobolt Industries, Ltd." were applying to register "**mydomain**" as Network Brand and following domain names:
**mydomain**.asia
**mydomain**.cn
**mydomain**.co.in
**mydomain**.com.cn
**mydomain**.com.hk
**mydomain**.com.tw
**mydomain**.hk
**mydomain**.in
**mydomain**.net.cn
**mydomain**.org.cn
**mydomain**.tw
After our initial checking, we found the name were similar to your company's, so we need to check with you whether your company has authorized that company to register these names. If you authorized this, we will finish the registration at once. If you did not authorize, please let us know within 7 workdays, so that we will handle this issue better. Out of the time limit we will unconditionally finish the registration for "Ubeobolt Industries, Ltd.".
Best Regards,
Jason Chen
Registration Dept.
Tel: +86 28 8778 3286
Fax: +86 28 8166 6664
Web: http://www.cn-nic.net
Address: 4/F,No.9 XingHui West Street,JinNiu District,ChengDu.China
Thanks for sharing your copy this is about the 4th version of this letter I've seen. Keep them coming in guys
(If you are not in charge of this please transfer this email to your President or appropriate person, thanks)
Dear President,
We are the department of Asian Domain registration service in china, have something to confirm with you. We formally received an application on September 5, 2011. One company which self-styled "Ubeobolt Industries, Ltd." were applying to register "7core" as Network Brand and following domain names:
7core.asia
7core.cn
7core.co.in
7core.com.cn
7core.com.hk
7core.com.tw
7core.hk
7core.in
7core.net.cn
7core.org.cn
7core.tw
After our initial checking, we found the name were similar to your company's, so we need to check with you whether your company has authorized that company to register these names. If you authorized this, we will finish the registration at once. If you did not authorize, please let us know within 7 workdays, so that we will handle this issue better. Out of the time limit we will unconditionally finish the registration for "Ubeobolt Industries, Ltd.".
Best Regards,
David Tang
Registration Dept.
Tel: +86 28 8778 3286
Fax: +86 28 8166 6664
Web: http://www.cn-nic.net
Address: 4/F,No.9 XingHui West Street,JinNiu District,ChengDu.China
P Please consider the environment before you print this e-mail.
Thank goodness I found this tread. The email I received was very similar, and on looking initially I could not see why I should not reply. I will not waste my time now.
We too.. have been in mail conversation with china based domain registration company.. David Tang
Registration Dept.
Tel: +86 28 8778 3286
Fax: +86 28 8166 6664
Web: http://www.cn-nic.net
Address: 4/F,No.9 XingHui West Street,JinNiu District,ChengDu.China
I just received the email regarding our www.fairplay.com domain with all the foreign domains as well.
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After our initial checking, we found the name were similar to your company's, so we need to check with you whether your company has authorized that company to register these names. If you authorized this, we will finish the registration at once. If you did not authorize, please let us know within 7 workdays, so that we will handle this issue better. Out of the time limit we will unconditionally finish the registration for "Ubeobolt Industries, Ltd.".
end Quote
It was signed by David Tang.
Michail
Dear Sirs,
We are Tianhua Ltd based in Chinese office, our company has submitted the "myonlinemediaplayer " as CN/Asia domain name and Internet Keyword, we are waiting for Mr. John's approval. We hope your company will not object our application, because this name is very important for our products in Chinese and Asian market. We don't want your company to use this name in China and Asia, we believe our company will become the legal owner of this name in China and Asia. Even though Mr. John advises us to change another name, we will persist in this name and permanent registration of this name.
Best regards
Lin Dong
Here is another version:
Subject: Internet Domain Dispute -marlinglumber
(If you are not in charge of this please transfer this email to your CEO, thanks.)
Dear CEO,
We are the department of Asian Domain registration service in china. Right now we have an important issue to confirm with you.
Yesterday, We formally received a domain name registration application. One company which self-styled "MCMAXX INC" were applying to register " marlinglumber" as Internet Brand and following domain names:
marlinglumber.cn / .com.cn / .net.cn / .hk / .com.hk / .tw / .com.tw / .in / .asia
After our initial checking, we found the name were similar to your company's, so we need to check with you whether your company has authorized that company to register these names. If you authorized this, we will finish the registration at once. If you did not authorize, please let us know within 7 workdays, so that we will handle this issue better. Out of the time limit we will unconditionally finish the registration for "MCMAXX INC". Therefore please let the relevant person make a confirmation with me as soon as possible.
Looking forward hearing from you.Thanks
Best Regards.
Mark Lan
Senior Consultant
No.59 | Building 20 | Lan 1118 XiZha Road | Fengxian District | Shanghai
Office: 0086-21-6715-8606 or 0086-21-6715-0255 | Fax: 0086-21-6715-8606
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