X.law - Lawsuit could impact how registries manage premium domains (4.Viewing)

What happens when a cybersquatting lawsuit is filed against a registry-owned premium domain name?
A law firm has filed a cybersquatting lawsuit against a single-letter .law domain, and the outcome could have implications for registry-owned premium domain names.

The X-Law Group, PC, a law firm in California, filed the lawsuit (pdf) against x.law and its owner.

X-Law claims the domain is registered through a proxy, and it doesn’t know who owns the domain name. However, the Whois record for the domain name shows Registry Services, LLC as the registrant.

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Personally I think it's a conflict of interest and should be treated as a monopoly on a domain extension.

I think all registrars/registry owners should not be allowed to register or hold domains.

Same thing goes in Canada for TBR, we all know there are large scale holds where registrars keep the domains for themselves. I think those companies should be fined and forced to resubmit the domains to TBR. Seriously, I can't think of a bigger conflict of interest in the domaining space.

PS. I also think GoDaddy needs to be broken up, they literally hold people at ransom with enormous commissions and they have the ultimate control over domain names they don't actually own. In fact I would argue to say they user other people domains to draw you in and then try to sell their own registrations instead.