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===Unilateral Domain Seizure===

===Unilateral Domain Seizure===

On December 13th, just a week after general availability for .xxx began, ICM Registry seized around 70 domains that they deemed as flagrant trademark infringement; these domains included huffingtonpost.xxx, businessweek.xxx, verizonwireless.xxx, and washingtonpost.xxx. This is notable given the fact that [[ICANN]] has an involved arbitration process, the [[Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy]], that acts as the means for all domain-name trademark disputes. This is a singular event in the domaining industry, and ICM acted on its own after considering third-party allegations not related to any legal filing or arbitration process. ICM had not immediately decided whether to only seize the domains, or also suspend the domains and thereby remove them permanently from the pool of available names.<ref>[http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/12/14/xxx_squatter/ XXX Squatter, TheRegister.co.uk]</ref>

On December 13th, just a week after general availability for .xxx began, ICM Registry seized around 70 domains that they deemed as flagrant trademark infringement; these domains included huffingtonpost.xxx, businessweek.xxx, verizonwireless.xxx, and washingtonpost.xxx. This is notable given the fact that [[ICANN]] has an involved arbitration process, the [[Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy]], that acts as the means for all domain-name trademark disputes. This is a singular event in the domaining industry, and ICM acted on its own after considering third-party allegations not related to any legal filing or arbitration process. ICM had not immediately decided whether to only seize the domains, or also suspend the domains and thereby remove them permanently from the pool of available names.<ref>[http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/12/14/xxx_squatter/ XXX Squatter, TheRegister.co.uk]</ref>

ICM Registry's registration agreement also gives them the right to suspend or seize all .xxx domains from any registrant that is found to have infringed on trademarks. ICM is able to do this where other registries are not because it verifies the identity of its registrants and requires an registrar-registry agreement.<ref>[http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/12/14/xxx_squatter/ XXX Squatter, TheRegister.co.uk]</ref>

ICM Registry's registration agreement also gives them the right to suspend or seize all .xxx domains from any registrant that is found to have infringed on trademarks. ICM is able to do this where other registries are not because it verifies the identity of its registrants and requires an registrar-registry agreement.<ref>[http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/12/14/xxx_squatter/ XXX Squatter, TheRegister.co.uk]</ref>