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ING bites back at ACCC claims

By Vivienne Fisher, ZDNet Australian
May 07, 2002
URL: http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/business/soa/ING-bites-back-at-ACCC-claims/0,139023166,120265051,00.htm

Domain name reseller Internet Name Group claims that many of the complaints forming the basis of the ACCC's recent decision to take legal action against it are outdated.

In a statement issued yesterday, Internet Name Group (ING) director Mark Spektor, said that the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's (ACCC) application for interlocutory orders from the Federal Court had taken it totally by surprise.

"Many of the complaints on which the allegations are based are not current as they referred to old marketing practices which were amended last year," Spektor said.

Spektor also said that he had not heard from the ACCC for six months, leading him to believe that it was satisfied with the how ING had addressed the issues.

ING hit the headlines last month after the ACCC announced it was taking the company to court.

The following day .au Domain Administration suspended ING's status as a provisionally-accredited registrar of .au domain names until the matter with the ACCC had been resolved.

According to the domain name reseller's statement, it has provided interim undertakings to the Federal Court and the ACCC regarding its marketing practices.

ING is hoping that a -speedy final resolution will be reached between the ACCC and ING".

An ING spokesperson was unvailable for further comment on the information contained in its statement.