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.
If ING claim that they ceased their "advertising" practises last year, then someone has been mis-informed.
So far this year, I have received 3 Domain renewal notices from ING, on domains which do not expire until 2003.
I can easily see why other, less vigilant companies are being caught by ING's promotional activities, and fully support the ACCC in it's actions.