> We participated in the auction for a generic domain name and were the
> second highest bidder. We were able to participate in the auction
> because our name includes the generic word.
> However I have just had a look at the succesful bidder and their name
> has no relevance to the generic word. I did not think this was possible.
> It looks like the sucessful bidder may have transferred the name to
> another party. Is this allowed under the current policy?

Perhaps you should ask auDA.. They ran the auction.. Their contact info is 
on their page..

scott..