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Euro domain racks up 2.5 million fans
News Until 7 April last year, only trademark holders, public bodies and certain companies with prior rights could use the dot-eu domain. More than 2.5 million people and organisations have registered European Union domain names since dot-eu was opened... [11 Apr 2007]
Dot-eu 'warehousing' scandal strikes US registrars
News The organisation said on Monday abusing the registration system could lead to a "risk that the perceived value of dot-eu will decrease, not only for the almost two million legitimate holders of dot-eu domain names but also for all fair registrars". [25 Jul 2006]
Dot-mobi opens doors to industry registrations
News The first sunrise period, which begins on 22 May, will allow holders of trademarks related to the mobile industry to stake their claim. From 12 June, other trademark holders will be able to get in on the act. [19 May 2006]
Want a dot-eu domain? Step right up
News So far dot-eu registrar Eurid has received more than 300,000 applications for addresses with the domain and Marc Van Wesemael, managing director of Eurid, said he expects to see "several hundred thousand proud holders of brand new dot-eu domain... [07 Apr 2006]
Dot-mobi: Follow operator code or you don't get a URL
News Dot-mobi domain names are expected to become available from early 2006, with trademark holders the first to be allowed to register for URLs.mTLD officially won the right to administer the dot-mobi domain in July from Icann - the Internet... [24 Oct 2005]
Dot-eu registration begins in December
News The 'sunrise' period, which enables rights holders to register their brands' domain names, will officially open on 7 December. The period is divided into two two-month phases - the first phase will allow public bodies and trademark holders to... [10 Oct 2005]
EC warns on .eu scammers
The EC has officially confirmed this week that the .eu domain will be live from the end of this year and is offering trademark holders a chance to register Web addresses for the new TLD before Joe Public gets a crack at registering. [25 Apr 2005]
Don't be caught out by the EU domain scammers
News The EC has officially confirmed this week that the dot-eu domain will be live from the end of this year and is offering trademark holders a chance to register web addresses for the new TLD before Joe Public gets a crack at registering. [22 Apr 2005]
Dot-eu domain name scramble timetable unveiled
News There will be three stages in the registration process for the new European dot-eu domain names, it has been announced; member states, followed by trademark holders, will get their pick of URLs. The second stage is reserved for holders of... [11 May 2004]
Fake domain name renewal spam warning
News Businesses are being warned about a spate of rogue firms spamming domain name holders with fake renewal notices asking for money. Cambridgeshire Trading Standards and Cambridgeshire Police are now investigating a company calling itself Dot Biz... [07 Jul 2003]
Claim your domain now or lose it forever
News Domain name registry Nominet is asking holders of dot-uk domains, registered before August 1996, to confirm they still use their URL. Holders must notify their ISP, who will then contact Nominet, allowing the registry to either update the user's... [01 Jul 2002]
Dot-me suffix leads to cyber-squatting spat
News Nominet, which runs the dot-uk registry, usually allows a two week "sunrise period" when a new suffix is launched, allowing trademark holders to claim their rights to related internet names. To safeguard the applications, Nominet registered these... [15 Jan 2002]
Dot-biz gives up and starts again
News In cases where domain names were over-subscribed, NeuLevel planned to pick a winner at random, which led to claims that domain names were not always issued to authorised trademark holders. The company responsible for dot-biz domain names is... [18 Dec 2001]
Dot-info available for anyone who wants it
News Dot-info domain names will now be doled out on a first-come first-served basis after trademark holders were granted a one-month headstart to apply for their relevant domain. Members of the public are free to apply for a dot-info domain name from... [01 Oct 2001]
Brussels and Geneva deciding what things are called - even on the web?
Comment So far efforts to prevent such action have focussed solely on trademark holders, but moves this week by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the European Commission could herald a new era in domain name battles. [06 Sep 2001]
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