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Icann opens a can of worms
News They had to register their brands as .eu names. All of a sudden, every brand will be forced to register their name at .shop, .buy and .london to stop anyone else getting it. On Thursday, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers... [30 Jun 2008]
Icann waves in relaxed website naming rules
News While trademarked names will only be available to those trademark holders, there are loads of common words that people could want to register, such as .sex. At its meeting in Paris, Icann, a not-for-profit organisation that oversees the naming... [27 Jun 2008]
Firefox lover owns IE7.com
News A check with Register.com revealed that the domain was issued to a UK internet services company called Digital Dataflow. The suits revolve around more than 600 domain names. Microsoft may be on the verge of releasing the latest version of its... [04 Sep 2006]
dotMobi to auction top-drawer names
News According to dotMobi the premium name list contains desirable domain names which include commonly used words. Trademark holders will be able to register from 15 September to 13 October, dotMobi said. From 13 October, Joe Public will get access to... [16 Aug 2006]
Registrar accused over dot-eu stash
News A EURid representative said on Wednesday: "It should be possible for anyone to register domain names and as many as they like. Registrars of dot-eu names are unable to register names for themselves and then sell them on - a practice known as... [09 Aug 2006]
Dot-eu 'warehousing' scandal strikes US registrars
News EURid communications manager Patrik Linden said on Monday: "As a registrar, you should have an end user ask you to register a domain name for you before you can register it. EURid, the organisation that administers the dot-eu top-level domain, has... [25 Jul 2006]
Dot-mobi land grab underway
News Despite his reservations, Malhotra believes most big brands will spend the roughly $200 to register their dot-mobi names anyway, because they will want to protect their names from cyber squatters. All other names will be able to register for a dot... [24 May 2006]
Want a dot-eu domain? Step right up
News The dot-eu domain is now open to all applicants within the European Union who wish to register web addresses. So far dot-eu registrar Eurid has received more than 300,000 applications for addresses with the domain and Marc Van Wesemael, managing... [07 Apr 2006]
UK companies told to embrace .eu domains
News Furthermore, she added: "Many businesses do not feel the need or do not want to register a dot-eu domain name when they already have a well recognised dot-uk brand in which people have confidence and trust. [22 Feb 2006]
UK's 'worst' spammer banged up
News Francis-Macrae was accused of defrauding thousands of people by tricking them into sending him money to register a dot-eu domain name on their behalf. He was also charged with sending fraudulent emails to companies claiming they had to pay a... [17 Nov 2005]
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]
Dot-travel domain unleashed
News Approved travel operators have been able to register for domain names for some months but have only been able to use their dot-travel suffixed sites from this week. And, unlike some other top-level domains, the registrar will only be giving out... [04 Oct 2005]
.mobi: The internet in the palm of your hand
News Following a 90-day sunrise period, where trademark owners will be allowed to register domain names relating to their brands, URLs will be distributed on a first come, first served basis. The Mobile Top Level Domain Initiative - a collective of... [11 Jul 2005]
Nominet flirts with foreign characters
News If the current proposal, called Internationalising Domain Names in Applications (IDNA) is adopted by Nominet, then words containing foreign characters could be used to register names under the .co.uk domain. [08 Jun 2005]
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