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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-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]
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]
Dot-info debut meets with overwhelming apathy
News UK trademark holders have been slow to take up the new .info top-level domain name (TLD) during the Sunrise trademark registration period, accounting for only six percent of the worldwide total. The Sunrise period is an exclusive period of time for... [24 Aug 2001]
dotMobi to auction top-drawer names
News It's also launching a 'premium name' service for some brand holders in conjunction with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Trademark holders will be able to register from 15 September to 13 October, dotMobi said. [16 Aug 2006]
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]
5(b)iv Registry-Registrar Model and Protocol
White Paper Additionally, the various models and protocols have privacy implications for the holders of domain names. The Registry-Registrar Model and Protocol describe the operational structure used for registry-registrar interaction and the communications... [10 Mar 2005]
Anatomy of Recent DNS Reflector Attacks From the Victim and Reflector Point of View
White Paper This paper provides an overview of domain name portfolio protection planning in the EU and explores some of the legal issues that trademark holders face when registering and using domain names in the EU. [04 Aug 2006]
Whois database 'contributes to fraud and ID theft'
News Whois, an online database that contains personal information about internet domain name holders, is a major contributor to identity theft and defies advice from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), according to a group of civil liberties... [07 Nov 2003]
Afilias pushed to check-out cybersquatters
News Last month, the Irish-based consortium of 18 global internet domain registrars gave the go-ahead to trademark holders to pre-register their dot-info domains before full registration opens to the general public in September. [09 Aug 2001]
Avoid .eu domain scams, firms warned
News It is expected that a phased launch will include a 'sunrise' period to allow trademark holders and public bodies to register their names ahead of the general public. Businesses are being warned to steer clear of firms offering pre-registration for... [28 Aug 2003]
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-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]
Beware domain name minefield
Comment That's due to the many domain name dispute rulings in favour of trademark holders. While there is a topical side to the news today that David Beckham's transfer to Spanish football giants Real Madrid sparked off a flurry of potential cybersquatting... [08 Jul 2003]
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]
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