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Dot-eu 'warehousing' scandal strikes US registrars
News Domains with a dot-eu extension became generally available earlier this year, following a "sunrise period" where European companies and organisations got first option on their names and trademarks. EURid, the organisation that administers the dot... [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. After the recent scramble for the newly released dot-eu domain names, the latest top level domain, dot-mobi... [19 May 2006]
UK companies told to embrace .eu domains
News Currently pre-registration is going through two 'sunrise' periods when registered trademarks can ensure they get their domains on board. Relations between the EU and the UK have at times been strained but that should be no reason for UK companies... [22 Feb 2006]
Linux founder defends trademark action
News Florian Mueller, who campaigned against the EU software patents directive and was recently hailed as one of the most important people in intellectual property, said on Monday trademarks and copyright are different to software patents. [22 Aug 2005]
DRM investor could swing EU Microsoft enquiry
News Thomson owns trademarks such as RCA and Technicolor and provides media companies with technologies and services. A third company is looking to join Microsoft and Time Warner as an investor in digital rights management firm ContentGuard, a move that... [23 Nov 2004]
No sex.eu please, we're British
News EURid, the consortium of three European registries that has won the deal to operate the domain, is planning a four-month sunrise period to help organisations win dot-eu domains that correspond to their registered trademarks. [21 Oct 2004]
Dot-eu domain name scramble timetable unveiled
News The second stage is reserved for holders of registered trademarks, or those with a sufficiently strong claim to a non-trademarked terms, including commercial terms, names of companies, organisations or distinctive indicators of literary or... [11 May 2004]
Microsoft's "legal assault" on Lindows: The verdict is in
News The protracted battle over trademarks between the world's biggest software company and a small Linux reseller appears to have been partially resolved - and the verdict isn't the one that Lindows.com wanted. [06 Apr 2004]
Will's Web Watch: Stop thief!
Comment In the same way criminals rip off trademarks and famous brands - from clothes to music and movies to works of art - so these criminals are ripping off others hard work. But in this case the issue was complicated by the fact the domain was... [15 Mar 2004]
Brussels and Geneva deciding what things are called - even on the web?
Comment But once you step outside the legally comfortable world of trademarks, who gets to decide the rules? In a separate move, European politicians spelled out plans to create a veto list of politically embarrassing dot-eu domains. [06 Sep 2001]
Can't pay, won't pay for Icann
News Companies who already own .com domains for their trademarks are concerned adding new TLDs will force them to scramble to protect their trademarks. Tensions between domains and trademarks has always been a problem. [14 Jul 2000]
Ask the Lawyer @ silicon.com
Comment The practice of including the trademarks of others in the code for a Web page - called meta-tagging - to attract business is a clear infringement of rights. If we sell product into another EU country from a UK-based Web site and no-one has design... [05 Jun 2000]
