Re: FN-FORUM: EU domains

date posted 30th November 2005 16:43

On 30 Nov 2005 16:28:06 -0000, [EMAIL REMOVED]
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> I have just had a client on the phone moaning that his domain / company
> name has already been registered with the .eu extn I am presuming he has
> bene contacted by a 3rd party as I have been aware of this for some time.
>
> Have a missed something about pre registered eu domains?

How do we know if you've missed something?

Your client's company name hasn't been already registered. The first
phase of the sunrise period for registrations doesn't start until the
7th of December.

Assuming your client has a trademark in their company name, then they
should be able to take advantage of the sunrise period to trump any
non-trademark holder's application.

If more than one company owns the trademark in that name then
registration is on a first come first served basis. So if your client
wants that domain, it'd probably be a good idea to get an application
in as soon as possible.

The definitive source for information is http://www.eurid.eu/

-robin