Re: FN-FORUM: EU domains

date posted 30th November 2005 18:25

On 30 Nov 2005 17:03:01 -0000, "Robin Vickery" said:
> On 30 Nov 2005 16:28:06 -0000, [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/

I can happily recommend http://www.eureu.com/ as a registrar who've
given me a load of decent information on .eu domains, most of which is
now on their site. Very easy people to deal with, they also run an ISP
local to me.

Cheers

Paul
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