Re: FN-FORUM: EU domains

date posted 1st December 2005 09:39

whats the general consensus on eu domain extentions?

andrew

>
> 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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