Domain Registration Related News
ICANN rubber-stamps .eu domain name
March 2005
ICANN gave the ok to the European
Commission-appointed-organisation, Eurid, to go
ahead and use the top level domain (TLD) name
suffix .eu.
Wary of so-called cyber-squatting, Eurid, said it
had appointed PricewaterhouseCoopers, Belgium, to
validate "prior right" claims invoked by domain
name applicants during the so called "Sunrise
Period" at the launch of .eu.
A draft .eu registration policy will be published
in June and the sunrise period will begin in
"late 2005".
The creation of the .eu TLD is seen as an
important step in accelerating electronic commerce
in Europe, the promotion of the European identity
and creating higher visibility of the internal
market, the not-for profit organisation said.
During the four-month, quirkily-named "Sunrise"
period, only public bodies and holders of rights,
such as trademarks and company names, will be
entitled to register the corresponding name in the
.eu TLD. Thereafter, "general registrations will
begin on a first-come-first-served basis," a
statement from Brussels said.
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