Category: Domains

Eurid Don’t Care

Eurid don’t seem to care about cybersquatters. According to an article published by out-law.com the registry is only concerned with the holder’s details making them eligible to register the domain. EURid now says that it will confiscate domains at any time if they are found to have broken the rules. “If we find that someone… Continue reading Eurid Don’t Care

Transferring a .eu – the saga continues

I finally spoke to someone with a clue (TM) today who managed to push my transfer request along (translation – restart the entire process) and I have now got emails from Eurid to confirm my actions…

adr.eu Finally live

Looks like the Czech court finally got round to setting up their DNS, so now Adr.eu actually resolves…. Took them long enough!

Squatters Lose .eu based on technicality

The domain frankfurt.eu like many others, was assigned to Traffic Web Holding B.V. a company registered in the Netherlands. Interestingly the same company registered: Short before the start of the sunrise period, on 30 November 2005, Traffic Web Holding B.V. filed in total 822 trademark applications with the Benelux Trademark office So how can a… Continue reading Squatters Lose .eu based on technicality

EU Aftermarket Update

According to the main page of Sedo they have 124986 .eu domains on offer at present. If you combine the numbers from Sedo with those you get from a quick search on say Afternic then the number climbs to close to 200 000 domains… If you then add the domains that don’t even have dns… Continue reading EU Aftermarket Update

More Dispute Decisions Published

The Eurid ADR site now lists a total of three decisions, with all three complaints being denied. The Eurostar debacle had already been subject of a French court hearing earlier this year. On both occassions Eurid’s awarding of the domain in question was upheld on the basis of the “first come, first served” rule.

Exit mobile version