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…
Category: Eurid
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!
IEDR Head Suspects High Level Of Squatting
David Curtin, head of the Irish Domain Registry (IEDR) suspects that there are a high number of domains being squatted in the .eu namespace. Speaking to Silicon Republic Curtin made reference to the numbers of .eu domains registered to Irish companies during both the landrush and sunrise periods: According to Curtin, to date 24,754 .eu… Continue reading IEDR Head Suspects High Level Of Squatting
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
Eurid Updates Policy On Domain Releases
Eurid have now decided that they won’t be publishing a list of domain releases. Instead they are opting to include the release date in the whois: The first names unsuccessfully applied for during Sunrise will be released on June 7. Names released will include all expired domain names and those for which the last application… Continue reading Eurid Updates Policy On Domain Releases
Are The Eurid Registration Rules Being Applied?
According to the rules regarding .eu registration the domain is meant to be reserved for EU residents, so how come some of the US hosting companies and registrars that have little of no presence in the EU market have managed to register so many domains????
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.
Transferring a .eu – followup 1
3 days later and still no sign of any emails either from the current registrar or from Eurid..
How Long Does A .eu Take To Register?
Considering how quickly the .eu zone has grown you would think that the zone would be reloaded every few minutes… However that does not seem to be the case. Even though whois etc., will update new zones and changes do not seem to be going live in anything close to realtime.