Better late than never, Eurid is now poised to take action against a growing number of its registrars that abused the system and registered domains in breach of Euird rules. The story of how the US companies attempted a land grab in Europe is now getting some serious coverage: Independent … [Read more...] about Eurid Wakes Up
Eurid Taking Action Against Squatters?
According to a post on WhoisIreland Eurid have put over 73 thousand .eu domains "on hold". … [Read more...] about Eurid Taking Action Against Squatters?
Squatters Offer Domains To Irish Companies
It seems that some of the Irish cyberquatters are now offering their purchases for sale at exorbitant prices. At least one company has been contacted with regard to the sale of a couple of .eu domains for €2500 each! … [Read more...] about Squatters Offer Domains To Irish Companies
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 has provided inaccurate or misleading information … [Read more...] about 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... … [Read more...] about Transferring a .eu – the saga continues
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! … [Read more...] about adr.eu Finally live
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 domains have been registered from … [Read more...] about 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 private company justify that … [Read more...] about 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 in the queue for that name was rejected 45 days … [Read more...] about 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???? … [Read more...] about Are The Eurid Registration Rules Being Applied?