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Just over twelve months ago, .eu domains were made available to the public amid much fanfare. After all, this new domain extension represented the largest economy of the world. However, there were a few obstacles. First, there was the small problem that no one really knew what to do with .eu. The European Union is [...]

In a recent case before the Arbitration Center for .EU Disputes, Google failed to gain control of the disputed domain name Googles.EU. Google had instructed its Irish subsidiary to file the case, presumably to meet registry rules that require .EU domain owners to be located in the European Union. However, the Google trademark is owned [...]

The first anniversary of the .EU domain's public launch (April 6) has come and gone. The European Commission's spin factory issued a misleading press release today saying, among many other questionable statements, that .EU is an unequalled success: A year after its launch, 2.5 million Europeans and companies have registered a .eu domain name, making [...]

EURid, the domain registry responsible for the .eu domain, invites comments from the public regarding its planned .eu Code of Conduct (pdf file), a set of rules that registrars will be able to voluntarily subscribe to. The Daily Domainer reviewed the draft document and found that most elements of the Code fall into three categories: [...]

Ten months after .eu domains became available to the public the EU Registry (Eurid) celebrates the registration of the 2.5 millionth .eu domain. The .eu extension has long surpassed .us (1.19 million active domains) and .biz (1.6 million active domains) as well as all European country extension except .de (10.65 million active domains) and .uk [...]