'It may have taken over five years getting there, but at 10am today, the first .eu domains will go on sale - and it's going to be a landrush.'

Apparently, trade mark owners get first dibs on related domain names, which superficially seems sensible. However, it seems doubtful whether subsequent registrants of trade marks will trump good faith users of an existing domain in a down the line ownership dispute. There doesn't seem to be any convincing rationale for this discrepency.

Originally by The Register - Internet and Law: eCommerce, 2:32 PM

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