Sunrise Period 2b,2c and 3 of asia-domains has started at November 13th.
SR2b: General Marks Sunrise for newer trademarks (applied for before December 6, 2006) or marks that have not yet been actively used.
SR2c: Extended Protection for trademark owners to protect their brands beyond the term itself but also domain names that are relevant to their lines of businesses: e.
g.
XYZ.
Asia and XYZcomputers.
Asia.
Sunrise 3 (SR3) allows companies in the region to protect and use their name with the asia-domain.
These possibilities shall be extended.
See http://www.
registry.
asia/draft/DotAsia-Sunrise-Addendum--FINALDRAFT-2007-10-12.
pdf You can also register an asia-domain, if your trade mark has a suffix of a top level domain.
Roger.
asia can be registered, if your trade mark protectsroger.
com.
Registered Name Holders of certain ccTLD extensions in Asia may apply for the same asia-domain during SR3.
No further documentary evidence needs to be submitted unless requested by the .
ASIA Registry.
- The Applicant must declare the particular ccTLD extension the SR3 application is based on.
- The WHOIS information obtained at the ccTLD registry should correspond with the Registrant Contact information submitted.
- The Domain Name Applied for must correspond to the Entity Name.
Applicable ccTLDs include .
com.
au, .
co.
jp, .
co.
kr, .
com.
hk, .
com.
my and others.
A list of the applicable ccTLD extensions is included in Appendix A of the Special Advisory.
Interested readers can see more details there: http://www.
registry.
asia/draft/DotAsia-SR3-Advisory--2007-11-09.
pdf Hans-Peter Oswald https://www.
domainregistry.
de/asia.
html