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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black'>Landrush refers
to the period of time where registrations in a TLD are open to the public. Most
registries, during their launch, run a period or successive periods of <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Sunrise</st1:place></st1:City> which are
designed to protect the rights of governments, trademark holders, etc. Once
Landrush starts, depending on the registry, it’s generally
first-come-first-served for name registration. DotAsia is a bit different in
that its Landrush is a set period of time and that multiple, qualified
applications for the same string during this period will be allocated via
auction and not first-come-first-served. For information about DotAsia’s
Landrush program, see <a
href="http://www.registry.asia/pressreleases/DotAsia-PR-Landrush-2007-11-30_EN.pdf"
title="http://www.registry.asia/pressreleases/DotAsia-PR-Landrush-2007-11-30_EN.pdf">http://www.registry.asia/pressreleases/DotAsia-PR-Landrush-2007-11-30_EN.pdf</a>.
For information about DotAsia’s <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Sunrise</st1:place></st1:City> periods, please see <a
href="http://www.asia.asia/info/DotAsia-launch-2007-07.pdf"
title="http://www.asia.asia/info/DotAsia-launch-2007-07.pdf">http://www.asia.asia/info/DotAsia-launch-2007-07.pdf</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>Hope this helps. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>Baher<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
menog-bounces@menog.net [mailto:menog-bounces@menog.net] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Hashim Hilal<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, February 26, 2008
7:38 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> menog@menog.net<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [menog] .asia landrush</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Can
someone better address the TLD landrush?<br>
<br>
"We are ready for something big. All of our people and systems are in
place and we look forward to the commencement of the .asia landrush"
(DotAsia Orginization)<br>
<br>
BBC says .asia will go live March and also adds<br>
<br>
Once it starts, there's far less protection for
companies' trademarks and its open season on the .asia domain name for
cybersquatters, online speculators and competitors.<br>
<br>
Can our ICANN fellow compadres give insight into TLD (.me .asia etc etc) &
how can our companies not get under the stampede for such landrush.<br>
<br>
Best Regards,<br>
Hashim<br>
<br>
IPv6 TF ME<br>
MENOG<br>
<br>
Business Analyst<br>
Alkhorayef Group of Companies<br>
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Saudi Arabia</st1:place></st1:country-region></span></font>
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