AGIP Selected Exclusive Verification Agent for .ASIA Domain
26 Jul 2007AGIP will be the exclusive Verification Agent for the (MENA) region for applicants during the Sunrise and Landrush Periods for launching the new .ASIA domain
AMMAN
Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property (AGIP), the leading IP firm in the Middle East, signed on July 25, 2007, an agreement with DotAsia Organization, the Sponsoring Organization and Registry Operator for the .ASIA Sponsored Generic Top-Level Domain, in Hong Kong.
According to the agreement, AGIP will be the exclusive Verification Agent for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region for applicants during the Sunrise and Landrush Periods for launching the new .ASIA domain.
Commenting on this partnership, Assistant Executive Director of AGIP, Bilal Beiram, said, “AGIP looks forward to closely working with DotAsia to allow for an expedient, accurate and robust verification process for all .ASIA Sunrise applications.”
According to DotAsia, a Verification Agent is generally tasked to make a decision on whether an application for a domain has met the requirements based on the .ASIA Sunrise policies.
“A Verification Agent will assess the conformity of an application to the Sunrise policies based on the information submitted,” Beiram, who also represents the Business Constituency at the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) Council, added.
The .ASIA Sunrise policies are intended to provide an equitable, orderly, transparent and logical process for the launching of the .ASIA domain, which take into consideration the prior rights of stakeholders in the community. The Sunrise period will be divided into three phases, as follows:
Sunrise 1 (SR1) is designed for Governmental Reserved Names, which are focused mainly on geographical names and names that are relevant for governments in the context of the .Asia domain.
Sunrise 1 (SR1) is designed for Governmental Reserved Names, which are focused mainly on geographical names and names that are relevant for governments in the context of the .Asia domain.
Sunrise 2 (SR2) provides priority for registered trademarks and service marks holders to register their corresponding domains. Sunrise 2 (SR2) is further refined into 3 sub-phases to provide a reasonably thorough program to allow companies to protect their marks and brands.
Sunrise 3 (SR3) allows companies in the region to protect and use their name with the .Asia domain.
Sunrise 1 (SR1) and Sunrise (SR2a) will begin concurrently on October 9, 2007. SR2a application period will end on October 30, 2007. SR2b, SR2c and SR3 will commence on November 13, 2007, and close on January 15, 2008.
Meanwhile, the ‘landrush phase', which allows any individual and institution worldwide to register for all TLDs, begins on February 2008. The activation
Meanwhile, the ‘landrush phase', which allows any individual and institution worldwide to register for all TLDs, begins on February 2008. The activation
period ‘Live Period’ for registered TLDs will initiate in March 2008.
The signing ceremony was attended by Edmon Chung, CEO of DotAsia Organization, representatives from the Internet, Information Technology and Telecommunications sectors, as well as NGOs and other interested parties.
About DotAsia
DotAsia Organization is the Sponsoring Organization and Registry Operator for the .ASIA Sponsored Generic Top-Level Domain. DotAsia is a not-for-profit, community-based organization incorporated in Hong Kong. www.dotasia.org
About AGIP
A member of Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization (TAGorg), Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property (AGIP), is the leader in Intellectual Property protection services in the Middle East. AGIP provides an extensive range of IP services for the protection, commercialization and enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights, covering patents, trademarks, designs, copyrights and domain names.
www.agip.com
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