NetNames To Offer Info Applications.

Trademark holders are now able to submit their applications for info domain names through NetNames, the first UK registrar to offer the service. The automated `Sunrise' service is available prior to domain name applications being made available to the general public on September 12, 2001.

Applicants can apply and pay online for the new domains at www.gtld.com. The online service allows info `Sunrise' applications to be made for 5 or 10 year registrations. Applications for the new biz names, including a multiple application service, can also be made from the site.

A recent survey by NetNames showed that nearly three-quarters of people interested in registering one of the seven new generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs) would be registering info, making it the most popular new extension.info is the only unrestricted new gTLD, meaning that like infocom, anybody can register it.

Applications made to NetNames will be queued in the system and submitted to the info registry when this goes live on July 25,2001. The registry will be operated by the Afilias consortium, of which NetNames is a member. For the initial trade and service mark-based applications, the mark must have had national effect prior to October 2, 2000. The following need to be submitted at the time of application: The ASCII characters composing the trademark or service mark. The date the trademark service mark was issued The country where the trademark was registered. the trademark / service mark number. All registrations during the Sunrise period will be for a minimum of 5 years and a maximum of 10 years. The Sunrise period will run until August 27, 2001. NetNames will begin accepting info domain name applications from the general public from September 12, 2001.

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