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ICANNaccreditedRegistarSecuraannouncestaday,thatthecompanywillacceptregistrationsofthird-levelco-domainsandpre-registrationofsecondlevelco-domains.
Theco-domainsaretheInternetcountrycodetop-leveldomain(ccTLD)forColombia.
Theco-domainsarea"typo"-Domain,asmanypeopletypee.g.microsoft.coatthebrowserinsteadofmicrosoft.comormicrosoft.co.uk.Trademarkholderandbigcompaniesmustbeawareofthis"typo"-effectandshouldprotecttheirtrademarks,productsandnamesalsoatco-domains.
Thenotion"co"alsofrequentlyusedasasecond-leveldomainwithinothercountry-codedomains,inwhichregistrants(usuallycompanies)mayregistersecond-leveldomainsoftheform.co.xx,wherexxistheccTLD.Indonesia(.co.id),Israel(.co.il),UnitedKingdom(.co.uk),NewZealand(.co.nz),Japan(.co.jp),SouthKorea(.co.kr)andCookIslands(.co.ck)areexamples.Someothercountrycodesuse"com"instead,suchasAustralia(.com.au),Mexico(.com.mx)andTaiwan(.com.tw);thisincludesColombiaitself,whichuses.com.co.
Aroundtheyear2000whenmanycountry-codedomainswerebeingremarketedasworldwidegenericdomains,therewassometalkofallowingsecond-levelregistrationsinco-domainsforregistrantsworldwideinordertocapitalizeonitssimilaritytotheacronymfortheword"company"andasashortenedversionofotherco
untry-codesasnotedabove.However,theColombianCouncilofStateprohibitedUniversidaddelosAndesfromdoingso,andregistrationremainslimitedtothird-leveldomainsandtoColombianregistrants.
OnAugust13,2009,viaapublicprocurementprocess,theColombianMinistryofCommunicationsconcededthepromotion,administration,andtechnicaloperationoftheco-domainsforaperiodof10yearstoaneworganization.
Thenewmanagementofco-domainswillintroduceco-domainsatthesecondlevelandstartwithanSunrisePeriodbetweenAprilandJune2010.
EligibilitytoparticipateintheGlobalSunrisewillbelimitedtoholdersoftrademarksthat:1)wereregisteredandwereinfullforceandeffectonorbefor
eJuly30,2008;2)areregisteredinatrademarkofficeorregistrythatcorrespondstoastateorentitydescribedintheWIPOStandardST.3code;and3)fullycomplywithanyandallotherspecifiedtermsandconditionsintheco-domainsSunrisePolicy.
Applicationswillnotbegrantedonafirst-comefirst-servedbasis,butratherwillbecollectedthroughthefinaldateofGlobalSunrise.Intheeventthatthereismorethanoneentityapplyingforthesamedomainname,witheachofthemhavecorrespondingtrademarks,thenamewillgotoauction.
PleasenotethatifyouhaveaColombiantrademark,youwillbeentitledtoapplyearlierforregistration.
InordertopreventthetypeofsystemicfraudthatoccurredduringcertainpreviousTLDlaunches,itisutmostimportancethatallrightsclaimedbytrademarkownersduringtheSunriseProcessgothroughastrictvalidationprocesstoensurethatthetrademarkownersactuallyhavetherightstheyclaimtheyhave.Thisincludestheneedfortrademarkownerstosubmitcertifieddocumentationsupportingtheirintellectualpropertyrightsincaseswheresuchrightscannotbevalidatedbyanofficialonlinedatabasesponsoredbythenationaltrademarkoffice.
Atthemostbasiclevel,inanyapplicationforco-domainsduringtheGlobalSun
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rise,applicantswillberequiredtosubmitcertaindatatodemonstratethattheyqualifyinrelationtotheright(s)relatedtothedomainnameappliedfor.Thedatarequiredwillinclude:*RegisteredMark:ExactwordorphrasedescribedbytheRegisteredMark;*RegistrationNumber:RegistrationorserialnumberoftheRegisteredMark?scurrentregistration.*RegistrationLocality:Location(country/region)wheretherightisestablished(usingthecorrespondingWIPOStandardcode);*Capacity:WhethertheApplicantholdsthetrademarkastheoriginal?owner?orasan?assignee?.
Deloitte,astheindependent?Validation/VerificationAgent?willverifyeveryapplication.Thisimportantadditionalstepintheassignmentprocedurewillmakesurethatonlyrightfulownerswillreceiveaco-domainsatthesecondlevel.
TheValidation/VerificationAgentisgenerallytaskedtogiveanopiniononwhethertheinformationcontainedinanapplicationmeetstherequirementslaiddownintheco-domainsSunrisePolicy.Thisopinionwillbemadebasedoninformationcontainedintheapplication,aswellasotherdocumentaryevidencethatmayberequiredinaccordancewiththePolicy.
ICANNaccreditedRegistarSecuraisacceptingregistrationsofthird-levelco-domainsandpre-registrationofsecondlevelco-domains.
Hans-PeterOswaldhttp://www.domainregistry.de/co-domains.html