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Amsterdam, July 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] 2012 â The South-Trøndelag District Court in Trondheim ruled on June the 28[SUP]th[/SUP] in the court case 11-156571TVI-STOR that the CO.NO Operator had filed against Norid, the Norwegian Registry. In this ruling the Court confirms that the CO.NO initiative, founded by Elineweb AS, its registrant, and CoDNS, its Operator, fully complies with the .NO registration Policy and that Norid may not revoke the CO.NO domain name.
âWe are glad that the Court recognizes that our business model is in line with the .NO registration Policy and thus, that our customersâ registrations are secured.â said Sander Scholten, CoDNS B.V., General Manager.
Furthermore, this decision also required Norid to refute the false information they published on the .CO.NO initiative and to inform the public and more specifically all .NO accredited registrars of the legality of the initiative.
âOnly one business day has passed since Norid informed its accredited registrars of the Court decision and we have already received several inquiries regarding the .CO.NO Registrar accreditation process. We are confident that this ruling will reassure all interested parties that the .CO.NO initiative is sustainable.â added Scholten.
The Court however, did not invalidate Noridâs placement of the .CO.NO domain name on its so-called âreserved list for future category second-level domainsâ 8 years after its registration by Elineweb A.S.
The consequence of this decision is that the holder of the .CO.NO domain name is forbidden from transferring its ownership to any third party. âOur partnership with CoDNS B.V., being based on a long term relationship, this prohibition to transfer the domain co.no, has for sole consequence, if any, to publicly reinforce our partnership and commitment to the .CO.NO initiative.â commented Alexander Tvete, Elineweb A.S Managing Director.
.CO.NO Go Live to be held on July 4[SUP]th[/SUP], 2012
Now armed with this decision, the .CO.NO Operator is not willing to make .CO.NO prospective registrants and registrars wait any longer. The Operator is therefore currently reaching out to its network of more than 70 Registrars located all around the world to prepare for the general opening.
The Sunrise period for trademark holders, was successfully operated by Deloitte Belgium using the ClearingHouse for Intellectual Property, more than a year ago. All IP rights holders already hold the .CO.NO domain names which they are entitled to.
With the opening of .CO.NO registrations to the general public on a first come, first served basis, everyone will be entitled to secure their .CO.NO domain names without any requirement.
Additionally, all Landrush applications which were pending will now be activated and their holders will be able to benefit from their registrations as of today.
The Go Live will be held on July 4[SUP]th[/SUP] ,2012 at 10:00 am CET and any interested party will be able to apply for the registration of .CO.NO domain names via their favourite registrars such as EuroDNS, IP Mirror, CSC Corp. Domains, Key-Systems⦠(the full list of accredited registrars is available at http://domain.co.no/gb/accredited-registrars.html)
For more information on .CO.NO and a copy of the Court decision, visit the official website: http://www.domain.co.no.
Contact:
Sander Scholten
CoDNS B.V.
Telephone: +31 (0) 20 808 0081
email: sscholten@domain.co.no
About the .CO.NO Operator
The .CO.NO Operator is a partnership between:
Elineweb A.S, the registrant of the .CO.NO domain name since 2001, and the founder of the .CO.NO initiative.
CoDNS B.V. established in 2007 by EuroDNS S.A. to act as operator for subdomains such as .co.nl and .co.no.
About .CO.NO
.CO.NO should not be confused with .NO Domain names as registered by Norid, the Registry of the .NO extension. Norid is not involved in any way with the registration or servicing of .CO.NO subdomains. See www.domain.co.no for details.
âWe are glad that the Court recognizes that our business model is in line with the .NO registration Policy and thus, that our customersâ registrations are secured.â said Sander Scholten, CoDNS B.V., General Manager.
Furthermore, this decision also required Norid to refute the false information they published on the .CO.NO initiative and to inform the public and more specifically all .NO accredited registrars of the legality of the initiative.
âOnly one business day has passed since Norid informed its accredited registrars of the Court decision and we have already received several inquiries regarding the .CO.NO Registrar accreditation process. We are confident that this ruling will reassure all interested parties that the .CO.NO initiative is sustainable.â added Scholten.
The Court however, did not invalidate Noridâs placement of the .CO.NO domain name on its so-called âreserved list for future category second-level domainsâ 8 years after its registration by Elineweb A.S.
The consequence of this decision is that the holder of the .CO.NO domain name is forbidden from transferring its ownership to any third party. âOur partnership with CoDNS B.V., being based on a long term relationship, this prohibition to transfer the domain co.no, has for sole consequence, if any, to publicly reinforce our partnership and commitment to the .CO.NO initiative.â commented Alexander Tvete, Elineweb A.S Managing Director.
.CO.NO Go Live to be held on July 4[SUP]th[/SUP], 2012
Now armed with this decision, the .CO.NO Operator is not willing to make .CO.NO prospective registrants and registrars wait any longer. The Operator is therefore currently reaching out to its network of more than 70 Registrars located all around the world to prepare for the general opening.
The Sunrise period for trademark holders, was successfully operated by Deloitte Belgium using the ClearingHouse for Intellectual Property, more than a year ago. All IP rights holders already hold the .CO.NO domain names which they are entitled to.
With the opening of .CO.NO registrations to the general public on a first come, first served basis, everyone will be entitled to secure their .CO.NO domain names without any requirement.
Additionally, all Landrush applications which were pending will now be activated and their holders will be able to benefit from their registrations as of today.
The Go Live will be held on July 4[SUP]th[/SUP] ,2012 at 10:00 am CET and any interested party will be able to apply for the registration of .CO.NO domain names via their favourite registrars such as EuroDNS, IP Mirror, CSC Corp. Domains, Key-Systems⦠(the full list of accredited registrars is available at http://domain.co.no/gb/accredited-registrars.html)
For more information on .CO.NO and a copy of the Court decision, visit the official website: http://www.domain.co.no.
Contact:
Sander Scholten
CoDNS B.V.
Telephone: +31 (0) 20 808 0081
email: sscholten@domain.co.no
About the .CO.NO Operator
The .CO.NO Operator is a partnership between:
Elineweb A.S, the registrant of the .CO.NO domain name since 2001, and the founder of the .CO.NO initiative.
CoDNS B.V. established in 2007 by EuroDNS S.A. to act as operator for subdomains such as .co.nl and .co.no.
About .CO.NO
.CO.NO should not be confused with .NO Domain names as registered by Norid, the Registry of the .NO extension. Norid is not involved in any way with the registration or servicing of .CO.NO subdomains. See www.domain.co.no for details.
