Canadians doing business in Asia with registered marks there should not forget about the dot-asia sunrise period. In our earlier post  we refered to the general scope of the roll-out of the dot-asia domain.  The Sunrise 2a period is only open for few more days.  Generally, Sunrise Phase 2 is designed for holders of registered trademarks and/or service marks. Sunrise 2 divided into 3 sub-phases: Sunrise 2a (or “Early Bird Sunrise”), Sunrise 2b (or “General Registered Marks Sunrise”) and Sunrise 2c (for Extended Protection). Sunrise 3 allows registered “juristic entities” based in the DotAsia Community to apply for domain names corresponding to their registered name. Check the guidelines to see whether your organization fits into the definition of “juristic entity” based in Asia for these purposes. The relevant dates are:

· Sunrise 2a: from October 9, 2007 to October 30, 2007

· Sunrise 2b: from November 13, 2007 to January 15, 2008

· Sunrise 2c: from November 13, 2007 to January 15, 2008

· Sunrise 3: from November 13, 2007 to January 15, 2008

International trade-mark owners are queueing up, including Amazon, AOL, Sony Ericsson, Deutsche Telekom, the International Olympic Committee, Yahoo! and others.

More resources:

Detailed Sunrise Guidelines & FAQ (by Deloitte) 

Dot Asia Organization 

 

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