Domains will soon be available in .asia the new gTLD from dotasia.org

Here’s the current timetable

June/July 2007 – Sunrise 1: Governments
September 2007 – Sunrise 2: Registered Marks
October/November 2007 – Sunrise 3: Entity Names
February 2008 – Landrush
March 2008 – Live FCFS registrations   (First Comes First Served) 

Interestingly Sunrise 2 has been split 

2a Early Bird Sunrise – Marks registered before March 16, 2004 plus Certified use documents
2b Registered Marks – Marks applied for before December 6th, 2006
2c Extended Protection – Registered Mark + Words from the Class Description

Sunrise 1 is FCFS
Sunrise 2 & 3 to be auctioned between applicants if there is  more than one applicant. 

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