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Volkswagen gets the polo.eu domain name
There’s been very intense competition to land the coveted polo.eu domain name and as expected, three relevant registrants intended to get their hands on it but only one got it.
Volkswagen finally won the bid over Ralph Lauren (makers of the famous Polo clothing line) and Swiss-based Nestl?©. NetNames said all these companies applied within five minutes of each other and, for instance, Ralph Lauren missed out on the polo.eu name by 3:24 minutes!
The much announced .eu domain extension was launched back in December of 2005 and will be available to the general public around the end of April 2006. The available domains are attributed on a first-come, first-serve basis. Applicants are given forty days to prove their ownership of a trademark for the name they’ve requested.
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