Following the announcement on November 18, 2009 DotAsia today published a draft of the IDN launch policies for discussion.
The policies will be finalized after the Kuala Lumpur APRICOT meetings in February 2010, where the Annual General Meeting of DotAsia will be held, for the launch process to begin later in the year.
“Internationalized Domain Names (IDN) is very important for Asia. The proposed IDN launch policies will
allow businesses in Asia to register and protect their brand names in their own native languages with
priority,” says Edmon Chung, CEO of DotAsia. “DotAsia is committed to a stable and orderly
introduction of IDN registrations under the .Asia domain. Our policies intend to promote a balanced
consideration for protecting intellectual property rights, as well as encouraging pioneering usage of IDN
in .Asia.”
The draft Sunrise policies included provisions for trademark holders around the world and registered
companies in Asia to register their names in Asian languages under the “.Asia” top-level domain before
general availability of IDN registrations are open to the public. The draft policies also proposed priority
for existing alphanumeric “.Asia” domain registrants, including those with transliterated names (such as
using Pinyin for Chinese or Romaji for Japanese) to register their respective native versions in IDN.
Further information and discussions can be found at http://www.idn.asia.
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