The Unregistered Rights sunrise phase for short .uk domain names closed yesterday.The deadline for applying to have IP rights validated is midday 1200 BST on 31 March 2011.
Once the Unregistered Rights sunrise phase is complete Nominet will begin a landrush phase .They will announce when this phase opens and publish information on how to apply in due course.
At each stage, where there are two or more qualifying applicants for a domain name, an open auction process will be used to decide the successful applicant