10,000 .Eu Names Suspended Amid Cybersquatter Allegation
The Register reports that EURid is attempting to strip a suspected cybersquatter of 10,000 .EU domains registered in her name. Although EURid can block alleged cybersquatters themselves, the registry is choosing to take legal action through the Belgian court system. Usually, EURid itself cannot bring litigation against a cybersquatter. Instead, the person who holds the rights to a domain name can bring litigation. In this case, however, EURid believes the cybersquatter, Zheng Quingyin, is not actually a resident of the European Union. Therefore she cannot legally own a .EU domain. Quingyin is filing a countersuit against EURid through the Court of First Instance in Brussels.
