By Mr. Algimantas Guzevicius
Academic and Research Network in Lithuania (LITNET), which is an association of academic research and other non-profit organizations, is currently the State authority responsible for the management of the country code top level domain name (ccTLD) "lt".
Domain names shall be registered on "first come, first served" basis. Both, foreign and local, legal and natural entities can apply for registration of ccTLD in Lithuania. Foreign entities have the same rights for registration as local entities.
A local presence is not required and the applicant is not obliged to have an already registered trademark or company/subsidiary in Lithuania.
The applicant is served with a domain name, which is easily associated with the organisation of the applicant. This can be done by registering a well-known or common abbreviation for the organisation, trademarks or the complete organisation name. Applicants are not limited on numbers of domain names.
