The .lu Domain Name Registry Introduces A Domain Name Freezing Procedure

As from 11 June 2013, DNS-LU (Restena) will allow claimants to introduce a request to "freeze" a given .lu domain name, meaning that the domain name cannot be traded to someone else for an initial period of 1 year. This freezing period must allow the claimant and the holder of the domain name to resolve their dispute.

Upon formal request, the freezing period can be extended for an additional period of 6 months.

In order to obtain a .lu domain name freezing order, claimants must:

• present a credible case via a specific form that will be made available on www.dns.lu, whereby they have to provide sufficient evidence (documents written or translated in French, German or English) that they have rights pertaining to the contested domain name and/or that their rights have been infringed;