Gordon Hudson wrote:
> The period of 2 years was discussed at a recent members meeting.
> The reason for 2 years is (apparently) that this is the average life
of a UK
> business.
The issue is not whether there is a *maximum" of 2 years, but rather, a
minimum.
> Therefore if registrations of longer than 2 years were permitted a domain
> might
> not come back into the pool for registration by someone else even
though the
> original registrant was no longer in business.
Why *should* it become available? Trademarks don't become invalid the
second someone ceases to do business using them. If the registering
entity still exists legally, they should be able to lock it up.
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