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Domain owners have again received a letter with a dubious domain service offer, this time from a so-called "Zentrale zur Registrierung Deutscher Web-Domains ZRW". A similar letter has circulated about a month ago from a company with the name "Deutsche Domain-Verwaltung DDV".

Last Thursday, in what is regarded as a landmark judgement, the First Civil Division of the German Supreme Court (BGH) ruled that it is permissible for DENIC to continue to register domains in accordance with the priority principle and that it is not obliged itself to check whether any registration…

The general assembly of DENIC eG has elected a new supervisory board on 25 April.

Today numerous domain owners have received a letter from a so-called "Deutsche Domain Verwaltung" (German Domain Registry). In this letter they are instructed to pay DM 369 for an unspecified service of "switching your web address online".

The Dresden court of appeals has also denied that DENIC has a general duty of verification when registering domains