What if the name for which I claim a prior right contains special characters, spaces or punctuation that cannot form part of a domain name?
If the name over which a prior right exists contains a space between the textual or word elements, it may be omitted or replaced by a hyphen. Where the name for which a prior right is claimed contains special characters, spaces or punctuation marks (such as: ! & @ ” ‘ # ( § { } * % £), they will be eliminated entirely from the corresponding domain name, replaced by hyphens or, if possible, rewritten. For instance, if you have a trade mark “A & B” that is registered as a Community trade mark, you are entitled to apply for the domain names “A-B.eu” and “AB.eu”, but also for “AandB.eu”, “AetB.eu”, “AundB.eu”, and the like. Where the name for which a prior right is claimed contains a hyphen, the hyphen cannot be omitted from the domain name applied for.
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