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UK businessman hits back in .ae web domain row 
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WEB DISPUTE: The row over the web domain irena.ae continues. (Getty 
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WEB DISPUTE: The row over the web domain irena.ae <http://irena.ae> 
continues. (Getty Images - for illustrative purposes only).

*A UK businessman has hit back at UAE web domain regulator, the .aeDA, 
after it said he tried to sell the domain name Irena.ae, following 
claims it wrongfully revoked the domain and transferred it to the 
International Renewable Energy Association (IRENA).*

Last week, Kevin Reed told /Arabian Business/ that he registered the 
Irena.ae domain with the .aeDA but that it was subsequently deleted by 
the TRA unit, despite his firm holding the trademark for Irena, a 
nutritional supplement, in Europe and the UK for the past twelve years.

In a statement on its website, the .aeDA claimed that the domain name 
was registered on January 28, two days after the signing of the IRENA EU 
statute in Bonn, but that following the registration, Reed put up the 
domain name for sale on the website Youcanbuythiswebsite.com.


Related: UAE domain regulator accused in copyright row 
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It also said Reed had failed to provide “adequate or timely information” 
to support his registration.
 
Responding to the statement, Reed said: “The domain was registered 
through Instra.com in January 2009 by another party through a registrar 
called ‘Instra.com’.

“It clearly then became available and so I registered it through IP 
Mirror, who are a registrar for .ae domain names.

“I did not at anytime offer the domain for sale.”

Reed has said his company will scrap its plans to enter the UAE market 
unless the domain is transferred back to his company.

“One has to wonder how safe any .ae domain name is if they simply take 
them whenever they feel like it,” he said.

“Furthermore, the International Renewable Energy Association (IRENA) in 
Germany have told me that they do not want the domain as they use 
irena.org <http://irena.org>."

IRENA chose Abu Dhabi to host its first international headquarters in 
June this year.

The UAE Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) did not respond to 
a request for comment two weeks ago and was not immediately available 
for comment on Monday.

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