SIDN,responsible of the administration of .NL extension,has recently passed 4.97 million domain name registrations under .NL . .NL is one of the largest ccTLDs when one looks at the number of domain names registered per person with one domain for every three people .

Moreover, .NL is one of the largest ccTLDs in terms of total registrations . SIDN celebrated its three millionth domain name registration in 2008,while its two millionth milestone was reached in 2006 .6 years later,the number of .nl domain names has more than doubled .

SIDN will celebrate 26 years since the Internet domain name .NL was introduced.Up to date there are 4.973.755 .nl domain name registrations.

Other important facts about the .NL extension include :

.NL domain is the third largest ccTLD in the world,behind .de and .uk
.NL is one of the safest domains
The average length of .NL domain names is longer than that of other countries

To register your .NL domain name, check out EuroDNS here.

An arbitrator with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center has awarded Apple nine domain names :applemudic.com, applemusoc.com, applenusic.com, applwmusic.com, appplemusic.com, wwapplemusic.com, wwwapplemusic.com, wwwipodlounge.com and wwwlapplemusic.com .

The company filed a complaint on April 19,2012,asserting legal rights over the disputed domain names .Apple owns many trademark registration all over the world for the “Apple” mark.Therefore,it is more than obvious that the disputed domain names are confusingly similar to its trademark.Moreover,the company contended and managed to demonstrate that the respondent registered and used the disputed domain names in bad faith.

“Respondent registered (and has used) the apple Domain Names with a view to ensnaring Internet users who made simple mistakes, typing one of the apple Domain Names into their browsers instead of the expression “Apple Music”. The Respondent’s registration and use of the apple Domain Names is fairly typical of the practice of “typo squatting”, which UDRP panels have routinely regarded as compelling evidence of bad faith registration and use.”

“There is no obvious connection between any of the apple Domain Names and the commercial website to which they have resolved. In the absence of any explanation from the Respondent for its choice of the apple Domain Names, the Panel can only sensibly conclude that the Respondent must have been deriving some financial gain for linking the apple Domain Names to the gambling website “

The Panel ordered the disputed domain names to be transferred from the respondent to the complainant.

You can read the decision here .