SIB - Società Italiana Brevetti

Any individual, organisation or company based in the European Union may apply for a .it or a .eu domain name.

.it and .eu domain names are valid for one year, and may be renewed indefinitely.

In order to be registrable in the .it register, domain names must meet the following requirements:

• minimum 3 characters among the letters “a to z", the numbers "0 to 9" and the hyphen "-"
• maximum 63 characters for each part of a domain name, maximum 255 characters in total
• cannot begin or end with a hyphen
• first four characters cannot include "xn--".

In order to be registrable in the .eu register, domain names must meet the following requirements:

• minimum 2 characters among the letters "a to z", the numbers "0 to 9" and the hyphen “-”
• maximum 63 characters
• cannot begin or end with a hyphen
• third and fourth characters cannot both be hyphens "-".

Non-use does not affect the owner’s right to registered .it or .eu domain names.

.it and .eu domain names may be assigned at any moment, provided that the assignee meets the necessary requirements (see answer to "Who may apply for a .it or .eu domain name?").

Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) procedures are available both for .it and .eu domain names. Under Italian law, the application of an ADR procedure does not prevent any party involved from resorting to ordinary judicial proceedings.