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, Michael 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.
