1. AGREEMENT
In this Service Agreement ("Agreement") "you" and "your" refer to each customer,
"we", us" and "our" refer to Net 4 India Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Net4India)
and Services refers to the services provided by us. This Agreement explains our
obligations to you, and explains your obligations to us for various Services. By
selecting our Services you have agreed to establish an account with us for such
Services. The clause 19 sets out the additional provisions specific to .biz; .asia;
.me and .tel TLD domain name registration. When you use your account or permit someone
else to use it to purchase or otherwise acquire access to additional Services or
to cancel your Services (even if we were not notified of such authorization), this
Agreement covers such service or actions. By using the Services under this Agreement,
you acknowledge that you have read and agree to be bound by all terms and conditions
of this Agreement and by any pertinent rules or policies that are or may be published/
mailed by us.
2. SELECTION OF DOMAIN NAME
We cannot check and are not obligate to see whether the domain name you select/transfer,
or the use you make of the domain name, infringes legal rights of others. We urge
you to investigate to see whether the domain name you select or its use infringes
legal rights of others, and in particular we suggest you seek advice of competent
counsel. You may wish to consider seeking one or more trademark registrations in
connection with your domain name. You should be aware that there is the possibility
we might be ordered by a court to cancel, modify, or transfer your domain name.
You should be aware that if we are sued or threatened with lawsuit in connection
with your domain name, we might turn to you to hold us harmless and indemnify us.
3. FEES PAYMENT AND TERM
As consideration for the Services you have selected, you agree to pay us the applicable
service(s) fees. All fees payable hereunder are non-refundable unless we provide
otherwise. As further consideration for the Services, you agree to: (1) provide
current, complete and accurate information about you as required for the registration
process and (2) maintain and update this information as needed to keep it current,
complete and accurate. All such information shall be referred to as account information
("Account Information"). You hereby grant us the right to disclose to third parties
such Account Information. The Registrant, by completing and submitting the Domain
Name Registration/Transfer Agreement ("Registration/Transfer Agreement"), represents
that the statements in its application are true and that the registration of the
selected Domain Name, so far as the Registrant is aware, does not interfere with
or infringe upon the legal rights of any third party. The Registrant also represents
that the Domain Name is not being registered/transferred for any unlawful purpose.
On the registration/transfer of a Domain name by Net4India, a default (php3) home
page will be displayed that could contain the following information:
- 1. Name of the registrant
- 2. Email address of the registrant
- 3. Address of registrant
- 4. Logo of Net4domains.com (site from which the domain is registered)
- 5. Logo of Net4India (server on which domain is hosted initially)
Domain Name can be applied for a period of 1 to 10 years (minimum period 1 year
but in case of .biz, .info and .asia minimum period 2 yrs.) from the date of the
registration. You can apply for renewal of the registration for further period of
1 to 10 years on payment of renewal fees applicable at the time of re-registration,
and terms and conditions as applicable at the time of re-registration. As a security
measure all .in domain shall be under transfer lock and auth codes for unlocking
the domain not due for renewal within 45 days shall be given to customer on request.
In case the date of renewal is less than 45 days auth code for such domains shall
be given to customer only after renewal. The payment for re-registration must be
received at least 15 days prior to the date of expiry otherwise re-registration
of the same domain name shall not be granted. You acknowledge and agree that Net4India
cannot guarantee that you will be able to register or renew a desired domain name
even, if an inquiry indicates that domain name is available, since Net4India cannot
know with certainty whether or not the domain name which you are seeking to register
is simultaneously being sought by third party(s), or whether there are any inaccuracies
or errors in the domain name registration or renewal process or related databases,
including the various WHOIS databases. You further agree that Net4India may elect
to accept or reject your application for registration or renewal for any reason
at its sole discretion.
All payments are to be made in favour of "Net 4 India Ltd." payable at New Delhi
and are to be sent at the mailing address as mentioned in clause 20 of this agreement
by courier/registered post. No outstation cheques are accepted. At the back of the
cheque / Demand draft you are required to mention your Order ID and domain name(s)
you have booked against each order ID. In case payment is made by Credit Card then
the registrant is required to send at the sole discretion of Net4India, where it
deems fit a Confirmation Letter (see Annexure I) duly signed by him through fax/courier/registered
post. Net4India reserves the right to stop the services, in case the confirmation
letter as required is not received back within 10 days of allotment of Order ID
Number.
Your domain name application, renewal application or registrar transfer request
will not be submitted to the applicable registry unless we receive actual payment
of the registration, renewal or transfer fee or reasonable assurance of payment
of the registration, renewal or transfer fee from some other entity (such reasonable
assurance as determined by Net4India at its sole discretion). In the event of a
charge back by a credit card company or dishonor of cheque / demand draft in connection
with your payment for the registration, renewal or registrar transfer request, you
acknowledge and agree that the registration shall be transferred to Net4India as
the entity that has paid the registration, renewal or transfer fee for that registration
to registry, and that we reserve all rights regarding such domain name including,
without limitation, the right to make the domain name available to other parties
for purchase. We will reinstate any such registration solely at our discretion,
and subject to our receipt of the applicable registration, renewal or transfer fee.
As per the ICANN Policy Registrar’s are not obligated to send reminder mails for
a domain approaching expiry. It is the registrant sole responsibility to renew the
domain name on timely basis. However We may send reminder mail to You for renewal,
atleast thirty (30) days prior to the date when a renewal is due. (Though renewal
reminder is automated, We owe no responsibility if we fail to notify prior to due
date. You are requested to make the payment for renewal as and when due and further
request not to rely on our mail for reminding you to make the payment). Domain renewal
status can be checked by you from the control panel provided to you. No renewal
fee will be accepted 90 days prior to expiry date. Should a renewal fee go unpaid
within the time specified regarding renewal, the registration will be cancelled.
Payment must be made by cheque/demand draft/credit card or such other method as
we may indicate in the registration application or renewal form. We will renew the
registration for the term specified, provided your credit card or other billing
information is available and up to date, unless you instruct us otherwise within
the time specified. If your billing information is not accurate and you wish to
renew the registration, we will contact you to update this information and charge
you accordingly.
In case the requisite payment is not received since it is due, then we can stop
providing services to you and the stoppage of service due to non payment or any
other reason attributable to you can not be held as " intent to cause wrongful loss
or damage to the public or any person and neither it can be constructed to diminish
the value or utility or affect you injuriously'. Discontinuance of service by Net4India
due to non payment of dues or any other reason attributable to you does not amount
to Hacking.
4. MODIFICATION OF AGREEMENT
You agree, during the period of this Agreement, that we may: (1) revise the terms
and conditions of this Agreement; and (2) change the services provided under this
Agreement. Any such revision or change will be binding and effective immediately
on posting of the revised Agreement or change to the service(s) on our web site,
or on notification to you by e-mail or regular mail as per the Notices clause of
this agreement, Clause 20. You agree to review our web site, including the Agreement,
periodically to be aware of any such revisions. If you do not agree with any revision
to the Agreement, you may terminate this Agreement at any time by providing us with
notice by e-mail or regular mail as per the Notice clause of this agreement, Clause
20. Notice of your termination will be effective on receipt and processing by us.
You agree that, by continuing to use the Services following notice of any revision
to this Agreement or change in service(s), you abide by any such revisions or changes.
You further agree that we, in our sole discretion, may modify our Domain Name Dispute
Policy at any time. You agree that, by maintaining the reservation or registration
of your domain name after modifications to the Dispute Policy become effective,
you have agreed to these modifications. You acknowledge that if you do not agree
to any such modifications, you may request that your domain name be deleted from
the domain name database.
5. MODIFICATION TO YOUR ACCOUNT
In order to change any of your account information with us, you must use your CRN
ID (that you were assigned when you opened your account with us) and Password (that
you use to login to your panel). Please safeguard your Account Identifier i.e. the
CRN ID and Password from any unauthorized use. In no event we will be liable for
the unauthorized use or misuse of your CRN ID or Password. However processing of
any transaction relating to your domain, may require certain modification, for which
purposes you authorize us to modify you domain details for processing your requested
transaction on your behalf. That such modification to your domain details will be
restored back within 30 days from the date when the requested transaction has been
successfully executed.
6. DOMAIN NAME DISPUTE POLICY
If you reserved or registered a domain name through us, or transferred a domain
name to us from another registrar, you agree to be bound by ICANN Domain Name Dispute
Policy ("Dispute Policy") which is incorporated herein and made a part of this Agreement
by reference. Please take the time to familiarize yourself with the dispute policy.
ICANN reserve the right to modify the dispute policy and the moment modified dispute
policy is put in our web site, the modified dispute policy is applicable.
7. DOMAIN NAME DISPUTES
You agree that, if the registration or reservation or transfer of your domain name
is challenged by a third party, you will be subject to the provisions specified
in the Dispute Policy in effect at the time of the dispute. You agree that in the
event a domain name dispute arises with any third party, you will indemnify and
hold us harmless pursuant to the terms and conditions contained in the Dispute Policy.
8. DOMAIN NAME RENEWALS AND DELETION POLICY
If you fail to renew your domain name, the domain names under Net4 will be renewed
automatically by Net 4 India on your behalf for a period of one (1) Year. After
auto renewal of your domain name by Net 4 India you will have a Renewal Grace Period
of 38 days during which you may reimburse Net 4 its renewal fee and keep your domain
name. That a Domain under Renewal Grace Period shall on expiry of 21st day be put
on HOLD (i.e. domain gets disabled and all services like hosting/mailing gets stopped).
If you do not reimburse Net 4 India such renewal charges during the renewal grace
period your domain with Hold status shall be flagged for deletion on the 38th Day,
after which you will have a 30-day redemption period during which you may pay Net
4 India Redemption fee and renewal charges and redeem your domain name from the
Registry. The maximum redemption fee is INR 10,000/- and is subject to change under
the terms of this agreement. If you do not redeem your domain name prior to the
end of the Redemption Period the Registry will release your name and it will become
available for registration on a first-come-first-served basis.
Renewal Grace Periods and Redemption Periods vary for different ccTLDs. Please refer
to the specific terms for the applicable ccTLD. In the event of a conflict between
this paragraph and the ccTLD terms, the ccTLD terms shall control.
9. AGENTS
You agree that, if an agent for you (i.e., an Internet Service Provider, web designing
company, employee, etc.) purchased our Services on your behalf, you are nonetheless
bound as a principal by all terms and conditions herein, including the Dispute Policy.
10. ANNOUNCEMENTS
We reserve the right to display/distribute any search results and/or advertising
result in Pop-up, Pop-under, exit widows, expanding buttons or animations to you
that is pertinent to the quality or operation of our services and those of our service
partners. These announcements will be predominately informative in nature and may
include notices describing changes, upgrades, new products or other information
to add security or to enhance your search on the Internet.
11. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
You agree that our entire liability, and your exclusive remedy, with respect to
any Services(s) provided under this Agreement and any breach of this Agreement is
solely limited to the amount you paid for such Service(s). Our contractors and we
shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special or consequential
damages resulting from the use or inability to use any of the Services or for the
cost of procurement of substitute services. We disclaim any and all loss or liability
resulting from, but not limited to: (1) loss or liability resulting from access
delays or access interruptions; (2) loss or liability resulting from data non-delivery
or data mis-delivery; (3) loss or liability resulting from acts of God; (4) loss
or liability resulting from the unauthorized use or misuse of your CRN ID or Password;
(5) loss or liability resulting from errors, omissions, or mis-statements in any
and all information or services(s) provided under this Agreement; (6) loss or liability
resulting from the development or interruption of your Web site or email service.
The registrant agrees that we will not be liable for any loss of registration and
use of registrant's domain name, or for interruption of business, or any indirect,
special, incidental, or consequential damages of any kind (including lost profits)
regardless of the form of action whether in contract, tort (including negligence),
or otherwise, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages. In
no event our maximum liability shall exceed the amount of fees paid by you for the
service/s hired by you.
12. INDEMNITY
You agree to release, indemnify, and hold us, our contractors, agents, employees,
officers, directors and affiliates harmless from all liabilities, claims and expenses,
including attorney's fees, of third parties relating to or arising under this Agreement,
the Services provided hereunder or your use of the Services, including without limitation
infringement by you, or someone else using the E-mail Service with your computer,
of any intellectual property or other proprietary right of any person or entity,
or from the violation of any of our operating rules or policy relating to the service(s)
provided. You also agree to release, indemnify and hold us harmless pursuant to
the terms and conditions contained in the Dispute Policy. When we are threatened
with lawsuit by a third party, we may seek written assurances from you concerning
your promise to indemnify us; your failure to provide those assurances may be considered
by us to be a breach of your Agreement and may result in deactivation of your domain
name.
13. INACCURATE OR UNRELIABLE DATA
You hereby represent and warrant that the data provided in the domain name registration
application is true, correct, up to date and complete and that you will continue
to keep all the information provided up-to-date. Your willful provision of inaccurate
or unreliable information, your willful failure to promptly update information provided
to the registry operator, or any failure to respond for over five calendar days
to our inquiries addressed to the e-mail address of the administrative, billing
or technical contact then appearing in the Whois directory with respect to a domain
name concerning the accuracy of contact details associated with any registration(s)
or the registration of any domain name(s) registered by or through you or your account,
shall constitute a breach of this Agreement. Any information collected by the registry
operator concerning an identified or identifiable natural person ("Personal Data")
will be used in connection with the registration of your domain name(s) and for
the purposes of this Agreement and as required or permitted by the ICANN Agreement
or any ICANN/Registry Policy.
14. RIGHT OF REVOCATION
Registrant agrees that registrar may delete a Registrant's domain name if any information
required to be supplied by the Registrant under this Registration Agreement, or
subsequent modification(s) thereto, is false or misleading, or conceals or omits
any information that registrar would likely consider material to its decision to
approve this Registration Agreement. Registrant further agrees that registrar may
deny, cancel, suspend or revoke the registration of Registrant's domain name, or,
suspend the delegation of Registrant's Domain Name, if it is reasonably determined
by registrant in its sole discretion, that Registrant or any other person uses the
domain name in connection with: a) Any activity that infringes the intellectual
property rights or other rights of third parties; b) Any activity that defames or
disparages any person; or c) Any otherwise illegal or fraudulent activity.
15. BREACH
You agree that failure to abide by any provision of this Agreement, any operating
rule or policy or the Dispute Policy provided by us, may be considered by us to
be a material breach and that we may provide a written notice, describing the breach,
to you. If within five (5) calendar days of the date of such notice, you fail to
provide evidence, which is reasonably satisfactory to us, that you have not breached
your obligations under the Agreement, then we may delete the registration or reservation
of your domain name or terminate your e-mail account without further notice. Any
such breach by you shall not be deemed to be excused simply because we did not act
earlier in response to that, or any other breach by you.
16. NO GUARANTEE
You agree that, by registration or reservation or transfer of your chosen domain
name, such registration or reservation or transfer does not confer immunity from
objection either to registration, reservation, transfer or use of the domain name.
The allotment of Order ID number and payment by you for your requested Domain Name
does not ensure that your requested Domain name is registered. Your domain name
is guaranteed as registered only when you receive a confirmation mail from us, confirming
registration of your domain name.
17. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
You agree and warrant that the information that you provide to us to register or
reserve your domain name or register for other Services is to the best of your knowledge
and belief, accurate and complete, and that any future changes to this information
will be provided immediately. You agree that your use of our Services is solely
at your own risk. You agree that such Service(s) is provided on an "as is," "as
available" basis, we expressly disclaim all warranties of any kind, whether express
or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability,
fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. We make no warranty that
the Services will meet your requirements, or that the Service(s) will be uninterrupted,
timely, secure, or error free; nor do we make any warranty as to the results that
may be obtained from the use of the Service(s) or as to the accuracy or reliability
of any information obtained through our e-mail service or that defects in the Services
software will be corrected. You understand and agree that any material and/or data
downloaded or otherwise obtained through the use of our e-mail service is done at
your own discretion and risk and that you will be solely responsible for any damage
to your computer system or loss of data that results from the download of such material
and/or data. We make no warranty regarding any goods or services purchased or obtained
through the e-mail service or any transactions entered into through the e-mail service.
No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained by you from us or through
the e-mail service shall create any warranty not expressly made herein.
18. RIGHT OF REFUSAL
We, in our sole discretion, reserve the right to refuse to register or reserve your
chosen domain name or register you for other Services within thirty (30) calendar
days from receipt of your payment for such services. In the event we do not register
or reserve your domain name or register you for other Services within such thirty
(30) calendar days period, we agree to refund your applicable fee(s). You agree
that we shall not be liable to you for loss or damages that may result from our
refusal to register or reserve, or register you for other Services.
19. (A) SPECIFIC TO .BIZ TLD's
(1) .Biz Registrations: Registrations in the .biz TLD must be used
or intended to be used primarily for bona fide business or commercial purposes.
For purposes of the .biz Registration Restrictions ("Restrictions"), "bona fide
business or commercial use" shall mean the bona fide use or bona fide intent to
use the domain name or any content, software, materials, graphics or other information
thereon, to permit Internet users to access one or more host computers through the
DNS:
To exchange goods, services, or property of any kind;
In the ordinary course of trade or business; or
To facilitate (i) the exchange of goods, services, information,
or property of any kind; or, (ii) the ordinary course of trade or business.
Registering a domain name solely for the purposes of
(1) selling, trading or leasing the domain name for compensation, or
(2) the unsolicited offering to sell, trade or lease the domain name for compensation
shall not constitute a "bona fide business or commercial use" of that domain name.
(II) .Biz Certification: As a .biz domain name Registrant, you
hereby certify to the best of your knowledge that:
The registered domain name will be used primarily for bona fide business or commercial
purposes and not (i) exclusively for personal use; or (ii) solely for the purposes
of (1) selling, trading or leasing the domain name for compensation, or (2) the
unsolicited offering to sell, trade or lease the domain name for compensation. For
more information on the .biz restrictions, which are incorporated herein by reference
please see:
www.neulevel.biz/ardp/docs/reg_restrictions.html
The domain name Registrant has the authority to enter into the registration agreement;
and the registered domain name is reasonably related to the Registrant's business
or intended commercial purpose at the time of registration.
(III) Provision of Registration Data: As part of the registration
process, you are required to provide the registry operator with certain information
and to update this information to keep it current, complete and accurate. This information
includes (i) your full name, postal address, e-mail address, voice telephone number,
and fax number, if available; (ii) the name of an authorized person for contact
purposes, in the case of a Registrant that is an organization, association, or corporation;
(iii) the IP addresses of the primary name server and any secondary name server(s)
for the domain name; (iv) the corresponding names of those name servers; (v) the
full name, postal address, e-mail address, voice telephone number, and fax number,
if available, of the technical contact for the domain name; (vi) the full name,
postal address, e-mail address, voice telephone number, and fax number, if available,
of the administrative contact for the domain name; (vii) the name, postal address,
e-mail address, voice telephone number, and fax number, if available, of the billing
contact for the domain name; and (viii) any remark concerning the registered domain
name that should appear in the Whois directory. You agree and understand that the
foregoing registration data will be publicly available and accessible on the Whois
directory as required by ICANN/Registry Policy and may be sold in bulk in accordance
with the ICANN Accreditation Agreement (the "ICANN Agreement"), available at ICANN's
site.
Inaccurate or Unreliable Data: You hereby represent and warrant
that the data provided in the domain name registration application is true, correct,
up to date and complete and that you will continue to keep all the information provided
up-to-date. Your willful provision of inaccurate or unreliable information, your
willful failure to promptly update information provided to the registry operator,
or any failure to respond for over five calendar days to our inquiries addressed
to the e-mail address of the administrative, billing or technical contact then appearing
in the Whois directory with respect to a domain name concerning the accuracy of
contact details associated with any registration(s) or the registration of any domain
name(s) registered by or through you or your account, shall constitute a breach
of this Agreement. Any information collected by the registry operator concerning
an identified or identifiable natural person ("Personal Data") will be used in connection
with the registration of your domain name(s) and for the purposes of this Agreement
and as required or permitted by the ICANN Agreement or any ICANN/Registry Policy.
(IV) Domain Name Dispute Policy: If you reserved or registered
a .biz domain name through the registry operator, you agree to be bound by our current
domain name dispute policy that is incorporated herein and made a part of this Agreement
by reference. Please take time to familiarize yourself with that policy. In addition,
you hereby acknowledge that you have read and understood, and agree to be bound
by the terms and conditions of the following documents, as they may be amended from
time to time, which are hereby incorporated and made an integral part of this Agreement:
The Start-up Trademark Opposition Policy ("STOP"), available at: http://www.neulevel.com/countdown/stop.html
; and
The Restrictions Dispute Resolution Criteria and Rules, available at:
www.neulevel.com/countdown/rdrp.html
The STOP sets forth the terms and conditions in connection with a dispute between
a Registrant of a .biz domain name ("Registrant") with any third party (other than
registry operator or registrar) over the registration or the use of a .biz domain
name registered by Registrant that is subject to the Intellectual Property Claim
Service. The Intellectual Property Claim Service is a service introduced by Registry
Operator to notify a trademark or service mark holder ("Claimant") that a second-level
domain name has been registered in which that Claimant claims intellectual property
rights. In accordance with the STOP and its associated Rules, those Claimants will
have the right to challenge registrations through independent ICANN-accredited dispute
resolution providers.
The RDRP sets forth the terms under which any allegation that a domain name is not
used primarily for business or commercial purposes shall be enforced on a case-by-case,
fact specific basis by an independent ICANN-accredited dispute provider. None of
the violations of the Restrictions will be enforced directly by or through Registry
Operator. Registry Operator will not review, monitor, or otherwise verify that any
particular domain name is being used primarily for business or commercial purposes
or that a domain name is being used in compliance with the SUDRP or UDRP processes.
(VI) Reservation of Rights. Net4India and the .biz registry operator,
NeuLevel, Inc. expressly reserve the right to deny, cancel or transfer any registration
that it deems necessary, in its discretion, to protect the integrity and stability
of the registry, to comply with any applicable laws, government rules or requirements,
requests of law enforcement, in compliance with any dispute resolution process,
or to avoid any liability, civil or criminal, on the part of Net4India and/or NeuLevel,
Inc., as well as their affiliates, subsidiaries, officers, directors and employees.
Net4India and NeuLevel, Inc. also reserve the right to freeze a domain name during
resolution of a dispute.
19. (B) SPECIFIC TO .ASIA TLD
The terms and conditions, and any applicable Published Policies of .asia Domain
names by the DotAsia Organisation Limited(DotAsia), constitutes the entire agreement
between US and YOU for the registration of the .asia Domain Name and supersedes
all prior agreements, understandings and representations whether oral or written.
This domain name registration agreement ('Registration Agreement') is submitted
by you (‘The Registrant’) for registration with the Net 4 India Ltd ('The registrar')
for the purpose of registering a .asia domain name with the registry (DotAsia Organisation
Ltd).
I. Recital
a) Registrar: means and includes Net4 India Ltd
b) Registrant: means You the applicant
c) Registry/Registry Administrator: means and includes DotAsia Organisation Ltd
d) Charter Eligibility Declaration Contract: Is a Charter Eligibility Declaration
(CED) contract that is designated to make the declaration that it meets the charter
Eligibility for registering a .asia domain name. Such declaration is made by warrant
and representation of the registrant.
(Click here to see Charter Eligibility Policies)
II. Registration
2.1 In addition to the above information which Registrant's must provide generally,
as part of the application process for the different Sunrise and Landrush registration
periods, Registrants must provide detailed information, and in some cases supporting
documentation, to prove their eligibility for .asia domains during those particular
phases. This information and documentation required varies, depending on the Sunrise
or Landrush registration phase applied for, but includes those relevant to: a) Various
details relating to the Registrant's registration as an eligible entity; b) Various
details relating to the Registrant's registered trade or service marks; c) Demonstrable
usage of the registrant's registered trade or service mark (which may require documents
certified by a Notary Public or legal practitioner); and d) Various details relating
to the locality of the Registrant and the CED Contact. Any documentation provided
to the Registry Administrator must be provided in English language (or Registrant
will need to arrange for a certified translation into English language).
2.2 The Registrant acknowledges and agrees that the registration data described
above will be made publicly available by the Registry Administrator on the WHOIS
directory.
2.3 If the Registrant is a natural person, the Registrant contact information published
is restricted to the email address, unless the Registrant requests otherwise, and
to the language selected for the dispute resolution rules and the Registrant agrees
that he/she has been informed that Registrant may use a specific functional e-mail
address for publication in the WHOIS directory as an alternative to using their
personal e-mail address.
2.4 Registrant agrees to the use, copying, distribution, publication, modification
and other processing of its personal data by the Registry Administrator and its
designees and agents in a manner consistent with the purposes specified by DotAsia's
Personal Data handling policies and with relevant local data protection and privacy
laws and requirements.
2.5 Registrant warrants that it will immediately correct and update the registration
information for its .asia domain during the term of this Registration Agreement.
2.6 Registrant grants Registrar and the Registry Administrator a non-exclusive,
non-transferable, limited license to Registrant's registration data as required
for the Registry Administrator's operation of the .asia registry.
III. Registrant Covenants
2.1 In addition to the above information which Registrant's must provide generally,
as part of the application process for the different Sunrise and Landrush registration
periods, Registrants must provide detailed information, and in some cases supporting
documentation, to prove their eligibility for .asia domains during those particular
phases. This information and documentation required varies, depending on the Sunrise
or Landrush registration phase applied for, but includes those relevant to:
a) Various details relating to the Registrant's registration as an eligible entity;
b) Various details relating to the Registrant's registered trade or service marks;
c) Demonstrable usage of the registrant's registered trade or service mark (which
may require documents certified by a Notary Public or legal practitioner); and
d) Various details relating to the locality of the Registrant and the CED Contact.
Any documentation provided to the Registry Administrator must be provided in English
language (or Registrant will need to arrange for a certified translation into English
language).
2.2 The Registrant acknowledges and agrees that the registration data described
above will be made publicly available by the Registry Administrator on the WHOIS
directory.
2.3 If the Registrant is a natural person, the Registrant contact information published
is restricted to the email address, unless the Registrant requests otherwise, and
to the language selected for the dispute resolution rules and the Registrant agrees
that he/she has been informed that Registrant may use a specific functional e-mail
address for publication in the WHOIS directory as an alternative to using their
personal e-mail address.
2.4 Registrant agrees to the use, copying, distribution, publication, modification
and other processing of its personal data by the Registry Administrator and its
designees and agents in a manner consistent with the purposes specified by DotAsia's
Personal Data handling policies and with relevant local data protection and privacy
laws and requirements.
2.5 Registrant warrants that it will immediately correct and update the registration
information for its .asia domain during the term of this Registration Agreement.
2.6 Registrant grants Registrar and the Registry Administrator a non-exclusive,
non-transferable, limited license to Registrant's registration data as required
for the Registry Administrator's operation of the .asia registry.
IV. Acknowledgements, Agreements and Warranty
4.1 Registrant acknowledges and agrees with the following:
(a) That it is Registrant's responsibility to ensure that the domain name is renewed.
Registrant agrees, in addition to the indemnity above, to keep indemnified, release
and hold harmless registrar and the Registry Administrator, their directors, officers,
employees and agents, against any claim for damage or loss arising from any failure
of Registrant's domain name to be renewed by Registrar.
(b) That the .asia domain names will initially be received and registered by the
Registry Administrator during various different application phases, full details
of which are located on the DotAsia website located at www.dotasia.org/
(c) That registrar does not guarantee that any .asia domain name applied for by
registrar on behalf of the Registrant will be successfully registered by the Registry
Administrator. The Registrant acknowledges that it will not take any action in respect
of its .asia domain name until the successful registration of that .asia domain
name is confirmed in writing to the Registrant.
(d) That registrar will submit Registrant's application for a .asia domain in the
phase that the Registrant selects on its application form.
(e) That there are certain pre-requisites to applying for a .asia domain (including,
but not limited to, certain requirements for entity and trade mark names, types
and registration dates, and the requirements for an eligible CED Contact) which
are set out in the policies documents on the DotAsia website located at www.dotasia.org
(f) That there are strict timeframes for registration during the different Sunrise
and Landrush phases and also strict timeframes for the submission of any necessary
or requested supporting documentation (both at time of application and during the
pre-registration verification period), and that it is Registrant's responsibility
to ensure it is aware of and complies with these strict timeframe requirements.
(g) That it is the responsibility of the registrant to ensure that all the supporting
documents pertaining to CED Contract shall reach the registrant along with photocopy
of the Order Code receipt within 7days of generation of Order Code. Failing which
Registrar will be bound to reject the applicant’s registration.
(h) That during the Sunrise and Landrush phases, certain application fees are payable,
which are non-refundable.
(i) That there is only very limited scope and opportunity to amend material provided
in an application for a .asia domain or request reconsideration of a rejected/failed
application for .asia domain registration, details of which are set out in the policies
documents on the DotAsia website located at
http://www.dotasia.org/
(j) That registrar is only responsible for submitting the initial domain application
to the Registry Administrator and that you (as the applicant/Registrant) are responsible
for all other correspondence with the Registry Administrator, including the submission
of supporting documents to the Registry Administrator and making any application
to the Registry Administrator for reconsideration of a failed application, unless
registrar (or one of its related entities) has specifically agreed in writing to
provide .asia domain registration services as part of broader corporate domain management
services to you.
(k) That due to the fact that verification and registration of applications for
domains in a previous phase of Sunrise may not have been finalised at commencement
of subsequent phases, it is not possible to know which domains are actually still
available at time of application for domain names and registrar is not responsible
for ascertaining the availability of a domain.
(l) That at the time of application for a .asia domain, the applicant/Registrant
must specify an Operations & Notifications (OPN) Contact to be the Registrant's
contact person who the Registry Administrator will send communications regarding
documentary evidence requests, auction invitations and reminders etc. regarding
the domain application.
(m) That there will be no WHOIS service available for .asia domain names during
the Sunrise period.
4.2 Registrant represents and warrants that:
(a) it will comply with all applicable standards, procedures, practices, laws, terms
and conditions, regulations, rules and policies (including any registration prerequisites)
of the Registry Administrator as updated from time to time on the DotAsia website
located at www.asia.org ('Requirements') in respect
of its .asia domain names;
(b) Neither the registration or renewal of a domain name, nor the manner in which
it is directly or indirectly used, infringes the legal rights of a third party.
Breach of this warranty will constitute a material breach;
(c) It meets and will continue to meet for the term of this Agreement the Charter
Eligibility Requirements as set out in the Registry Policies of the Registry Administrator
as updated from time to time on the DotAsia website located at
http://policies.registry.asia/ Registrant warrants that it will comply with
all requirements placed upon it by the Charter Eligibility Requirement and to provide
appropriate evidence of such compliance as and when required by Registrar or the
Registry Administrator;
(d) It complies with and will continue to comply with for the term of this Agreement
the requirements, standards, policies, procedures and practices of the ICANN as
updated from time to time on the ICANN website located at www.icann.org/general/consensus-policies.htm in respect
of its asia domain names.
(e) It is of legal age and capacity to enter into this Agreement; and
(f) It will comply with all representations and warranties referred to in the Requirements.
4.3 Notwithstanding anything in this Registration Agreement to the contrary, the
Registry Administrator (DotAsia) is and shall be an intended third party beneficiary
of this Registration Agreement. As such, the parties to this Registration Agreement
acknowledge and agree that the third party beneficiary rights of DotAsia have vested
and that DotAsia has relied on its third party beneficiary rights under this Registration
Agreement in agreeing to Net 4 India Ltd being a registrar of the .asia TLD. Additionally,
the third party beneficiary rights of DotAsia shall survive any termination or expiration
of this Registration Agreement.
4.4 Registrant agrees to nominate one natural person or legal entity (the 'Charter
Eligibility Declaration Contact' or 'CED Contact') as a contact designated to make
a declaration that the Registrant meets the Charter Eligibility Requirement for
registering the .asia domain name requested (i.e. is a legal entity within the DotAsia
Community). Registrant acknowledges that Net 4 India Ltd will become the Charter
Eligibility Declaration (CED) Contact (the “CED Contact”) for the Registrant for
the limited purpose mentioned in .asia CED Contact Service Terms and Conditions.
Registrant acknowledges that there are risks associated with engaging a third party
to be its CED Contact, in the same way there are risks associated with providing
a third party with any
4.5 The Registrant accepts, represents and warrants that it has made known to the
CED contact, and the CED Contact has agreed, that that the Registrant and the CED
Contact will be jointly defined as the 'Registered Name Holder' and will be jointly
responsible for the Registrant's .asia domain name in relation to domain disputes
and other related disputes. The CED Contact is specifically expected to respond
and acknowledge dispute proceedings and refer the dispute to the Registrant. The
Registrant acknowledges that, regardless of the nomination of a CED Contact and
any arrangements or understanding with that CED Contact, the Registrant shall nevertheless
remain the operating contact for all operations and liabilities regarding the use
of the domain, including but not limited to domain transfer and updates, or in other
words be solely regarded as the Registered Domain Holder for general purposes.
4.6 The Registrant acknowledges, and warrants that it has made known to the CED
contact, and the CED Contact has agreed, that information submitted for the CED
Contact will be publicly accessible on WHOIS databases (with the exception of identification
numbers [i.e. for passports] etc).
V. Dispute Policy
a) Registrant agrees to submit to proceedings commenced under ICANN's Uniform
Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy ('UDRP') and ICANN's Charter Eligibility Dispute
Resolution Policy ('CEDRP').
b) Registrant agrees that its .asia domain name registration is subject to the terms
of the Registry Administrator's current domain name dispute resolution rules and
policies as updated from time to time on the DotAsia website located at
http://www.dotasia.org/ . Registrant acknowledges that it has read and understood
and agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of the dispute resolution rules
of the Registry Administrator (as amended from time to time).
c) Registrant agrees that Registry Administrator may modify its .asia domain name
dispute resolution rules as described in paragraph (a) by posting any revisions
to the policy on the DotAsia website located athttp://www.dotasia.org/.
Registrant agrees that by maintaining the reservation or registration of its .asia
domain name after modifications to the dispute resolution rules become effective,
it has agreed to the modifications.
d) Registrant agrees that if use of its .asia domain name registration is challenged
by a third party, it will be subject to the provisions of the .asia domain name
dispute resolution rules as described in paragraph (a) (as updated from time to
time), including any .asia registry policies incorporated by reference (if any).
Registrant agrees that if the Registry Administrator is notified that a complaint
has been filed with a judicial or administrative body regarding Registrant's use
of a .asia domain name registration, Registrant agrees not to make any changes to
its domain name record without the approval of the Registry Administrator. Registry
Administrator may not allow Registrant to make changes to such domain name record
until:
i. Directed to do so by the judicial or administrative body, or
ii. It receives notification by Registrant and the other party contesting the registration
that the dispute has been settled.
e) Registrant agrees that if it is subject to litigation regarding registration
and use of its .asia domain name registration, Registry Administrator may deposit
control of the domain name record into the registry of the judicial body by supplying
a party with a certificate handing control of the domain name to the relevant judicial
body from the Registry Administrator.
VI. Auctions
Registrant acknowledges that:
(a) Where there are two or more eligible (verified) applicants for the same .asia
domain name during the Sunrise Phase 2, Sunrise Phase 3 and Landrush registration
phases, all eligible applicants will be invited to bid for the Domain Name Applied
For in an online auction, with the domain name will be awarded to the highest bidder.
The applicant agrees to be bound by Pools terms and
conditions as fully set out at
http://www.dotasia.pool.com/terms.aspx
(b) Details of the auction process and requirements are set out in the .ASIA Sunrise
Policies document on the DotAsia website located at
http://www.dotasia.org/. Registrant warrants that it has read, understands
and agrees to all auction processes, rules and requirements for the .asia auctions.
(c) Registrant will be solely responsible for all matters relating to any auction
process it is invited to or participates in, and that registrar will not be liable
and will not take part in any way (other than as required by its role as Registrar)
in any such auction process, unless registrar (or one of its related entities) and
Registrant have specifically agreed in writing that registrar (or one of its related
entities) will provide .asia Sunrise auction services to Registrant as part of broader
corporate domain management services provided to Registrant.
VII. Right of Refusal
Registrant acknowledges that the Registry Administrator policy may provide that
registration of certain domain names is prohibited. Registrar, in its sole discretion,
reserves the right to refuse to approve the Registration Agreement for any Registrant.
Registrant agrees that the submission of this Registration Agreement does not obligate
registrar to accept this Registration Agreement. Registrant agrees that registrar
is not liable for loss or damage that may result from registrar's refusal to accept
this Registration Agreement.
VIII. Change in Registrar
Registrant agrees that it can change its registrar for an existing domain
name only in accordance with Registry Administrator policy. Registrant agrees it
may not change its registrar for a period of sixty (60) days after initial registration
of the domain name with Net 4 India Ltd.
IX. Suspension, Cancellation, Transfer
Registrant agrees that registration of its domain name shall be subject
to denial, suspension, cancellation, hold or transfer by any Registry Administrator
procedure:
a) For the resolution of disputes concerning the domain name; or
b) In case of arbitration or court proceedings being commenced with respect to the
rights to the domain name; or
c) To correct mistakes by registrar or the Registry Administrator or the Registry
Services Provider in registering the domain name
X. Reservation by Registry Administrator
Registrant agrees that Registrar and Registry Administrator reserves the
right to deny, cancel, hold or transfer any .asia domain name registration which
either party deems necessary in its discretion: i. To protect the integrity and
stability of the Registry;
ii. To comply with any applicable laws, government rules or requirements, request
of law enforcement, or in compliance with any dispute resolution process;
iii. To avoid any liability, civil or criminal, on the part of Registrar or Registry
Administrator, their directors, officers, employees and agents;
iv. Where there is a breach of this Agreement;
v. to correct mistakes made by Registrar or the Registry Administrator in connection
with a .asia domain name registration. Registrar and Registry Administrator also
reserve the right to freeze a domain name during resolution of a dispute.
19. (C) SPECIFIC TO .ME ccTLD's
You represent and warrant that you meet the eligibility requirements of .me ccTLD.
You further agree to be bound by any registry rules, policies and agreements for
.me ccTLD. available at www.domain.me/index.php?page=6
and the rules available and incorporated therein.
By registering the .me ccTLD with us you further agree to be bound by any registry
rules, policies and agreements for .me ccTLD which are incorporated and made part
of this agreement herein.
19. (D) SPECIFIC TO .TEL gTLD's
You represent and warrant that you meet the eligibility requirements of .tel gTLD.
By applying to register a .tel domain name through Net4, you unconditionally accept
and agree to be bound by all policies and terms and conditions for .tel Domain Names
which includes the following documents, as issued and amended by the Registry from
time to time: Sunrise Policy dated June 2008
, Sunrise Guide dated June
2008
,
the Acceptable Use Policy dated June 2008
and the Acceptable Use Policy dated June 2008
, and any other related interpretive
guidelines, which are available on the Registry website at www.telnic.com.
By registering the .tel gTLD with us, you further agree to be bound by any pertinent
rules or policies related to .tel gTLD that are featured on our website
www.net4.in or which may be amended/updated/published/ and or mailed by
us to you from time to time; and have been also incorporated herein and have been
made part of this agreement.
By registering the .tel gTLD with us, you further agree to be bound by any pertinent
rules or policies related to .tel gTLD that are featured on our website
www.net4.in or which may be amended/updated/published/ and or mailed by
us to you from time to time; and have been also incorporated herein and have been
made part of this agreement.
19. (E) SPECIFIC TO DOMAIN ENDING IN .UK
By registering a domain name ending in .uk (with some very limited exceptions) through
Net4 India Limited, you enter into a contract of registration with Nominet UK (hereinafter
referred to registry) as on the following conditions, which includes conditions
limiting our liability and relating to our use of your personal information. This
contract is just for the domain name ending of .uk. For an explanation of the meaning
of the endings of .uk names, see the rules on registry website at www.nominet.org.uk
This contract includes the DRS policy, the DRS procedure and the rules mentioned
on registry website atwww.nominet.org.uk.
Other policies we refer to do not form part of this contract and may change at any
time.
Definitions
- The following words marked in bold will have specific meanings in this contract.
‘Agent'– means registrar i.e, Someone who may act on customer’s
behalf to deal with registry, which will be shown in the WHOIS
as registrar.
‘Cancel’ – Cancelling this contract and your domain name
are the same thing. The contract ends. The domain name will be
deleted, will no longer work as part of a website or e-mail, and will be released
to be registered again under our rules.
‘Consumer' – You are a consumer if you are an
individual not registering, using or planning to use the domain name
as part of a business, trade or profession.
‘Correct’ – This means that the information must be good enough
to allow us to contact you quickly at any reasonable time without having to get
information from anywhere else, must not be deceptive, and (if possible for
that type of information) must clearly identify you. For your name this also means
that the information must be detailed enough that we can tell exactly who you are
(in legal terms, exactly which legal entity we have this contract with).
‘Domain name’ – An internet domain name ending in .uk
and under one of the second level domains (such as .co.uk, .me.uk or .org.uk)
operated by us.
‘DRS policy’, ‘DRS procedure’ – The policy and procedure of
domains names ending in .uk and domain dispute resolution service.
‘EEA’ – The European Economic Area, which includes most European
countries. Countries outside the EEA may not have strict laws to protect personal
information.
‘Name Servers’ – Computers that provide specific translation information
in the domain name system.
‘Notify’ – Serving notice to you, your agent,
authorised representative, contact (see condition 5.5) or (see condition 36).
‘Personal Data’ – Any information about an identifiable living
person (for example, your name, address or phone number).
‘PRSS’ – A service provided under strict contract to some people
based in the EEA which allows them to search WHOIS
data differently, but not to use it for marketing purposes.
‘Register’ – Registry record of domain names and details about
you, your agent (if you have one) and other information we need.
‘Registry’ – The single organisation which holds all records for
domain names with the same ending (we run ‘.uk’) and operates the name
servers for that domain.
‘Rules’ – Registry rules which explain which domain names can be
registered and which cannot.
‘Special Status’ – Various special states your domain name
may be in, such as suspended or ‘detagged’. See registry website
www.nominet.org.uk for details. This will normally mean that you will remain
listed as the person who has registered the domain name but the
domain name itself will not work, and may mean that other actions
with the domain name are blocked.
‘WHOIS’ – A system which provides public information about
domain names. See our website for details and how to use the WHOIS
- Also in this contract, the following words have special meanings but will not be
put in bold.
‘conditions’ – includes all parts of the contract, not just those that lawyers call
conditions.
‘we’, ‘us’, ‘our’ – Nominet UK (company number 3203859). See condition 35.
‘you’, ‘your’ - The person who is entering into this contract with us and who the
domain name will be registered for.
What we will do
- We are the registry for the .uk domain and we will carry
out the general duties that we believe (after wide consultation) a modern, neutral
and not-for-profit .uk registry should. This includes
(among other things):
3.1 processing your application to register or renew a domain name
in the light of our rules, and your right (see condition 20) to
renew;
3.2 maintaining overall ownership, control and responsibility for the
register;
3.3 if we are listed as your agent or if it would
be inappropriate for you to ask your agent to act (see condition
5) making changes to the register at your request or providing
information about the .uk domain name system;
3.4 if the domain name is not in a special status,
entering details about the domain name into our name servers;
and
3.5 publishing procedures for you to renew the domain name
and for recording a transfer, surrender or change of agent for the domain name.
What you must do
- You have various responsibilities set out generally in this contract.
You must also:
4.1 give and keep us notified of your correct
name, postal address and any phone, fax or e-mail information and those of your
contacts (if you appoint any, see condition 5.2). This duty includes responding
quickly and correctly to any request from us to confirm or correct the information
on the register;
4.2 notify us at once about any court proceedings which involve
the domain name; and
4.3 notify us of the details of name servers
for the domain name which you are allowed to use and which respond
promptly and correctly about the domain name at all reasonable
times.
Agents, representatives and security
- For the security of your domain name we have the following procedures
to try to make sure that our instructions come from you or someone allowed to act
on your behalf.
5.1 We do not have to take any action, or make any change to the register,
until we are satisfied that we have received a valid request from the right person.
5.2 You will help us with our security checks, provide any identification
or documentary evidence we reasonably ask for, and allow us to keep copies of those
documents for our files.
5.3 If you have an identifier (for example, a password, a token, personal
information or a code) to use with us or our systems, you must keep it secret and
safe because we will be allowed to assume that any action done or asked for using
that identifier or a product of it was done or asked for by you or by someone authorised
to act for you. We will be entitled to enforce procedures for dealing with lost,
cancelled or insecure identifiers.
5.4 Your agent acts on your behalf in registering and
maintaining the registration of the domain name so that, unless
the matter relates to something covered by condition 5.6 below, any communication
to or from your agent is taken as being to or from you. You should
always contact your agent first with any request or question about
your domain name or changes to it, as we will only act if we are
satisfied that your agent cannot or will not. Be aware that
your agent may be entitled to discounts on our
fees so it may be cheaper for you to go through them.
5.5 We may also specify other types of authorised representative or contact
whose instructions we will accept in certain cases, what types of instructions they
can give us, and whether they can take your place if we need to notify
you. If you notify us that you want someone to represent you, you
are giving them power to act and us power to act on their instructions and (if this
applies) notify them instead of or as well as you.
5.6 We will publish on our website from time to time certain activities
which your agent is not allowed to do on your behalf or where we
want to deal with you directly (or both).
Fees and payment
- We are a not-for-profit organisation so our fees (see our website) reflect the cost
of the work we do. To make sure that every person who registers a domain name pays
their fair share of the costs of running the central registry,
we:
6.1 may make a charge for any of the services we provide under this contract,
as long as (where only we can provide the service) we believe the fee is set at
a not-for-profit cost-recovery level only;
6.2 do not have to start any process, including any change to the
register, until we (not just your agent) have received
(within any time limit) any fee for that action and any other fees that have not
been paid for the domain name or things done with it – it is your
duty to make sure that we are paid and that there is enough information with the
payment to make sure that we know which domain name it relates
to;
6.3 may cancel the domain name without further notice if any
debt relating to the domain name remains unpaid after the deadline
we have set; and
6.4 unless condition 24 or 34 applies, or we have made a significant mistake,
will not provide credit notes or refunds.
Your promises and indemnity
- By entering into this contract you promise that:
7.1 you (or your agent) have the permission of any person whose
personal data is to be held on the register in
line with condition 11;
7.2 any identity and contact information you (either yourself or through your
agent) send us must be correct;
7.3 you will send us the information needed under condition 7.2 as soon as
possible, through your agent if possible, and you will keep them
up to date;
7.4 by registering or using the domain name in any way, you
will not infringe the intellectual property rights (for example, trademarks) of
anyone else;
7.5 you are entitled to register the domain name; and
7.6 you have not registered the domain name in a way that
fails to meet with any legal duty you have.
- Unless you are a consumer, you will pay us (including the current
or past members of our Board of Directors) any and all reasonable costs, claims
and expenses (whether direct or indirect) arising out of any claim that you have
broken any of the promises in condition 7.
- Our right to rely on the promises in condition 7 and indemnity in condition 8 will
continue to be available after the domain name has been registered
and will not be affected by the cancellation or transfer of the domain name.
Nature of domain names and the register
- 10 A domain name is not an item of property and has no ‘owner’. It is an entry
on our register database reflected by our nameservers
which we provide as part of this contract. As a result:
10.1 we will not be bound by, or record on the register,
any mortgage-related obligations;
10.2 we own and keep all copyright and database rights in the register;
and
10.3 you should not rely on the registration or continued registration
of the domain name until we confirm that any application you make
has completed and you confirm that your correct name is recorded
in the register for the domain name.
Personal data
- We will make your personal data available in the following ways,
but not release it for any other purpose to any other person. We may:
11.1 include it on the register;
11.2 include it on the WHOIS (which is also available
outside the EEA) and PRSS. For these purposes
we will publish your name and (unless you are a consumer and choose
to opt out) your address, but not your phone or fax number or e-mail address;
11.3 if they ask in writing, give your personal data
to people with a legitimate reason for asking for it (based on the exemptions in
the Data Protection Act 1998 or similar laws that replace or follow it), including
government or law enforcement agencies;
11.4 give your personal data to your current or proposed
agent (or both); and
11.5 use it as set out in the DRS policy and DRS
procedure.
- You may write to us to ask for a copy of the personal data we hold
about you, or you can look at the WHOIS, or you can ask your
agent. Please note that if, at any point, we discover that you
are not a consumer, we may automatically cancel your opt-out (see
condition 11.2) without notifying you.
- 13 By registering a domain name you agree to us using your personal
data as explained in conditions 11 and 12.
The dispute resolution service
- You agree to be bound by:
14.1 the
DRS policy and
DRS procedure; and
14.2 if there is a dispute, the version of the DRS policy
and DRS procedure (available on our website) which
applies at the time that proceedings under the dispute resolution service start,
until the dispute is over.
- We (including in this case our directors, officers, staff of all types and any expert)
will not:
15.1 be liable to you or anyone else for anything done or not done in connection
with any proceedings under the dispute resolution service, unless the act or lack
of action is shown to have been in bad faith; and
15.2 be asked or forced to reveal information or materials which we gained
as a result of the informal mediation stage of the dispute resolution service, unless
ordered by a court with relevant jurisdiction.
Cancelling or altering the domain name
- We may cancel or put the domain name into a
special status by notifying you if:
16.1 we receive independent proof that you have provided significantly inaccurate,
not correct, unreliable or false contact details (including names),
failed to keep your contact details up to date, or failed to give us those details
at all;
16.2 you have broken any part of condition 7 or 8;
16.3 the domain name is being used in a way that is likely
to endanger any part of the domain name system or our systems and
internet connections; or
16.4 you have broken any of the conditions (including the rules,
DRS policy and DRS procedure) and (in the case
of a matter which it is possible to put right and which is not covered by condition
6.3, 16.1 to 16.3 or 17) you do not put it right within 30 days of us notifying
you.
- We may (but do not have to) transfer, cancel, alter or amend the domain
name, put it in a special status or prevent its renewal:
17.1 on your instructions (including the absence of instructions
to renew - see condition 20), or by someone apparently acting for you (see condition
5);
17.2 if we reasonably believe that the contact details on the register
for you are so inaccurate or false that we would not be able to notify
you of the change;
17.3 if we reasonably believe that the changes to update the register
or to correct any error, ambiguity or inaccuracy relating to the domain name
registration (including any error in making the domain name available
for registration or an error in a previous cancellation of the domain name)
would make it more accurate;
17.4 if you withdraw your permission to having your personal data
displayed on the WHOIS or PRSS (not including
cases where a consumer is using the opt-out);
17.5 to carry out the decision an expert has made under our dispute resolution
service; or
17.6 if we receive a complete and valid court order
which we or you (or both) must obey, or if not making the changes the court orders
would be a contempt of court by us or you.
- If you are an individual, this contract will end if you die and the person legally
appointed to deal with your assets after you die does not transfer the domain
name (either to themselves or someone else) within a year of your death
(or the end of their appointment, whichever comes first).
- If you are not an individual, this contract will end if you complete a liquidation
or disbandment process or otherwise no longer exist, even if (where possible) you
are later restored by an official or court order or decision.
Duration, renewal and transfer
- Unless ended earlier under this contract, we will enter your
domain name on the register for two years. If we receive
your renewal request and fee in the standard format by the deadline we set, and
in line with the conditions of this contract generally, you will have the right
to enter into a new contract with us on the same standard conditions that we are
then offering to people registering new domain names. The specific procedure which
applies to renewals is set out on our website, or you can ask your agent.
- We may transfer our rights and responsibilities under this contract to anyone else.
- If you want to transfer your domain name to someone else, you must,
as well as any general requirements in this contract:
22.1 use our current published transfer process; and
22.2 make sure that the person taking over the domain name
accepts what remains of this contract in full.
- If you do not transfer your domain name (as needed by condition
22) there will be no valid transfer of this contract and domain name,
and no document or agreement attempting or claiming to transfer the domain name
or this contract (or both) will have any effect.
- If you are a consumer, you may have a right to cancel this contract
under the Consumer Protection (Distance Selling) Regulations 2000 or similar laws
amending or replacing it. The right must be claimed within seven working days of
the start of the services (which include security-check work). If this happens,
we will cancel this domain name and provide you or your agent
(depending on who paid us) a full refund within 30 days. If we pay your agent,
you may still have to get a refund from them.
Exclusions and limitations of liability
- Please note the explanation about liability at the beginning of this contract. However,
nothing in these terms limits or excludes our liability for fraudulent misrepresentation
or death or personal injury caused by our negligence.
- By registering the domain name, we are not acknowledging that you
have any rights in any words within the domain name, and we are
not authorising you to use the domain name as part of a business.
- We will not be liable to you whether under contract law, the legal rules about duties
to other people (known as the law of ‘tort’) including negligence or otherwise,
for:
27.1 any loss of profit, revenue or other type of economic loss (whether direct
or indirect);
27.2 loss of business or contracts;
27.3 loss of expected savings or goodwill; or
27.4 any losses which a court categorises as ‘consequential’, or ‘indirect’
arising out of or in connection with the contract, including but not limited to:
27.4.1 any mistake or missing information in the register;
and
27.4.2 loss of registration or use, or both (for whatever reason and
whether temporary or otherwise), of the domain name.
- The law normally implies terms into contracts, but you and we agree that, as far
as the law allows, they do not apply to this contract.
- Our total liability to you, whether under these conditions or otherwise (including
liability for negligence), will be no more than £5,000.
- If you are a consumer, conditions 27, 28 and 29 do not apply to
you. Your statutory rights are not affected - for information contact your local
authority Trading Standards . Department or your citizens advice bureau.
- Conditions 11.1, 18, 19 and 25 to 39 will continue to apply after this contract
has ended, even if that happens because we or you end this contract wrongfully.
General
- If a court rules that any of these conditions is not valid or cannot be enforced,
the other conditions will continue to be valid and enforceable.
- This contract does not give you any legal rights against other people who have registered
.uk domain names or give other people rights against us for any reason.
- The internet is constantly changing and developing. As a result of this, we reserve
the right to make reasonable changes to the terms of this contract (including the
DRS policy, DRS procedure and
rules) at any time during the term of the contract. We will only
do so when we have good reason. Unless we are acting because of a legal requirement
or a court order, the change will only be made after we have consulted publicly.
We will publish a notice in advance (ideally, 30 days in advance) on our website
and provide a link from the main page. The changes will apply from the date shown
in the notice. You should visit our website regularly to find out about any changes.
If you do not agree with any change to the conditions, you may notify
us that you want to end the contract in at least 30 days’ time. In this case, we
will give you a proportionate refund of the registration for the remaining period.
- Our address is Nominet UK, Minerva House, Oxford Science Park, Edmund Halley Road,
Oxford, OX4 4DQ, England (phone +44(0)1865 332211, fax +44(0)1865 332299, e-mail:
nominet@nominet.org.uk). Our offices are open from 9am to 5.30pm (UK local time)
Monday to Friday, except for public holidays.
- Except as set out in condition 5.4, or in the DRS policy and
DRS procedure, any notice to be given under the contract will:
36.1 be considered to have been served if hand-delivered, or sent by prepaid
post, fax or e-mail, to you, your agent or representative (see
condition 5.5) at any postal or e-mail address or fax number on the appropriate
register entry (if to us, at any of the addresses above); and
36.2 apply from the date it was delivered, or if not delivered the date it
was sent or posted.
- This contract is a legally binding document. You should read it carefully and make
sure that it contains everything you want and nothing you are not prepared to agree
to. These conditions, together with the rules, DRS
policy and DRS procedure, are
the entire contract between you and us for the domain name,
and replace all previous contracts, understandings and representations about this
domain name, whether spoken or written.
- We deal with a large number of domain names and we rely on you
or other people to tell us about any changes to your personal information or status.
This means that sometimes we continue to list a domain name or
accept instructions even after this contract has ended, or should have been ended.
Nothing we do, or do not do, during that period stops the contract from ending,
stops us from ending it, or acts to create a new contract.
- 39 This contract is made under the law of England and any court proceedings
must be in the English courts. If you are a consumer in Scotland,
Wales or Northern Ireland, we will accept your local law and courts. Enforcement
of a court order may be done in any law or court system that is relevant.
19. (F) SPECIFIC TO DOMAIN ENDING IN .XXX
By registering the domain name ending in .xxx through Net 4 India Limited (“Registrar”), you enter into a contract of registration with ICM Registry, LLC (hereinafter referred to registry) as on the following conditions, which include conditions limiting our liability and relating to our use of your personal information. In the event of any conflict between this Agreement and any of the terms of your agreement with Registrar (the “Registrar-Registrant Agreement”), this Agreement shall prevail.
I. GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
- The Registry supports the protection of intellectual property. By applying to register or reserve a name in the .XXX TLD, you agree that:
a. your use of the name will not infringe upon the intellectual property rights or other rights of any third party;
b. the Registry cannot and does not check to see whether the name (or any use you may make of the name) infringes upon the intellectual property rights or other rights of others nor can it or does it check to see whether another name in the .XXX TLD (or the use of another domain name by another Applicant or a third party in any context) infringes your intellectual property rights or other rights;
c. the Registry makes no guarantee to you against the possibility of an objection to, or challenge of, your Registration or use of the name or corresponding website by third parties; the selection and/or registration of a similar name in the .XXX TLD by another Applicant or Registrant in a manner that might compete with or cause confusion with respect to your Registration and/or use of the name or corresponding website;
d. it is your responsibility to investigate your intellectual property rights or other rights and the intellectual property rights or other rights of others with respect to the name in the .XXX TLD and the corresponding website; and
e. you are exclusively liable for any claims of infringement arising out of or relating to your Registration or use of the name and/or the creation, launch or operation of the corresponding website.
- You acknowledge and agree to abide by all Registry Policies set forth on the Registry Website www.icmregistry.xxx. You specifically acknowledge and agree that the Registry Policies may be modified by the Registry, and agree to comply with any such changes in the time period specified for compliance.
- You agree to comply with applicable ICANN Requirements as set forth on the Registry Website.
- You represent and warrant that you have provided current, complete, and accurate information in connection with your Registration Request or Reservation Request, and that you will correct and update this information to ensure that it remains current, complete, and accurate throughout the term of any resulting Registration or Reservation. Your obligation to provide current, accurate, and complete information is a material element of this Agreement, and the Registry reserves the right to immediately deny, cancel, terminate, suspend, lock, or transfer any Registration or Reservation if it determines, in its sole discretion, that the information is materially inaccurate.
- You consent to the collection, use, processing, and/or disclosure of your personal information in the United States and in accordance with the Registry Privacy Policy posted on the Registry Website, and incorporated by reference here. If you are visiting the Registry Website from a country other than the country in which the Registry servers are located, your communications with the Registry may result in the transfer of information (including your membership account information) across international boundaries; you consent to such transfer.
- You agree to submit to proceedings commenced under ICANN’s Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (“UDRP”), ICM’s Charter Eligibility Dispute Resolution Policy (“CEDRP”), and ICM’s Rapid Evaluation Service (“RES”), each as described on the Registry Website. You further agree to abide by the final outcome of any of those processes, subject to any appeal rights provided in those processes or the law, and you hereby release the Registry, its affiliates and service providers and/or IFFOR from any and all direct or indirect liability associated with such dispute resolution processes.
- You acknowledge and agree that the Registry reserves the right to disqualify you or your agents from making or maintaining any Registrations or Reservations in the .XXX TLD if you are found to have repeatedly engaged in abusive registrations, in its sole discretion.
- You acknowledge and agree that the Registry reserves the right to immediately deny, cancel, terminate, suspend, lock, or transfer any Reservation Request or Registration Request and any resulting Reservations or Registrations that it deems necessary, in its discretion, in furtherance of the following:
a. to enforce Registry Policies and ICANN Requirements, as amended from time to time;
b. to protect the integrity and stability of the Registry, its operations, and the .XXX TLD;
c. to comply with any applicable law, regulation, holding, order, or decision issued by a court, administrative authority, or dispute resolution service provider with jurisdiction over the Registry or you;
d. to establish, assert, or defend the legal rights of the Registry or a third party, or to avoid any liability, civil or criminal, on the part of the Registry as well as its affiliates, subsidiaries, owners, officers, directors, representatives, employees, contractors, and stockholders;
e. to correct mistakes made by the Registry or any Registrar in connection with a Registration or Reservation; or
f. as otherwise provided herein
- You agree to indemnify to the maximum extent permitted by law, defend and hold harmless the Registry, its affiliates and service providers, and the International Foundation for Online Responsibility (“IFFOR”), and each of their respective directors, owners, officers, employees, contractors, and agents, from and against any and all claims, damages, liabilities, costs and expenses, including reasonable legal fees and expenses, arising out of or relating to your Registration or Reservation of, and/or your Registration Request or Registration Request for, any name in the .XXX TLD. You agree that the indemnifications stated herein survive termination of the Registrar-Registrant Agreement and this Agreement.
- This Agreement, its interpretation, and all disputes between the parties arising in any manner hereunder, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Florida, without giving effect to any choice or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Florida or any other jurisdiction). You agree and submit to the exercise of personal jurisdiction of courts in the State of Florida for the purpose of litigating any such claim or action.
- BY AGREEING TO THIS AGREEMENT, YOU ARE: (1) WAIVING CLAIMS THAT YOU MIGHT OTHERWISE HAVE AGAINST THE REGISTRY, ITS AFFILIATES AND SERVICE PROVIDERS, AND/OR IFFOR BASED ON THE LAWS OF OTHER JURISDICTIONS, INCLUDING YOUR OWN; (2) IRREVOCABLY CONSENTING TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF, AND VENUE IN, STATE OR FEDERAL COURTS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA OVER ANY DISPUTES OR CLAIMS YOU HAVE WITH THE REGISTRY, ITS AFFILIATES AND SERVICE PROVIDERS, AND/OR IFFOR; AND (3) SUBMITTING YOURSELF TO THE PERSONAL JURISDICTION OF COURTS LOCATED IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA FOR THE PURPOSE OF RESOLVING ANY SUCH DISPUTES OR CLAIMS. YOU FURTHER AGREE THAT ANY CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO OUR SERVICES MUST COMMENCE WITHIN ONE (1) YEAR AFTER THE CAUSE OF ACTION ACCRUES. OTHERWISE, SUCH CAUSE OF ACTION IS PERMANENTLY BARRED.
- You acknowledge and agree that the Registry is and shall be an intended third party beneficiary of the obligations you undertake in this Agreement. You acknowledge and agree that the Registry’s third party beneficiary rights have vested, and shall survive any termination or expiration of your Registration or Reservation.
- You acknowledge and agree that names in the .XXX TLD are provided “as is”, “with all faults” and “as available.” The Registry, its affiliates and service providers, and IFFOR make no express warranties or guarantees about such names.
- 14. TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE REGISTRY, ITS AFFILIATES AND SERVICE PROVIDERS, AND IFFOR DISCLAIM IMPLIED WARRANTIES THAT THE .XXX TLD AND ALL SOFTWARE, CONTENT AND SERVICES DISTRIBUTED THROUGH THE REGISTRY, ITS AFFILIATES AND SERVICE PROVIDERS AND/OR IFFOR ARE MERCHANTABLE, OF SATISFACTORY QUALITY, ACCURATE, TIMELY, FIT FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NEED, OR NON-INFRINGING. THE REGISTRY, ITS AFFILIATES AND SERVICE PROVIDERS AND/OR IFFOR DO NOT GUARANTEE THAT ANY NAME IN THE .XXX TLD, IFFOR SERVICES, OR REGISTRY OPERATIONS WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, WILL BE ERROR-FREE, RELIABLE, WITHOUT INTERRUPTION OR AVAILABLE AT ALL TIMES. WE DO NOT GUARANTEE THAT THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE USE OF THE .XXX TLD, INCLUDING ANY SUPPORT SERVICES, WILL BE EFFECTIVE, RELIABLE, ACCURATE OR MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS. WE DO NOT GUARANTEE THAT YOU OR THIRD PARTIES WILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS OR USE ANY NAME IN THE .XXX TLD (EITHER DIRECTLY OR THROUGH THIRD-PARTY NETWORKS) AT TIMES OR LOCATIONS OF YOUR CHOOSING. NO ORAL OR WRITTEN INFORMATION OR ADVICE GIVEN BY A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE REGISTRY, ITS AFFILIATES AND SERVICE PROVIDERS, AND/OR IFFOR SHALL CREATE A WARRANTY REGARDING OPERATIONS OF THE REGISTRY OR ANY NAME IN THE .XXX TLD.
- THE REGISTRY, ITS AFFILIATES AND SERVICE PROVIDERS, AND/OR IFFOR SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF, INABILITY TO USE, OR RELIANCE UPON A NAME IN THE .XXX TLD. THESE EXCLUSIONS APPLY TO ANY CLAIMS FOR LOST PROFITS, LOST DATA, LOSS OF GOODWILL, WORK STOPPAGE, COMPUTER FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION, OR ANY OTHER COMMERCIAL DAMAGES OR LOSSES, EVEN IF THE REGISTRY, ITS AFFILIATES AND SERVICES PROVIDERS AND/OR IFFOR KNEW OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. BECAUSE SOME STATES OR JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, IN SUCH STATES OR JURISDICTIONS, THE REGISTRY’S LIABILITY, AND THE LIABILITY OF THE REGISTRY’S AFFILIATES AND SERVICE PROVIDERS, AND/OR IFFOR SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE MAXIUMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW. YOU FURTHER AGREE THAT IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGISTRY’S, ITS AFFILIATES AND SERVICE PROVIDERS, AND/OR IFFOR’S TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY EXCEED THE TOTAL AMOUNT PAID BY YOU FOR THE PARTICULAR PRODUCTS OR SERVICES THAT ARE THE SUBJECT OF THE CAUSE OF ACTION. YOU AGREE THAT THE RIGHTS STATED HEREIN SURVIVE TERMINATION OF THE REGISTRAR-REGISTRANT AGREEMENT AND THIS AGREEMENT.
You may have additional consumer rights under your local laws that this Agreement cannot change.
- The Registry reserves the right to modify, change, or discontinue any aspect of its services, agreements, this Agreement, including without limitation its prices and fees. You acknowledge and agree that the Registry, its affiliates and service providers, and/or IFFOR may provide any and all required notices, agreements, modifications and changes to this Agreement, and other information concerning the .XXX TLD electronically, by posting such items on the Registry Website. Your continued use of the Registry Website or your Registration and/or Reservation of any name in the .XXX TLD shall constitute your acceptance of the most current versions of those notices, agreements, modifications, and changes to this Agreement. In the event of any conflict between this Agreement and the notices, agreements, modifications or changes to this Agreement as posted from time to time on the Registry Website, the then-current terms of this Agreement posted on the Registry Website shall prevail.
- You represent and warrant that your use of the Registry and/or any name in the .XXX TLD will not be for any illegal purposes, including without limitation:
a. any purposes that promote or encourage the promotion of child pornography or the exploitation of minors in any way;
b. the infringement of the intellectual property rights of any other person or entity;
c. the impersonation of any person or entity, or the submission of information on behalf of any other person or entity, without their express prior written consent;
d. the violation of privacy or publicity rights of any other person or entity;
e. the promotion or engagement in any spam or other unsolicited bulk email, the promotion or engagement in any software viruses or any other computer code, files or programs designed to interrupt, destroy, or limit the functionality of any computer software, hardware, or telecommunications equipment or computer or network hacking or cracking; or
f. the interference with the operation of the Registry Website or services offered by the Registry and/or IFFOR.
- Names in the .XXX TLD are intended for and available to Applicants and Registrants who are at least eighteen (18) years of age. By submitting a Registration Request, creating a Registration, or maintaining a Registration you represent and warrant that you are at least eighteen (18) years of age.
- If you are entering into this Agreement on behalf of a corporate entity, you represent and warrant that you have the legal authority to bind such corporate entity to the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement, in which case the terms “you”, “your”, Applicant, or Registrant shall refer to such corporate entity. If, after your electronic acceptance of this Agreement, the Registry finds that you do not have the legal authority to bind such corporate entity, you will be personally responsible for the obligations contained in this Agreement, including but not limited to the payment obligations. The Registry shall not be liable for any loss or damage resulting from the Registry’s reliance on any instruction, notice, document, or communication reasonably believed by the Registry to be genuine and originating from an authorized representative of your corporate entity. If there is reasonable doubt about the authenticity of any such instruction, notice, document, or communication, the Registry reserves the right (but undertakes no duty) to require additional authentication from you.
- Registry Website may contain links to third party websites that are not owned or controlled by the Registry. The Registry assumes no responsibility for the content, terms and conditions, privacy policies, or practices of any third party websites, including without limitation its service providers or dispute resolution providers.
- No failure on the part of the Registry to exercise any power, right, privilege or remedy under this Agreement, and no delay on the part of the Registry in exercising any power, right, privilege or remedy under this Agreement, shall operate as a waiver of such power, right, privilege or remedy; and no single or partial exercise or waiver of any such power, right, privilege or remedy shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or of any other power, right, privilege or remedy. The Registry shall not be deemed to have waived any claim arising out of this Agreement, or any power, right, privilege or remedy under this Agreement, unless the waiver of such claim, power, right, privilege or remedy is expressly set forth in a written instrument duly executed by the Registry; and any such waiver shall not be applicable or have any effect except in the specific instance in which it is given.
- If any provision of this Agreement or the application thereof to any person, entity, or circumstances is determined to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the remainder hereof, and the application of such provision to such person, entity, or circumstances in any other jurisdiction, shall not be affected thereby, and to this end the provisions of this Agreement shall be severable.
- The Registry shall not be liable to you for any loss or damage resulting from any cause beyond its reasonable control (a “Force Majeure Event”) including, but not limited to, insurrection or civil disorder, war or military operations, national or local emergency, acts or omissions of government or other competent authority, compliance with any statutory obligation or executive order, fire, lightning, hurricane, explosion, flood, subsidence, weather of exceptional severity, and acts or omissions of persons of which the Registry is not responsible.
- This Agreement (including its schedules, the privacy policy, the auction rules, the launch plan and related policies, as well as the domain name dispute resolution policies which are incorporated herein by this reference and form a part of it) constitutes the entire agreement between the parties concerning the subject matter of this Agreement and supersedes any prior agreements, representations, statements, negotiations, understandings, proposals or undertakings, oral or written, between the parties with respect to the subject matter expressly set forth herein.
- In the event of termination of this Agreement, the following terms shall survive: Section 1.6, 1.9-1.15, 1.20, 1.23, and 1.25.
II. ADDITIONAL TERMS FOR ALL SUNRISE APPLICANTS AND ALL LANDRUSH APPLICANTS
- 1. At the close of the Sunrise period, if more than one Sunrise application of any kind (AT, AD, or B) is made for a domain name, all Sunrise Applicants for that name will be notified of the claims made by the other Sunrise Applicants for that name and that name will proceed to auction, in accordance with the Auction Rules. You agree to be bound by the Auction Rules. In furtherance of this provision, by submitting a Sunrise application you agree that the Registry and/or its Validation Agent is authorized to share information relating to your Sunrise application with other Sunrise Applicants. In the event any Sunrise Applicant proceeds with a Registration, such Applicant will be deemed on notice of the intellectual property claims submitted by the other Sunrise Applicant(s) and may not claim lack of notice with regard to such Applicant(s) in any subsequent dispute proceeding. You acknowledge and agree that you may not use proxy services during the Sunrise period.
- 2. At the close of the Landrush period, if more than one Landrush application is made for a domain name, all Landrush applicants will be notified that the domain name will proceed to auction, in accordance with Auction Rules. You agree to be bound by the Auction Rules. You acknowledge and agree that you may not use proxy services during the Landrush period.
III. ADDITIONAL TERMS FOR SUNRISE B (NON-COMMUNITY TRADEMARK) APPLICANTS
- If you have submitted a Reservation Request under the Registry’s Sunrise B procedure, you acknowledge and agree that if your application is successful, your Reservation will not result in a Registration, does not convey any additional rights, including without limitation any additional intellectual property rights, and queries will resolve to a standard page that indicates that the name is reserved. You further acknowledge and agree that you may not in the future elect to convert this Reservation to a resolving Registration.
- 2. You acknowledge and agree that the Registry, its affiliates and service providers, and IFFOR shall have no liability of any kind for any direct or indirect loss or liability resulting from or arising in connection with the Sunrise processes, including, without limitation: (a) your ability or inability to reserve a name in the .XXX TLD through this process, and (b) any dispute between any parties arising in connection with this process.
20. SEVERABILITY
You agree that the terms of this Agreement are severable. If any term or provision
is declared invalid or unenforceable, that term or provision will be construed consistent
with applicable law as nearly as possible to reflect the original intentions of
the parties, and the remaining terms and provisions will remain in full force and
effect.
21. NON-AGENCY
Nothing contained in this Agreement or the Dispute Policy shall be construed as
creating any agency, partnership, or other form of joint enterprise between the
parties.
22. HEADING
Heading used in this agreement are for reference purposes only and in no way define,
limit, construe or describe the scope or extent of such clause or in any way affect
this agreement.
23. NOTICE
You agree that, unless other instructions are posted on the Net4India's Web
site, any notices required to be given under this Agreement will be deemed to have
been given if delivered by email or fax, or sent by certified mail, return receipt
requested, or other recognized overnight delivery service to each of the parties
in accordance with the most current contact information you have provided to us.
All notices shall be effective upon receipt, except that email and fax notices shall
be effective upon transmission. Mail shall be sent to:
Net 4 India Limited
AB-11, Community Centre,
Safdarjung Enclave
New Delhi-110029
Fax No.- 91-11-41653217
Email- legal@net4india.net
24. NON-WAIVER
Our failure to require performance by the Registrant of any provision hereof
shall not affect the full right to require such performance at any time thereafter;
nor shall the waiver by us of a breach of any provision hereof be taken or held
to be a waiver of the provision itself.
25. ENTIRETY
You agree that this Agreement, the rules and policies published by us and
the Dispute Policy are the complete and exclusive agreement between you and us regarding
our Services. This Agreement and the Dispute Policy supersede all prior agreements
and understandings, whether established by custom, practice, policy or precedent.
26. GOVERNING LAW
This Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws
of Union of India. Both parties agree to submit to the jurisdiction to the National
Capital Territory Region of Delhi.
27. INFANCY
You attest that you are of legal age to enter into this Agreement.
28. ACCEPTANCE OF AGREEMENT
YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THIS AGREEMENT AND AGREE TO ALL ITS TERMS AND
CONDITIONS AND AFTER AGREEING WITH ALL THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT
AND DISPUTE POLICY YOU ARE FILLING DOMAIN NAME REGISTRATION FORM. YOU HAVE INDEPENDENTLY
EVALUATED THE DESIRABILITY OF PARTICIPATING IN THE AFFILIATE NETWORK AND ARE NOT
RELYING ON ANY REPRESENTATION, GUARANTEE OR STATEMENT OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH IN
THIS AGREEMENT.
Registrant Rights and Responsibilities
I (b) DOMAIN NAME DISPUTE POLICY
The policy is between Net 4 India Limited and its customer (the domain-name holder
or registrant). Thus the policy uses "us”, “we" and "our" to refer to the registrar
and it uses "you" and "your" to refer to the domain name holder.
Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy
(As Approved by ICANN on October 24, 1999)
1. PURPOSE
This Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the "Policy"), which
has been adopted by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ("ICANN"),
is incorporated by reference into your Registration Agreement, and sets forth the
terms and conditions in connection with a dispute between you and any party other
than us (the registrar) over the registration and use of an Internet domain name
registered by you. Proceedings under
Paragraph 4 of this Policy will be conducted according to the Rules
for Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the "Rules of Procedure"), which
are available at www.icann.org/udrp/udrp-rules-24oct99.htm
, and the selected administrative-dispute-resolution service provider's supplemental
rules.
2. YOUR REPRESENTATION
By applying to register a domain name, or by asking us to maintain or renew
a domain name registration, you hereby represent and warrant to us that
(a) the statements that you made in your Registration Agreement
are complete and accurate;
(b) to your knowledge, the registration of the domain name will
not infringe upon or otherwise violate the rights of any third party;
(c) you are not registering the domain name for an unlawful purpose;
and
(d) you will not knowingly use the domain name in violation of
any applicable laws or regulations. It is your responsibility to determine whether
your domain name registration infringes or violates someone else's rights.
3. CANCELLATION, TRANSFERS AND CHANGES
We will cancel, transfer or otherwise make changes to domain name registrations
under the following circumstances:
a. subject to the provisions of Paragraph 8, on receipt of
written or appropriate electronic instructions from you or your authorized agent
to take such action;
b. on receipt of an order from a court or arbitral tribunal, in
each case of competent jurisdiction, requiring such action; and/or
c. our receipt of a decision of an Administrative Panel requiring
such action in any administrative proceeding to which you were a party and which
was conducted under this Policy or a later version of this Policy adopted by ICANN.
(See Paragraph 4(i) and (k) below.)
We may also cancel, transfer or otherwise make changes to a domain name registration
in accordance with the terms of your Registration Agreement or other legal requirements.
4. MANDATORY ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING
This Paragraph sets forth the type of disputes for which you are required
to submit to a mandatory administrative proceeding. These proceedings will be conducted
before one of the administrative-dispute-resolution service providers listed at
www.icann.org/udrp/approved-providers.htm
.
a. Applicable Disputes: You are required to submit to a mandatory
administrative proceeding in the event that a third party (a "complainant") asserts
to the applicable Provider, in compliance with the Rules of Procedure, that
(i) your domain name is identical or confusingly similar to a trademark or service
mark in which the complainant has rights;
(ii) you have no rights or legitimate interests in respect of the domain name; and
(iii) your domain name has been registered and is being used in bad faith. In the
administrative proceeding, the complainant must prove that each of these three elements
is present.
b. Evidence of Registration and Use in Bad Faith: For the purposes
of Paragraph 4(a)(iii), the following circumstances, in particular but without limitation,
if found by the Panel to be present, shall be evidence of the registration and use
of a domain name in bad faith:
(i) circumstances indicating that you have registered or you have acquired the domain
name primarily for the purpose of selling, renting, or otherwise transferring the
domain name registration to the complainant who is the owner of the trademark or
service mark or to a competitor of that complainant, for valuable consideration
in excess of your documented out-of-pocket costs directly related to the domain
name; or
(ii) you have registered the domain name in order to prevent the owner of the trademark
or service mark from reflecting the mark in a corresponding domain name, provided
that you have engaged in a pattern of such conduct; or
(iii) you have registered the domain name primarily for the purpose of disrupting
the business of a competitor; or
(iv) by using the domain name, you have intentionally attempted to attract, for
commercial gain, Internet users to your web site or other on-line location, by creating
a likelihood of confusion with the complainant's mark as to the source, sponsorship,
affiliation, or endorsement of your web site or location or of a product or service
on your web site or location.
c. How to Demonstrate Your Rights to and Legitimate Interests in the Domain
Name in Responding to a Complaint: When you receive a complaint, you
should refer to Paragraph 5 of the Rules of Procedure in determining how your response
should be prepared. Any of the following circumstances, in particular but without
limitation, if found by the Panel to be proved based on its evaluation of all evidence
presented, shall demonstrate your rights or legitimate interests to the domain name
for purposes of Paragraph 4(a)(ii):
(i) before any notice to you of the dispute, your use of, or demonstrable preparations
to use, the domain name or a name corresponding to the domain name in connection
with a bona fide offering of goods or services; or
(ii) you (as an individual, business, or other organization) have been commonly
known by the domain name, even if you have acquired no trademark or service mark
rights; or
(iii) you are making a legitimate noncommercial or fair use of the domain name,
without intent for commercial gain to misleadingly divert consumers or to tarnish
the trademark or service mark at issue.
d. Selection of Provider: The complainant shall select the Provider
from among those approved by ICANN by submitting the complaint to that Provider.
The selected Provider will administer the proceeding, except in cases of consolidation
as described in Paragraph 4(f).
e. Initiation of Proceeding and Process and Appointment of Administrative Panel:
The Rules of Procedure state the process for initiating and conducting
a proceeding and for appointing the panel that will decide the dispute (the "Administrative
Panel").
f. Consolidation: In the event of multiple disputes between you
and a complainant, either you or the complainant may petition to consolidate the
disputes before a single Administrative Panel. This petition shall be made to the
first Administrative Panel appointed to hear a pending dispute between the parties.
This Administrative Panel may consolidate before it any or all such disputes in
its sole discretion, provided that the disputes, being consolidated, are governed
by this Policy or a later version of this Policy adopted by ICANN.
g. Fees: All fees charged by a Provider in connection with any
dispute before an Administrative Panel pursuant to this Policy shall be paid by
the complainant, except in cases where you elect to expand the Administrative Panel
from one to three panelists as provided in Paragraph 5(b)(iv) of the Rules of Procedure,
in which case all fees will be split evenly by you and the complainant.
h. Our Involvement in Administrative Proceedings: We do not, and
will not, participate in the administration or conduct of any proceeding before
an Administrative Panel. In addition, we will not be liable as a result of any decisions
rendered by the Administrative Panel.
i. Remedies: The remedies available to a complainant pursuant to
any proceeding before an Administrative Panel shall be limited to requiring the
cancellation of your domain name or the transfer of your domain name registration
to the complainant.
j. Notification and Publication: The Provider shall notify us of
any decision made by an Administrative Panel with respect to a domain name you have
registered with us. All decisions under this Policy will be published in full over
the Internet, except when an Administrative Panel determines in an exceptional case
to redact portions of its decision.
k. Availability of Court Proceedings: The mandatory administrative
proceeding requirements set forth in Paragraph 4 shall not prevent either you or
the complainant from submitting the dispute to a court of competent jurisdiction
for independent resolution before such mandatory administrative proceeding is commenced
or after such proceeding is concluded. If an Administrative Panel decides that your
domain name registration should be canceled or transferred, we will wait ten (10)
business days (as observed in the location of our principal office) after we are
informed by the applicable Provider of the Administrative Panel's decision before
implementing that decision. We will then implement the decision unless we have received
from you during that ten (10) business day period official documentation (such as
a copy of a complaint, file-stamped by the clerk of the court) that you have commenced
a lawsuit against the complainant in a jurisdiction to which the complainant has
submitted under Paragraph 3(b) (xiii) of the Rules of Procedure. (In general, that
jurisdiction is either the location of our principal office or of your address as
shown in our Whois database. See Paragraphs 1 and 3(b) (xiii) of the Rules of Procedure
for details.) If we receive such documentation within the ten (10) business day
period, we will not implement the Administrative Panel's decision, and we will take
no further action, until we receive (i) evidence satisfactory to us of a resolution
between the parties; (ii) evidence satisfactory to us that your lawsuit has been
dismissed or withdrawn; or (iii) a copy of an order from such court dismissing your
lawsuit or ordering that you do not have the right to continue to use your domain
name.
5. ALL OTHER DISPUTES AND LITIGATION
All other disputes between you and any party other than us regarding your
domain name registration that are not brought pursuant to the mandatory administrative
proceeding provisions of Paragraph 4 shall be resolved between you and such other
party through any court, arbitration or other proceeding that may be available.
6. OUR INVOLVEMENT IN DISPUTES
We will not participate in any way in any dispute between you and any party
other than us regarding the registration and use of your domain name. You shall
not name us as a party or otherwise include us in any such proceeding. In the event
that we are named as a party in any such proceeding, we reserve the right to raise
any and all defenses deemed appropriate, and to take any other action necessary
to defend ourselves.
7. MAINTAINING THE STATUS QUO
We will not cancel, transfer, activate, deactivate, or otherwise change the
status of any domain name registration under this Policy except as provided in Paragraph
3 above.
8. TRANSFERS DURING A DISPUTE
a. Transfers of a Domain Name to a New Holder: You
may not transfer your domain name registration to another holder (i) during a pending
administrative proceeding brought pursuant to Paragraph 4 or for a period of fifteen
(15) business days (as observed in the location of our principal place of business)
after such proceeding is concluded; or (ii) during a pending court proceeding or
arbitration commenced regarding your domain name unless the party to whom the domain
name registration is being transferred agrees, in writing, to be bound by the decision
of the court or arbitrator. We reserve the right to cancel any transfer of a domain
name registration to another holder that is made in violation of this subparagraph.
b. Changing Registrars: You may not transfer your domain name registration
to another registrar during a pending administrative proceeding brought pursuant
to Paragraph 4 or for a period of fifteen (15) business days (as observed in the
location of our principal place of business) after such proceeding is concluded.
You may transfer administration of your domain name registration to another registrar
during a pending court action or arbitration, provided that the domain name you
have registered with us shall continue to be subject to the proceedings commenced
against you in accordance with the terms of this Policy. In the event that you transfer
a domain name registration to us during the pendency of a court action or arbitration,
such dispute shall remain subject to the domain name dispute policy of the registrar
from which the domain name registration was transferred.
9. POLICY MODIFICATION
We reserve the right to modify this Policy at any time with the permission
of ICANN. We will post our revised Policy
at least thirty (30) calendar days before it becomes effective. Unless this Policy
has already been invoked by the submission of a complaint to a Provider, in which
event the version of the Policy in effect at the time it was invoked will apply
to you until the dispute is over, all such changes will be binding upon you with
respect to any domain name registration dispute, whether the dispute arose before,
on or after the effective date of our change. In the event that you object to a
change in this Policy, your sole remedy is to cancel your domain name registration
with us, provided that you will not be entitled to refund of fees paid
to us. The revised Policy will apply to you until you cancel your domain name registration.
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