Loading!Domain Names have a variety of basic rules for registration including acceptable characters. Whilst these vary in some respects from registrar to registrar there are some fundamental rules which apply to all.
As a guideline, see the following:
| Permitted Characters | Permitted Length | Additional Rules | |
| .com/.net/.org/.info | Letters (a-z) Numbers (0-9) Hyphens (-) |
From 3 to 63 characters.(Not including the extensions) | May not begin or end with a hyphen |
| .biz | From 3 to 63 characters.(Not including the extensions) | Only for bona-fide business use | |
| .tv | Must have less than 63 characters.(Not including .TV) | May not begin or end with a hyphen | |
| .co.uk | From 2 to 63 characters.(Not including the extensions) | May not begin or end with a hyphen |
NOTE: Domain names are not case sensitive. This means that an uppercase and a lowercase letter are considered to be the same. (AAA.com. aaa.com, and AaA.com are all the same domain name.)
Acceptable characters include letters (A-Z), numbers (0-9), and hyphens (-).
1. These domain names may not begin or end with a hyphen.
2. Must have more than 3 characters and less than 64 characters. (not including
.com, .net, .org or .info)
Acceptable characters include letters (A-Z), numbers (0-9), and hyphens (-).
1. These domain names may not begin or end with a hyphen.
2. Must have more than 3 characters and less than 64 characters. (not including
.biz)
3. Registrations in the .biz TLD must be used or intended to be used primarily
for bona fide business or commercial purpose.
Acceptable characters include letters (A-Z), numbers (0-9), and hyphens (-).
1. These domain names may not begin or end with a hyphen.
2. Must have less than 64 characters. (not including .tv)
Acceptable characters include letters (A-Z), numbers (0-9), and hyphens (-).
1. These domain names may not begin or end with a hyphen.
2. Must have more than 3 characters and less than 64 characters. (not including
.com, .net, .org or .info)
As stated previously this list is not exhaustive. We make every effort to ensure that our registration systems do not allow you to bypass these registration rules however there are some occasions where this may not be possible and our checking procedures may fail. Clients are always advised to seek guidance if they are at all unsure about the domain name they have chosen and its validity. Due to the variety of possible causes for the failure of the domain name validity checker, we cannot be held responsible if a customer attempts to register an invalid domain and that this request is subsequently accepted by our systems. Acceptance of the invalid order by our systems does not constitute acceptance of the domains registration by the relevant domain registry.
4.1 We are an accredited registrar with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ("ICANN") for various generic top-level domain names including .com, .net, .org, .biz, .info, and .name ("gTLDs"). The company Limited also may, in its sole discretion, accept applications to register and renew certain gTLD names in non-roman alphabet languages (e.g., Japanese, Chinese, and Korean).
4.2 Registrant agrees, as a condition to submitting this Registration Agreement, and if the Registration Agreement is accepted by us, that on successful registration of any domain name under this Agreement, the Registrant is bound by our current dispute policy and the dispute policy procedures. Registrant acknowledges that the dispute policy described in this clause 4 is the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the "URDP Dispute Policy"). Registrant agrees that in respect of the pre-registration or registration of any domain names, other dispute policies may apply as specified by the registry administrator of those domain names from time to time. Registrant agrees that we may change or modify the UDRP Dispute Policy, incorporated by reference herein, at any time. Registrant agrees that Registrant's maintaining the registration of a domain name after changes or modifications to the UDRP Dispute Policy become effective constitutes Registrant's continued acceptance of these changes or modifications.
Registrant agrees that any dispute relating to registration or use of its domain name will be subject to the provisions specified in the UDRP Dispute Policy. Without prejudice to other potentially applicable jurisdictions, Registrant submits to the jurisdiction of the courts as provided in the UDRP clicking here >>.
Customers who register domains names that are found to in breach of the UDRP Dispute policy rules will not receive refunds.
1.2.1 Should you seek to register a .TEL op level domain, you must agree to be bound by the following additional terms:
1.2.2 Responsibility for Content The Registrant is solely and fully responsible for all information, data and text ("Content") provided in connection with the .Tel Domain Name. The name service provider, its service providers and designees shall have the right (but not the obligation) in their sole discretion to refuse or remove any content.
1.2.3 Use of Information The Registrant agrees to provide updated, current Content. If The Registrant provides information about a third Party or employer, The Registrant hereby represents and warrants that it has (a) provided notice to that third Party of the disclosure and use of that Party's information in connection with the Domain Name, and (b) obtained that third Party's express consent to the disclosure and use of that Party's information. The Registrant expressly consents to the use of Content by Telnic and its service providers to provide the Services, to conduct analyses related to the Services, and as otherwise described in Telnic's posted privacy policy.
1.2.6 Representations and Warranties. By submitting a request for a domain name, Registrant represents and warrants that:
to its knowledge, the Content does not and will not infringe upon or otherwise violate the rights of any third Party;
it does not intend to use the Content for any unlawful purposes;
it will not knowingly submit Content in violation of any applicable laws or regulations or of the rights of any third parties
Landrush .tel renewal rate - .tel domain name registered during the Landrush period will be renewed at a standard rate £25.00 per domain year.
Easyspace Ltd. reserves the right to end this service or amend the terms and conditions of this service at any time without prior notice or consent.it will comply with the TLD Requirements.
1.2.7 Communications with the Registrant. Registrant hereby agrees that Telnic shall have the right to communicate directly with the Registrant in connection with any issue relating to a domain name and the Registrant's membership of the .tel community. The Registrant will respond promptly to such communications from Telnic and will resolve any errors in Content notified to the Registrant.
1.2.8 Jurisdiction and Applicable Law. Any dispute, controversy or claim between the Registrant and Telnic relating to a Domain Name or a request for a Domain Name shall be subject to the laws of England and Wales and the Parties submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.
1.3 In addition to registering and renewing gTLD domain name registrations, we also register and renew various country code top level domains ("ccTLDs"). The registry administrator for each ccTLD varies by individual country code. By agreeing to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, you are also agreeing to be bound by the rules and regulations set forth by these registry administrators for their respective registries only. We may, in its sole discretion, elect to discontinue offering registrations or renewals of some or all ccTLDs.
1.4 As a domain name registrar, the company is, upon accepting your application to register or renew a domain name, your sponsor for that application. No domain name registrations shall be deemed effective unless and until we deliver the domain name registration or renewal application you provide us to the appropriate registry administrator, as applicable, and that registry administrator accepts your application and activates your domain name registration or renewal. You will be entitled to a refund only if your registration is unsuccessful.
1.5 You acknowledge and agree that the company does not guarantee that you will be able to register or renew a desired domain name, even if our systems indicate that domain name is available or you are able to complete an order with respect to such name. You also understand that the company cannot know with certainty whether or not the domain name which you are seeking to register is simultaneously being sought by a third party, or whether there are any inaccuracies or errors in the domain name registration or renewal process or related databases, including the various WHOIS or other registry databases. You also acknowledge and agree that the company is not responsible for any inaccuracies or errors in the domain name registration or renewal process. You are solely responsible for making sure that your registration or renewal has been properly processed. You further acknowledge and agree that the company may elect to accept or reject your application for registration or renewal for any reason at its sole discretion, such rejection including, but not limited to, rejection due to a request for registration or renewal of a prohibited domain name. You also acknowledge and agree that the company is not liable or responsible in any way for any errors, omissions or any other actions by any third party including any registry administrator arising out of or related to your application for and registration of, renewal of, or failure to register or renew a particular domain name.
1.6 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 connection with such registration, maintenance, or renewal are complete and accurate, and your contact information will be kept current; (b) 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 use the domain name in violation of any applicable laws or regulations or the company's rules or policies. You agree and acknowledge that it is your responsibility to determine whether your domain name registration or use infringes or violates someone else's rights, including, but not limited to, whether any foreign language translations of your domain name, either between roman-alphabet languages, between non-roman alphabet languages, or between roman-alphabet and non-roman alphabet languages, infringe or violate someone else's rights.
1.7 We considers the entity named as the administrative contact for the domain name at the time the controlling User name and password are secured to be the registrant of that domain name and that entity is your agent with full authority to act on your behalf with respect to the domain name registration or any other services obtained from us, including (but not limited to) the authority to terminate, transfer (where permitted by the Agreement), or modify such services, or obtain additional services.
1.8 The transfer of a domain name to another registrar or a new registrant by the existing registrant may result in any services associated with the domain name being terminated.
1.9 You acknowledge and agree that the company cannot guarantee the functionality of non-roman alphabet language domain names, or that its non-roman alphabet language registration service will be error-free, in that the company cannot know with certainty whether or not the non-roman alphabet language domain name you are seeking to register or renew will be translated properly by the Internationalized Domain Name System. Furthermore, you acknowledge that the company or the registry administrator may be required to suspend, modify or cancel your non-roman alphabet language registration in order to comply with new ICANN or IETF rules, regulations or standards that apply to such registrations.
1.10 You agree that the company may modify this Agreement, as well as any additional rules or policies that are or may be published by the company as necessary to comply with the company's ICANN agreement, or with any other agreements that the company is currently bound by or will be bound by in the future, or for any other reason in the company's sole discretion.
1.11 In addition to such other information that we may require you to provide in order to obtain the Services, the company requires that you submit the following information in connection with domain name registration, administration and renewal services:
1.11.1 Domain Name Registration, Administration and Renewal Services
Domain Name Registration, Administration and Renewal Services The information you are obligated to provide and keep current in connection with your use of the company's domain name registration, administration, and renewal services is the following:
Your full name (or the name of the entity and authorized contact person, if registration is for an organization, corporation or association), postal address, email address, voice telephone number, and fax number, where available;
The domain name being registered; and
The name, postal address, email address, voice telephone number, and where available, fax number for the administrative contact, technical contact and billing contact for the domain name registration.
You acknowledge and agree that when you renew a domain name registration, the type of information you are required to provide may have changed. If you do not wish to provide the new required information, the registration may not be renewed, in the company’s sole discretion.
1.11.2 Additional Information Maintained In addition to the information you provide, we maintain records relating to any domain name application received by The company, as well as any domain name registered through, administered, or renewed by The company. We also maintain records relating to other Services that we provide to you. These records may include, but are not limited to:
- The original creation date of a domain name registration, renewal, or request for Services;
- The submission date and time of a registration or renewal application, or request for Services to us and by us to the proper registry;
- Communications (electronic or paper form) constituting submissions, forwarding, modifications, or terminations of service and related correspondence between you and us;
- Records of your account, including dates and amounts of all payments and refunds;
- The IP addresses of the primary nameserver and any secondary nameservers for the domain name;
- The corresponding names of those nameservers;
- The name, postal address, email address, voice telephone number, and where available, fax number of the zone contact for a domain name;
- The expiration date of a domain name registration; and
- Information regarding all other activity between you and us regarding your use of the services.
1.12 In the event that (i) in applying for Service(s) or the registration of a domain name you are providing information about a third party, or (ii) you license a domain name registered in your name to a third party, you hereby represent and warrant that you have (a) provided notice to that third party of the disclosure and use of that party's information as set forth in this Agreement, and (b) obtained that third party's express consent to the disclosure and use of that party's information as set forth in this Agreement.
1.13 You acknowledge and agree that wilfully providing inaccurate or unreliable information or wilfully failing to update information promptly will constitute a material breach of this Agreement that will be a sufficient basis for cancellation of your domain name registration or Service(s), in our sole discretion. You further acknowledge and agree that your failure to respond for over fifteen (15) calendar days to an inquiry by The company Limited concerning the accuracy of contact details associated with your domain name registration shall constitute a material breach of this Agreement and will be a sufficient basis for cancellation of your domain name registration.
1.14 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, available at ICANN's site. For bulk services in respect of the registration data which are provided by The company Limited, if the Registrant does not consent to the use of such information for inclusion in registers and data bases produced by The company Limited or its licensees, then the Registrant is required to provide non consent verification stating name, address, date and signed by the appropriate authorised individual. This must be sent to Lister Pavilion, Kelvin Campus, West of Scotland Science Park, Glasgow , G20 0SP , UK .
1.15 You hereby consent to any and all such disclosures and use of, guidelines, limits and restrictions on disclosure or use of, information provided by you in connection with the registration of a domain name or use of any Services (including any updates to such information), whether during or after the term of your registration of a domain name or other Services. You hereby irrevocably waive any and all claims and causes of action you may have arising from such disclosure or use of information provided by you by The company Limited.
1.16 We will not process data about any identified or identifiable natural person that we obtain from you in a way incompatible with the purposes and other limitations which we describe in this Agreement.
1.17 The company Limited will take reasonable precautions to protect the information it obtains from you from our loss, misuse, unauthorised access or disclosure or use, or alteration or destruction, of that information. The company Limited will have no liability to you or any third party to the extent such reasonable precautions are taken.
1.18 You acknowledge and agree that The company Limited owns all database, compilation, collective and similar rights, title and interest worldwide in our domain name and other proprietary information databases, and all information and derivative works generated from those databases. Additionally, you hereby grant to The company Limited a nonexclusive, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, fully paid-up right and license to use in our business, however it evolves, including the rights to copy, distribute, display, perform, transmit, prepare derivative works from or otherwise use without restriction the following information: (a) the original creation date of a domain name registration or other Service, (b) the expiration date of a domain name registration or other Service, (c) the name, postal address, email address, voice telephone number, and where available fax number of the contact person for a Service, or of the registrant, technical contact, administrative contact, zone contact and billing contact for a domain name registration, (d) any other information concerning a registered domain name or Service that appears or may appear in a WHOIS database or The company Limited database, and (e) any other information we generate or obtain in connection with the provision of the Services. The company Limited does not have any ownership interest in your specific personal registration information or other information other than our rights in our domain name and The company Limited databases.
1.19 You agree that you may not transfer a domain name registration to another domain name registrar during the first sixty (60) days from the effective date of the initial domain name registration with us. After that time, you may transfer your domain name registration to a third party domain name registrar of your choice, subject to our then-current policies and procedures incorporated herein by reference.
1.20 You agree that, if you are using the Services for someone else, you represent and warrant that you have: (a) provided notice to that third party of your intent to purchase the Service(s); (b) obtained that third party's express consent to purchase the Service(s) on its behalf; and (c) the authority to nonetheless bind that person as a principal to all terms and conditions provided herein, including the UDRP. (A current copy of the UDRP is available at UDRP Policy). You accept liability for harm caused by wrongful use of the Services.
1.21 You agree that if you license the use of a domain name or other Service registered in your name to a third party, you nonetheless remain the Service holder of record, and remain responsible for all obligations under this Agreement, including but not limited to payment obligations, and providing (and updating, as necessary) both your own full contact information, and accurate technical, administrative, billing and zone contact information adequate to facilitate timely resolution of any problems that arise in connection with the domain name registration or Service. As further required by ICANN, you shall accept liability for harm caused by wrongful use of the domain name registration, unless you promptly disclose the identity of the licensee to a party providing you with reasonable evidence of actionable harm.
1.22 You further acknowledge and agree that your domain name registration is subject to suspension, cancellation, transfer or modification pursuant to the terms of any rules or policies applicable to your domain name registration, including, but not limited to (i) the UDRP, (ii) any ICANN adopted policy, (iii) any registrar (including The company Limited) or registry administrator procedures, or (iv) any other ccTLD registry administrator procedures. You also agree that The company Limited shall have the right in its sole discretion to suspend, cancel, transfer or otherwise modify your domain name registration at such time as The company Limited receives what reasonably appears to be (a) an authentic notification from a court of competent jurisdiction, or (b) an arbitration award requiring the suspension, cancellation, transfer or modification of your domain name registration.
1.23 Except as otherwise set forth in the UDRP or any similar ccTLD policy with respect to any dispute over a domain name registration, this Agreement, your rights and obligations and all actions contemplated by this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of Scotland , as if the Agreement was a contract wholly entered into and wholly performed within Scotland . Except as otherwise set forth in the UDRP or any similar ccTLD policy with respect to any dispute over a domain name registration, any action to enforce this Agreement or any matter relating to your use of the company Limited site shall be brought exclusively in the courts of Scotland.
1.24 Notwithstanding the forgoing, for the adjudication of third party disputes (i.e., disputes between yourself and another party, not The company Limited) concerning or arising from use of domain names registered hereunder, you acknowledge and agree that you shall submit, without prejudice to other potentially applicable jurisdictions, to the jurisdiction of the courts (a) of the domain name holder's domicile, and (b) England and Wales.
1.25 You agree that, unless other instructions are posted on The company'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 by Federal Express 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.
In the sunrise period, the cost to apply for a .eu domain name is £134. A partial refund is made to you in some cases, if your application is unsuccessful:
If you fail to send the required evidence within 40 days to the Validation Agents, or if your application is not considered by the registry (e.g. your chosen domain has already been awarded to another party), then you will receive a refund of £84.
If you submit your evidence and it is examined by the Validation Agent, whether your application is successful or not, no refund will be made.
If you are eligible for a refund, then Easyspace will process this once the registry returns our fees. The prices quoted here are exclusive of VAT.
The default holding page used by Easyspace displays advertising links. All advertising links are dynamically generated. For customers who do not want links appearing under their domain, a replacement page must be uploaded. This can be done by creating a new page and uploading (if you have hosting) or by taking advantage of the free web page available to all domain holders via the Easyspace Control Panel.
1.31 Customers with the Domain Management Service package will have all domain names on their account automatically renewed. A statement will be sent each month detailing the domains that will be auto-renewed the following month. It is your responsibility to notify Easyspace of any domains which are NOT to be renewed, a minimum of 14 days before the expiry date of the domain. Failure to notify Easyspace of a domain to be cancelled will result in the domain being renewed and you will be liable for the full renewal fee at the prevailing rate. All other services will also auto-renew, e.g. web hosting, in the same manner.
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") 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 to view below , and the selected administrative-dispute-resolution service provider's supplemental rules.
2. Your Representations
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. Cancellations, 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, our receipt of written or appropriate electronic instructions from you or your authorized agent to take such action;
b. our 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 (each, a "Provider").
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; and
(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 are 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 Modifications
We reserve the right to modify this Policy at any time with the permission of ICANN. We will post our revised Policy at <URL> 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 a refund of any fees you paid to us. The revised Policy will apply to you until you cancel your domain name registration.
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Administrative proceedings for the resolution of disputes under the Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy adopted by ICANN shall be governed by these Rules and also the Supplemental Rules of the Provider administering the proceedings, as posted on its web site.
In these Rules:
Complainant means the party initiating a complaint concerning a domain-name registration.
ICANN refers to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers.
Mutual Jurisdiction means a court jurisdiction at the location of either (a) the principal office of the Registrar (provided the domain-name holder has submitted in its Registration Agreement to that jurisdiction for court adjudication of disputes concerning or arising from the use of the domain name) or (b) the domain-name holder's address as shown for the registration of the domain name in Registrar's Whois database at the time the complaint is submitted to the Provider.
Panel means an administrative panel appointed by a Provider to decide a complaint concerning a domain-name registration.
Panelist means an individual appointed by a Provider to be a member of a Panel.
Party means a Complainant or a Respondent.
Policy means the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy that is incorporated by reference and made a part of the Registration Agreement.
Provider means a dispute-resolution service provider approved by ICANN. A list of such Providers appears at www.icann.org/udrp/approved-providers.htm.
Registrar means the entity with which the Respondent has registered a domain name that is the subject of a complaint.
Registration Agreement means the agreement between a Registrar and a domain-name holder.
Respondent means the holder of a domain-name registration against which a complaint is initiated.
Reverse Domain Name Hijacking means using the Policy in bad faith to attempt to deprive a registered domain-name holder of a domain name.
Supplemental Rules means the rules adopted by the Provider administering a proceeding to supplement these Rules. Supplemental Rules shall not be inconsistent with the Policy or these Rules and shall cover such topics as fees, word and page limits and guidelines, the means for communicating with the Provider and the Panel, and the form of cover sheets.
(a) When forwarding a complaint to the Respondent, it shall be the Provider's responsibility to employ reasonably available means calculated to achieve actual notice to Respondent. Achieving actual notice, or employing the following measures to do so, shall discharge this responsibility:
(i) sending the complaint to all postal-mail and facsimile addresses (A) shown in the domain name's registration data in Registrar's Whois database for the registered domain-name holder, the technical contact, and the administrative contact and (B) supplied by Registrar to the Provider for the registration's billing contact; and
(ii) sending the complaint in electronic form (including annexes to the extent available in that form) by e-mail to:
(A) the e-mail addresses for those technical, administrative, and billing contacts;
(B) postmaster@<the contested domain name>; and
(C) if the domain name (or "www." followed by the domain name) resolves to an active web page (other than a generic page the Provider concludes is maintained by a registrar or ISP for parking domain-names registered by multiple domain-name holders), any e-mail address shown or e-mail links on that web page; and
(iii) sending the complaint to any address the Respondent has notified the Provider it prefers and, to the extent practicable, to all other addresses provided to the Provider by Complainant under Paragraph 3(b)(v).
(b) Except as provided in Paragraph 2(a), any written communication to Complainant or Respondent provided for under these Rules shall be made by the preferred means stated by the Complainant or Respondent, respectively (see Paragraphs 3(b)(iii) and 5(b)(iii)), or in the absence of such specification
(i) by telecopy or facsimile transmission, with a confirmation of transmission; or
(ii) by postal or courier service, postage pre-paid and return receipt requested; or
(iii) electronically via the Internet, provided a record of its transmission is available.
(c) Any communication to the Provider or the Panel shall be made by the means and in the manner (including number of copies) stated in the Provider's Supplemental Rules.
(d) Communications shall be made in the language prescribed in Paragraph 11. E-mail communications should, if practicable, be sent in plaintext.
(e) Either Party may update its contact details by notifying the Provider and the Registrar.
(f) Except as otherwise provided in these Rules, or decided by a Panel, all communications provided for under these Rules shall be deemed to have been made:
(i) if delivered by telecopy or facsimile transmission, on the date shown on the confirmation of transmission; or
(ii) if by postal or courier service, on the date marked on the receipt; or
(iii) if via the Internet, on the date that the communication was transmitted, provided that the date of transmission is verifiable.
(g) Except as otherwise provided in these Rules, all time periods calculated under these Rules to begin when a communication is made shall begin to run on the earliest date that the communication is deemed to have been made in accordance with Paragraph 2(f).
(h) Any communication by
(i) a Panel to any Party shall be copied to the Provider and to the other Party;
(ii) the Provider to any Party shall be copied to the other Party; and
(iii) a Party shall be copied to the other Party, the Panel and the Provider, as the case may be.
(i) It shall be the responsibility of the sender to retain records of the fact and circumstances of sending, which shall be available for inspection by affected parties and for reporting purposes.
(j) In the event a Party sending a communication receives notification of non-delivery of the communication, the Party shall promptly notify the Panel (or, if no Panel is yet appointed, the Provider) of the circumstances of the notification. Further proceedings concerning the communication and any response shall be as directed by the Panel (or the Provider).
(a) Any person or entity may initiate an administrative proceeding by submitting a complaint in accordance with the Policy and these Rules to any Provider approved by ICANN. (Due to capacity constraints or for other reasons, a Provider's ability to accept complaints may be suspended at times. In that event, the Provider shall refuse the submission. The person or entity may submit the complaint to another Provider.)
(b) The complaint shall be submitted in hard copy and (except to the extent not available for annexes) in electronic form and shall:
(i) Request that the complaint be submitted for decision in accordance with the Policy and these Rules;
(ii) Provide the name, postal and e-mail addresses, and the telephone and telefax numbers of the Complainant and of any representative authorized to act for the Complainant in the administrative proceeding;
(iii) Specify a preferred method for communications directed to the Complainant in the administrative proceeding (including person to be contacted, medium, and address information) for each of (A) electronic-only material and (B) material including hard copy;
(iv) Designate whether Complainant elects to have the dispute decided by a single-member or a three-member Panel and, in the event Complainant elects a three-member Panel, provide the names and contact details of three candidates to serve as one of the Panelists (these candidates may be drawn from any ICANN-approved Provider's list of panelists);
(v) Provide the name of the Respondent (domain-name holder) and all information (including any postal and e-mail addresses and telephone and telefax numbers) known to Complainant regarding how to contact Respondent or any representative of Respondent, including contact information based on pre-complaint dealings, in sufficient detail to allow the Provider to send the complaint as described in Paragraph 2(a);
(vi) Specify the domain name(s) that is/are the subject of the complaint;
(vii) Identify the Registrar(s) with whom the domain name(s) is/are registered at the time the complaint is filed;
(viii) Specify the trademark(s) or service mark(s) on which the complaint is based and, for each mark, describe the goods or services, if any, with which the mark is used (Complainant may also separately describe other goods and services with which it intends, at the time the complaint is submitted, to use the mark in the future.);
(ix) Describe, in accordance with the Policy, the grounds on which the complaint is made including, in particular,
(1) the manner in which the domain name(s) is/are identical or confusingly similar to a trademark or service mark in which the Complainant has rights; and
(2) why the Respondent (domain-name holder) should be considered as having no rights or legitimate interests in respect of the domain name(s) that is/are the subject of the complaint; and
(3) why the domain name(s) should be considered as having been registered and being used in bad faith
(The description should, for elements (2) and (3), discuss any aspects of Paragraphs 4(b) and 4(c) of the Policy that are applicable. The description shall comply with any word or page limit set forth in the Provider's Supplemental Rules.);
(x) Specify, in accordance with the Policy, the remedies sought;
(xi) Identify any other legal proceedings that have been commenced or terminated in connection with or relating to any of the domain name(s) that are the subject of the complaint;
(xii) State that a copy of the complaint, together with the cover sheet as prescribed by the Provider's Supplemental Rules, has been sent or transmitted to the Respondent (domain-name holder), in accordance with Paragraph 2(b);
(xiii) State that Complainant will submit, with respect to any challenges to a decision in the administrative proceeding canceling or transferring the domain name, to the jurisdiction of the courts in at least one specified Mutual Jurisdiction;
(xiv) Conclude with the following statement followed by the signature of the Complainant or its authorized representative:
"Complainant agrees that its claims and remedies concerning the registration of the domain name, the dispute, or the dispute's resolution shall be solely against the domain-name holder and waives all such claims and remedies against (a) the dispute-resolution provider and panelists, except in the case of deliberate wrongdoing, (b) the registrar, (c) the registry administrator, and (d) the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, as well as their directors, officers, employees, and agents."
"Complainant certifies that the information contained in this Complaint is to the best of Complainant's knowledge complete and accurate, that this Complaint is not being presented for any improper purpose, such as to harass, and that the assertions in this Complaint are warranted under these Rules and under applicable law, as it now exists or as it may be extended by a good-faith and reasonable argument."; and
(xv) Annex any documentary or other evidence, including a copy of the Policy applicable to the domain name(s) in dispute and any trademark or service mark registration upon which the complaint relies, together with a schedule indexing such evidence.
(c) The complaint may relate to more than one domain name, provided that the domain names are registered by the same domain-name holder.
(a) The Provider shall review the complaint for administrative compliance with the Policy and these Rules and, if in compliance, shall forward the complaint (together with the explanatory cover sheet prescribed by the Provider's Supplemental Rules) to the Respondent, in the manner prescribed by Paragraph 2(a), within three (3) calendar days following receipt of the fees to be paid by the Complainant in accordance with Paragraph 19.
(b) If the Provider finds the complaint to be administratively deficient, it shall promptly notify the Complainant and the Respondent of the nature of the deficiencies identified. The Complainant shall have five (5) calendar days within which to correct any such deficiencies, after which the administrative proceeding will be deemed withdrawn without prejudice to submission of a different complaint by Complainant.
(c) The date of commencement of the administrative proceeding shall be the date on which the Provider completes its responsibilities under Paragraph 2(a) in connection with forwarding the Complaint to the Respondent.
(d) The Provider shall immediately notify the Complainant, the Respondent, the concerned Registrar(s), and ICANN of the date of commencement of the administrative proceeding.
(a) Within twenty (20) days of the date of commencement of the administrative proceeding the Respondent shall submit a response to the Provider.
(b) The response shall be submitted in hard copy and (except to the extent not available for annexes) in electronic form and shall:
(i) Respond specifically to the statements and allegations contained in the complaint and include any and all bases for the Respondent (domain-name holder) to retain registration and use of the disputed domain name (This portion of the response shall comply with any word or page limit set forth in the Provider's Supplemental Rules.);
(ii) Provide the name, postal and e-mail addresses, and the telephone and telefax numbers of the Respondent (domain-name holder) and of any representative authorized to act for the Respondent in the administrative proceeding;
(iii) Specify a preferred method for communications directed to the Respondent in the administrative proceeding (including person to be contacted, medium, and address information) for each of (A) electronic-only material and (B) material including hard copy;
(iv) If Complainant has elected a single-member panel in the Complaint (see Paragraph 3(b)(iv)), state whether Respondent elects instead to have the dispute decided by a three-member panel;
(v) If either Complainant or Respondent elects a three-member Panel, provide the names and contact details of three candidates to serve as one of the Panelists (these candidates may be drawn from any ICANN-approved Provider's list of panelists);
(vi) Identify any other legal proceedings that have been commenced or terminated in connection with or relating to any of the domain name(s) that are the subject of the complaint;
(vii) State that a copy of the response has been sent or transmitted to the Complainant, in accordance with Paragraph 2(b); and
(viii) Conclude with the following statement followed by the signature of the Respondent or its authorized representative:
"Respondent certifies that the information contained in this Response is to the best of Respondent's knowledge complete and accurate, that this Response is not being presented for any improper purpose, such as to harass, and that the assertions in this Response are warranted under these Rules and under applicable law, as it now exists or as it may be extended by a good-faith and reasonable argument."; and
(ix) Annex any documentary or other evidence upon which the Respondent relies, together with a schedule indexing such documents.
(c) If Complainant has elected to have the dispute decided by a single-member Panel and Respondent elects a three-member Panel, Respondent shall be required to pay one-half of the applicable fee for a three-member Panel as set forth in the Provider's Supplemental Rules. This payment shall be made together with the submission of the response to the Provider. In the event that the required payment is not made, the dispute shall be decided by a single-member Panel.
(d) At the request of the Respondent, the Provider may, in exceptional cases, extend the period of time for the filing of the response. The period may also be extended by written stipulation between the Parties, provided the stipulation is approved by the Provider.
(e) If a Respondent does not submit a response, in the absence of exceptional circumstances, the Panel shall decide the dispute based upon the complaint.
(a) Each Provider shall maintain and publish a publicly available list of panelists and their qualifications.
(b) If neither the Complainant nor the Respondent has elected a three-member Panel (Paragraphs 3(b)(iv) and 5(b)(iv)), the Provider shall appoint, within five (5) calendar days following receipt of the response by the Provider, or the lapse of the time period for the submission thereof, a single Panelist from its list of panelists. The fees for a single-member Panel shall be paid entirely by the Complainant.
(c) If either the Complainant or the Respondent elects to have the dispute decided by a three-member Panel, the Provider shall appoint three Panelists in accordance with the procedures identified in Paragraph 6(e). The fees for a three-member Panel shall be paid in their entirety by the Complainant, except where the election for a three-member Panel was made by the Respondent, in which case the applicable fees shall be shared equally between the Parties.
(d) Unless it has already elected a three-member Panel, the Complainant shall submit to the Provider, within five (5) calendar days of communication of a response in which the Respondent elects a three-member Panel, the names and contact details of three candidates to serve as one of the Panelists. These candidates may be drawn from any ICANN-approved Provider's list of panelists.
(e) In the event that either the Complainant or the Respondent elects a three-member Panel, the Provider shall endeavor to appoint one Panelist from the list of candidates provided by each of the Complainant and the Respondent. In the event the Provider is unable within five (5) calendar days to secure the appointment of a Panelist on its customary terms from either Party's list of candidates, the Provider shall make that appointment from its list of panelists. The third Panelist shall be appointed by the Provider from a list of five candidates submitted by the Provider to the Parties, the Provider's selection from among the five being made in a manner that reasonably balances the preferences of both Parties, as they may specify to the Provider within five (5) calendar days of the Provider's submission of the five-candidate list to the Parties.
(f) Once the entire Panel is appointed, the Provider shall notify the Parties of the Panelists appointed and the date by which, absent exceptional circumstances, the Panel shall forward its decision on the complaint to the Provider.
A Panelist shall be impartial and independent and shall have, before accepting appointment, disclosed to the Provider any circumstances giving rise to justifiable doubt as to the Panelist's impartiality or independence. If, at any stage during the administrative proceeding, new circumstances arise that could give rise to justifiable doubt as to the impartiality or independence of the Panelist, that Panelist shall promptly disclose such circumstances to the Provider. In such event, the Provider shall have the discretion to appoint a substitute Panelist.
No Party or anyone acting on its behalf may have any unilateral communication with the Panel. All communications between a Party and the Panel or the Provider shall be made to a case administrator appointed by the Provider in the manner prescribed in the Provider's Supplemental Rules.
The Provider shall forward the file to the Panel as soon as the Panelist is appointed in the case of a Panel consisting of a single member, or as soon as the last Panelist is appointed in the case of a three-member Panel.
(a) The Panel shall conduct the administrative proceeding in such manner as it considers appropriate in accordance with the Policy and these Rules.
(b) In all cases, the Panel shall ensure that the Parties are treated with equality and that each Party is given a fair opportunity to present its case.
(c) The Panel shall ensure that the administrative proceeding takes place with due expedition. It may, at the request of a Party or on its own motion, extend, in exceptional cases, a period of time fixed by these Rules or by the Panel.
(d) The Panel shall determine the admissibility, relevance, materiality and weight of the evidence.
(e) A Panel shall decide a request by a Party to consolidate multiple domain name disputes in accordance with the Policy and these Rules.
(a) Unless otherwise agreed by the Parties, or specified otherwise in the Registration Agreement, the language of the administrative proceeding shall be the language of the Registration Agreement, subject to the authority of the Panel to determine otherwise, having regard to the circumstances of the administrative proceeding.
(b) The Panel may order that any documents submitted in languages other than the language of the administrative proceeding be accompanied by a translation in whole or in part into the language of the administrative proceeding.
In addition to the complaint and the response, the Panel may request, in its sole discretion, further statements or documents from either of the Parties.
There shall be no in-person hearings (including hearings by teleconference, videoconference, and web conference), unless the Panel determines, in its sole discretion and as an exceptional matter, that such a hearing is necessary for deciding the complaint.
(a) In the event that a Party, in the absence of exceptional circumstances, does not comply with any of the time periods established by these Rules or the Panel, the Panel shall proceed to a decision on the complaint.
(b) If a Party, in the absence of exceptional circumstances, does not comply with any provision of, or requirement under, these Rules or any request from the Panel, the Panel shall draw such inferences therefrom as it considers appropriate.
(a) A Panel shall decide a complaint on the basis of the statements and documents submitted and in accordance with the Policy, these Rules and any rules and principles of law that it deems applicable.
(b) In the absence of exceptional circumstances, the Panel shall forward its decision on the complaint to the Provider within fourteen (14) days of its appointment pursuant to Paragraph 6.
(c) In the case of a three-member Panel, the Panel's decision shall be made by a majority.
(d) The Panel's decision shall be in writing, provide the reasons on which it is based, indicate the date on which it was rendered and identify the name(s) of the Panelist(s).
(e) Panel decisions and dissenting opinions shall normally comply with the guidelines as to length set forth in the Provider's Supplemental Rules. Any dissenting opinion shall accompany the majority decision. If the Panel concludes that the dispute is not within the scope of Paragraph 4(a) of the Policy, it shall so state. If after considering the submissions the Panel finds that the complaint was brought in bad faith, for example in an attempt at Reverse Domain Name Hijacking or was brought primarily to harass the domain-name holder, the Panel shall declare in its decision that the complaint was brought in bad faith and constitutes an abuse of the administrative proceeding.
(a) Within three (3) calendar days after receiving the decision from the Panel, the Provider shall communicate the full text of the decision to each Party, the concerned Registrar(s), and ICANN. The concerned Registrar(s) shall immediately communicate to each Party, the Provider, and ICANN the date for the implementation of the decision in accordance with the Policy.
(b) Except if the Panel determines otherwise (see Paragraph 4(j) of the Policy), the Provider shall publish the full decision and the date of its implementation on a publicly accessible web site. In any event, the portion of any decision determining a complaint to have been brought in bad faith (see Paragraph 15(e) of these Rules) shall be published.
(a) If, before the Panel's decision, the Parties agree on a settlement, the Panel shall terminate the administrative proceeding.
(b) If, before the Panel's decision is made, it becomes unnecessary or impossible to continue the administrative proceeding for any reason, the Panel shall terminate the administrative proceeding, unless a Party raises justifiable grounds for objection within a period of time to be determined by the Panel.
(a) In the event of any legal proceedings initiated prior to or during an administrative proceeding in respect of a domain-name dispute that is the subject of the complaint, the Panel shall have the discretion to decide whether to suspend or terminate the administrative proceeding, or to proceed to a decision.
(b) In the event that a Party initiates any legal proceedings during the pendency of an administrative proceeding in respect of a domain-name dispute that is the subject of the complaint, it shall promptly notify the Panel and the Provider. See Paragraph 8 above.
(a) The Complainant shall pay to the Provider an initial fixed fee, in accordance with the Provider's Supplemental Rules, within the time and in the amount required. A Respondent electing under Paragraph 5(b)(iv) to have the dispute decided by a three-member Panel, rather than the single-member Panel elected by the Complainant, shall pay the Provider one-half the fixed fee for a three-member Panel. See Paragraph 5(c). In all other cases, the Complainant shall bear all of the Provider's fees, except as prescribed under Paragraph 19(d). Upon appointment of the Panel, the Provider shall refund the appropriate portion, if any, of the initial fee to the Complainant, as specified in the Provider's Supplemental Rules.
(b) No action shall be taken by the Provider on a complaint until it has received from Complainant the initial fee in accordance with Paragraph 19(a).
(c) If the Provider has not received the fee within ten (10) calendar days of receiving the complaint, the complaint shall be deemed withdrawn and the administrative proceeding terminated.
(d) In exceptional circumstances, for example in the event an in-person hearing is held, the Provider shall request the Parties for the payment of additional fees, which shall be established in agreement with the Parties and the Panel.
Except in the case of deliberate wrongdoing, neither the Provider nor a Panelist shall be liable to a Party for any act or omission in connection with any administrative proceeding under these Rules.
21. Amendments
The version of these Rules in effect at the time of the submission of the complaint to the Provider shall apply to the administrative proceeding commenced thereby. These Rules may not be amended without the express written approval of ICANN.
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By purchasing a domain name from Easyspace Limited, you agree to bound by the terms of this Domain Registration Agreement.
Domain Names have a variety of basic rules for registration including acceptable characters. Whilst these vary in some respects from registrar to registrar there are some fundamental rules which apply to all.
As a guideline for common domain extensions, see the following:
NOTE: Domain names are not case sensitive. This means that an uppercase and a lowercase letter are considered to be the same. (AAA.com. aaa.com, and AaA.com are all the same domain name).
This list is not exhaustive. We make every effort to ensure that our registration systems do not allow you to bypass these registration rules, however there may be some occasions where this is not possible due to forces outwith our control and our checking procedures may fail.
Clients are always advised to seek guidance if they are at all unsure about the domain name they have chosen and its validity. Due to the variety of possible causes for the failure of the domain name validity checker, we cannot be held responsible if a customer attempts to register an invalid domain and that this request is subsequently accepted by our systems. Acceptance of the invalid order by our systems does not constitute acceptance of the domains registration by the relevant domain registry.
Easyspace Limited is an accredited registrar with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) for various generic top-level domain names including .com, .net, .org, .biz, .info, and .name (gTLDs).
Easyspace Limited also may, in its sole discretion, accept applications to register and renew certain gTLD names in non-roman alphabet languages (e.g., Japanese, Chinese, and Korean).
The Registrant agree, as a condition to purchasing a domain and therefore agreeing to this Registration Agreement, and if the Registration Agreement is accepted by Easyspace Limited, that on successful registration of any domain name under this Agreement, the Registrant is bound by our current dispute policy and the dispute policy procedures.
The Registrant acknowledges that the dispute policy described in this clause is the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the URDP Dispute Policy) as set out by ICANN.
The Registrant agrees that in respect of the pre-registration or registration of any domain names, other dispute policies may apply as specified by the registry administrator of those domain names from time to time.
The Registrant agrees that we may change or modify the UDRP Dispute Policy, incorporated by reference herein, at any time in accordance with ICANN guidelines.
The Registrant agrees that the Registrant's maintaining the registration of a domain name after changes or modifications to the UDRP Dispute Policy become effective constitutes Registrant's continued acceptance of these changes or modifications.
The Registrant agrees that any dispute relating to registration or use of its domain name will be subject to the provisions specified in the UDRP Dispute Policy. Without prejudice to other potentially applicable jurisdictions, the Registrant submits to the jurisdiction of the courts as provided in the UDRP Dispute Policy.
The UDRP Dispute Policy can be viewed here. The UDRP Dispute Policy procedure can be viewed here.
In addition to the above terms and conditions, for .travel registrations, the .travel registry reserves the right to revoke the license to use a .travel domain name for the reasons outlined below:
The .travel registry may make contact with registrants directly. Easyspace Limited acknowledges the registry's right and interest in making direct contact with .travel registrants from time to time without notice to the Easyspace Limited, and agrees to facilitate such contacts if requested to do so by the registry.
Such contacts may include, but are not limited to, requests by the registry to registrants for annual confirmation of eligibility, updates, amendments, or additions to data supporting the registrant's eligibility to hold a .travel domain name, and updates, amendments, or additions to the registrant's directory data.
In addition to registering and renewing gTLD domain name registrations, Easyspace Ltd also register and renew various country code top level domains (ccTLDs). The registry administrator for each ccTLD varies by individual country code.
By agreeing to this Registration Agreement, you are also agreeing to be bound by the rules and regulations set forth by these registry administrators for their respective registries only. We may, in its sole discretion, elect to discontinue offering registrations or renewals of some or all ccTLDs.
As a domain name registrar, Easyspace Limited is, upon accepting your application to register or renew a domain name, your sponsor for that application.
No domain name registrations shall be deemed effective unless and until we deliver the domain name registration or renewal application you provide us to the appropriate registry administrator, as applicable, and that registry administrator accepts your application and activates your domain name registration or renewal.
The Registrant will be entitled to a refund only if your registration is unsuccessful. No refund will be given where the registration fee is not returned by the registry administrator to Easyspace Limited, or where otherwise set out on our website.
The Registrant acknowledges and agrees that Easyspace Limited do not guarantee that you will be able to register or renew a desired domain name, even if our systems indicate that domain name is available or you are able to complete an order with respect to such name.
The Registrant also understands that Easyspace Limited cannot know with certainty whether or not the domain name which you are seeking to register is simultaneously being sought by a third party either with Easyspace or elsewhere, or whether there are any inaccuracies or errors in the domain name registration or renewal process or related databases, including the various WHOIS or other registry databases.
The Registrant also acknowledges and agrees that Easyspace Limited is not responsible for any inaccuracies or errors in the domain name registration or renewal process. You are solely responsible for making sure that your registration or renewal has been properly processed.
The Registrant further acknowledges and agrees that Easyspace Limited may elect to accept or reject your application for registration or renewal for any reason at its sole discretion, such rejection including, but not limited to, rejection due to a request for registration or renewal of a prohibited domain name.
Easyspace Limited will use the default contact details on the Registrant’s account as the contacts for all domain registrations unless otherwise notified at the point of purchase. It is the responsibility of the Registrant to ensure that contact details are kept current and accurate at all times.
The Registrant also acknowledges and agrees that Easyspace Limited is not liable or responsible in any way for any errors, omissions or any other actions by any third party including any registry administrator arising out of or related to your application for and registration of, renewal of, or failure to register or renew a particular domain name.
By applying to register a domain name, or by asking Easyspace Limited to maintain or renew a domain name registration, the Registrant hereby represents and warrants to Easyspace that:
(a) the statements that you made in connection with such registration, maintenance, or renewal are complete and accurate, and your contact information will be kept current
(b) 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
(d) you will not use the domain name in violation of any applicable laws or regulations or the company’s rules or policies.
You agree and acknowledge that it is your responsibility to determine whether your domain name registration or use infringes or violates someone else's rights, including, but not limited to, whether any foreign language translations of your domain name, either between roman-alphabet languages, between non-roman alphabet languages, or between roman-alphabet and non-roman alphabet languages, infringe or violate someone else's rights.
Easyspace Limited considers the entity named as the administrative contact for the domain name at the time of registration the controlling entity of the domain and that entity is your agent with full authority to act on your behalf with respect to the domain name registration or any other services obtained from us, including (but not limited to) the authority to terminate, transfer (where permitted by the Agreement), or modify such services, or obtain additional services.
The transfer of a domain name to another registrar or a new registrant by the existing registrant may result in any services associated with the domain name being terminated.
The Registrant acknowledges and agrees that Easyspace Limited cannot guarantee the functionality of non-roman alphabet language domain names, or that its non-roman alphabet language registration service will be error-free, in that Easyspace Limited cannot know with certainty whether or not the non-roman alphabet language domain name you are seeking to register or renew will be translated properly by the Internationalized Domain Name System.
Furthermore, the Registrant acknowledges that Easyspace Limited or the registry administrator may be required to suspend, modify or cancel your non-roman alphabet language registration in order to comply with new ICANN or IETF rules, regulations or standards that apply to such registrations.
The Registrant agrees that Easyspace Limited may modify this Agreement, as well as any additional rules or policies that are or may be published by the company as necessary to comply with Easyspace’s ICANN agreement, or with any other agreements that Easyspace is currently bound by or will be bound by in the future, or for any other reason in Easyspace’s sole discretion.
In addition to such other information that we may require you to provide in order to obtain any services, Easyspace Limited requires that the Registrant submits the following information in connection with domain name registration, administration and renewal services:
The information you are obligated to provide and keep current in connection with your use of the company’s domain name registration, administration, and renewal services is the following:
Your full name (or the name of the entity and authorized contact person, if registration is for an organization, corporation or association), postal address, email address, voice telephone number, and fax number, where available;
The domain name being registered; and
The name, postal address, email address, voice telephone number, and where available, fax number for the administrative contact, technical contact and billing contact for the domain name registration.
You acknowledge and agree that when you renew a domain name registration, the type of information you are required to provide may have changed. If you do not wish to provide the new required information, the registration may not be renewed, in Easyspace’s sole discretion.
In addition to the information you provide, Easyspace maintain records relating to any domain name application received by Easyspace Limited, as well as any domain name registered through, administered, or renewed by Easyspace.
We also maintain records relating to other Services that we provide to you. These records may include, but are not limited to:
In the event that:
(i) in applying for Service(s) or the registration of a domain name you are providing information about a third party, or
(ii) you license a domain name registered in your name to a third party,
you hereby represent and warrant that you have:
(a) provided notice to that third party of the disclosure and use of that party's information as set forth in this Agreement, and
(b) obtained that third party's express consent to the disclosure and use of that party's information as set forth in this Agreement.
The Registrant acknowledges and agrees that wilfully providing inaccurate or unreliable information or wilfully failing to update information promptly will constitute a material breach of this Agreement that will be a sufficient basis for cancellation of your domain name registration or Service(s), in our sole discretion.
You further acknowledge and agree that your failure to respond for over fifteen (15) calendar days to an inquiry by Easyspace Limited concerning the accuracy of contact details associated with your domain name registration shall constitute a material breach of this Agreement and will be a sufficient basis for cancellation of your domain name registration.
The Registrant agrees and understands 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, available at ICANN's site.
For bulk services in respect of the registration data which are provided by Easyspace Limited, if the Registrant does not consent to the use of such information for inclusion in registers and data bases produced by Easyspace Limited or its licensees, then the Registrant is required to provide non consent verification stating name, address, date and signed by the appropriate authorised individual. This must be sent to Lister Pavilion, Kelvin Campus, West of Scotland Science Park, Glasgow, G20 0SP, UK.
The Registrant hereby consents to any and all such disclosures and use of, guidelines, limits and restrictions on disclosure or use of, information provided by you in connection with the registration of a domain name or use of any Services (including any updates to such information), whether during or after the term of your registration of a domain name or other Services. You hereby irrevocably waive any and all claims and causes of action you may have arising from such disclosure or use of information provided by you by Easyspace Limited.
Easyspace Limited will not process data about any identified or identifiable natural person that we obtain from you in a way incompatible with the purposes and other limitations which we describe in this Agreement.
Easyspace Limited will take reasonable precautions to protect the information it obtains from you from our loss, misuse, unauthorised access or disclosure or use, or alteration or destruction, of that information. Easyspace Limited will have no liability to you or any third party to the extent such reasonable precautions are taken.
The Registrant acknowledges and agrees that Easyspace Limited owns all database, compilation, collective and similar rights, title and interest worldwide in our domain name and other proprietary information databases, and all information and derivative works generated from those databases.
Additionally, you hereby grant to Easyspace Limited a nonexclusive, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, fully paid-up right and license to use in our business, however it evolves, including the rights to copy, distribute, display, perform, transmit, prepare derivative works from or otherwise use without restriction the following information:
(a) the original creation date of a domain name registration or other Service
(b) the expiration date of a domain name registration or other Service
(c) the name, postal address, email address, voice telephone number, and where available fax number of the contact person for a Service, or of the registrant, technical contact, administrative contact, zone contact and billing contact for a domain name registration
(d) any other information concerning a registered domain name or Service that appears or may appear in a WHOIS database or The company Limited database
(e) any other information we generate or obtain in connection with the provision of the Services.
Easyspace Limited does not have any ownership interest in your specific personal registration information or other information other than our rights in our domain name and Easyspace Limited databases.
The Registrant agrees that you may not transfer a domain name registration to another domain name registrar during the first sixty (60) days from the effective date of the initial domain name registration with Easyspace Limited.
After that time, you may transfer your domain name registration to a third party domain name registrar of your choice, subject to our then-current policies and procedures incorporated herein by reference.
The Registrant agrees that, if you are using the Services for someone else, you represent and warrant that you have:
(a) provided notice to that third party of your intent to purchase the Service(s)
(b) obtained that third party's express consent to purchase the Service(s) on its behalf
(c) the authority to nonetheless bind that person as a principal to all terms and conditions provided herein, including the UDRP. You accept liability for harm caused by wrongful use of the Services.
The Registrant agrees that by licensing the use of a domain name or other Service registered in your name to a third party, you nonetheless remain the Service holder of record, and remain responsible for all obligations under this Agreement, including but not limited to payment obligations, and providing (and updating, as necessary) both your own full contact information, and accurate technical, administrative, billing and zone contact information adequate to facilitate timely resolution of any problems that arise in connection with the domain name registration or Service.
As further required by ICANN, you shall accept liability for harm caused by wrongful use of the domain name registration, unless you promptly disclose the identity of the licensee to a party providing you with reasonable evidence of actionable harm.
The Registrant further acknowledges and agrees that the domain name registration is subject to suspension, cancellation, transfer or modification pursuant to the terms of any rules or policies applicable to the domain name registration, including, but not limited to:
(i) the UDRP
(ii) any ICANN adopted policy
(iii) any registrar (including The company Limited) or registry administrator procedures
(iv) any other ccTLD registry administrator procedures.
The Registrant also agrees that Easyspace Limited shall have the right in its sole discretion to suspend, cancel, transfer or otherwise modify your domain name registration at such time as Easyspace Limited receives what reasonably appears to be (a) an authentic notification from a court of competent jurisdiction, or (b) an arbitration award requiring the suspension, cancellation, transfer or modification of your domain name registration.
In the event of a charge back by a credit card company (or similar action by another payment provider allowed by us) or other non-payment by the Registrant in connection with the payment of the applicable service or renewal fee, you acknowledge and agree that the domain registration for which such fee has not been paid within 14 days of the due date may be suspended, cancelled or terminated, in our sole discretion, or transferred to Easyspace Limited as the entity that has paid the applicable fee to the registry.
After 21 days of the payment due date, Easyspace Limited reserve the right to cancel the domain name should it choose to do so. In addition, Easyspace reserve all rights regarding such domain name registration including, without limitation, the right to make the domain name registration available to other parties for purchase.
Easyspace will reinstate any such domain registration solely at our discretion, and subject to our receipt of the applicable Service or renewal fee and our then-current reinstatement fee.
Except as otherwise set forth in the UDRP or any similar ccTLD policy with respect to any dispute over a domain name registration, this Agreement, your rights and obligations and all actions contemplated by this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of Scotland, as if the Agreement was a contract wholly entered into and wholly performed within Scotland.
Except as otherwise set forth in the UDRP or any similar ccTLD policy with respect to any dispute over a domain name registration, any action to enforce this Agreement or any matter relating to your use of the company Limited site shall be brought exclusively in the courts of Scotland.
Notwithstanding the forgoing, for the adjudication of third party disputes (i.e., disputes between yourself and another party, not Easyspace Limited) concerning or arising from use of domain names registered hereunder, you acknowledge and agree that you shall submit, without prejudice to other potentially applicable jurisdictions, to the jurisdiction of the courts (a) of the domain name holder's domicile, and (b) England and Wales.
The Registrant agrees that, unless other instructions are posted on Easyspace’s website, 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 by Federal Express 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.
Provisions specific to .COM and .NET registrations
You agree to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the .COM .and NET Registry Operator, VeriSign, Inc., and its directors, officers, employees, agents, and affiliates from and against any and all claims, damages, liabilities, costs and expenses, including reasonable legal fees and expenses arising out of or relating to the Registered Name holder's domain name registration.
In the sunrise period, the cost to apply for a .eu domain name is £134. A partial refund is made to you in some cases, if your application is unsuccessful:
Easyspace Limited cannot take any responsibility for the Registrant not returning any Documentary Evidence requested by the .eu registry.
Please be aware that by registering a .uk domain name, you are also entering into a domain registration agreement with the .uk registry Nominet. For the full agreement, please click here.
Please note that by purchasing a domain name, you are bound by this Registration Agreement in addition to our main terms and conditions.
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has created a document outlining the relationship between ICANN and a domain Registrar, as well as the rights and responsibilities that registrants have with their Registrar when they have a domain name registered through them. The entire document can be found here http://www.icann.org/en/registrars/registrant-rights-responsibilities-en.htm
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