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This agreement
applies to anyone who registers an .biz domain name Through
Whatever Computes Ltd.
SCHEDULE B
Form of Registration Agreement - .biz TLD
- AGREEMENT
. In this Registration Agreement ("Agreement") "you" and
"your" refer to the registrant of each domain name registration, "we", “us" and
"our" refer to TUCOWS Inc. and “Services” refers to the domain name registration
provided by us as offered through Whatever Computes Ltd. (“RSP”). This Agreement explains our
obligations to you, and explains your obligations to us for various Services.
- SELECTION OF A DOMAIN NAME. You represent that:
(i) the data provided in the domain name registration application is true,
correct, up to date and complete,
(ii) to the best of the your knowledge and belief, neither this registration
of a domain name nor the manner in which it is directly or indirectly to be used
infringes upon the legal rights of a third party;
(iii) that the domain name is not being registered for nor shall it at any
time whatsoever be used for any unlawful purpose whatsoever
(iv) the registered domain name will be used primarily for bona fide business
or commercial purposes and not (a) exclusively for personal use, or (b) 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;
(v) you have the authority to enter into this Registration Agreement; and
(vi) the registered domain name is reasonably related to your business or
intended commercial purpose at the time of registration.
- FEES. As consideration for the Services you have selected, you agree to
pay the RSP the applicable service(s) fees. All fees payable hereunder are
non-refundable. As further consideration for the Services, you agree to: (1)
provide certain current, complete and accurate information about you as required
by 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"). By submitting this
Agreement, you represent that the statements in your Application are true,
complete and accurate.
- TERM. This Agreement shall remain in full force during the length of
the term of your domain name registration(s) as selected, recorded, and paid for
upon registration of the domain name. Should you choose to renew or otherwise
lengthen the term of your domain name registration, then the term of this
Registration Agreement shall be extended accordingly. Should the domain name be
transferred to another Registrar, the terms and conditions of this contract
shall cease.
- MODIFICATIONS TO AGREEMENT. You agree that we may: (1) revise the terms
and conditions of this Agreement; and (2) change the services provided under
this Agreement. You agree to be bound by any such revision or change will which
shall be effective immediately upon posting on our web site or upon notification
to you by e-mail or your country’s postal service pursuant to the Notices
section of this Agreement. You agree to review this Agreement as posted on our
web site periodically to maintain an awareness of any and all 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 postal service
pursuant to the Notices section of this Agreement. Notice of your termination
shall be effective after processing by us. You agree that, by continuing the
use of Services following notice of any revision to this Agreement or change in
service(s), you shall be bound by any such revisions and changes. You further
agree to be bound by the ICANN Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (“Dispute
Policy”) as presently written and posted on http://www.opensrs.org/legal/udrp.shtml
and as shall be amended from time to time. 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.
- MODIFICATIONS TO YOUR ACCOUNT. In order to change any of your account
information with us, you must use your Account Identifier and Password that you
selected when you opened your account with us. You agree to safeguard your
Account Identifier and Password from any unauthorized use. In no event shall we
be liable for the unauthorized use or misuse of your Account Identifier or
Password.
- 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 the Dispute Policy that is incorporated herein and made a part of
this Agreement by reference. The current version of the Dispute Policy may be
found at http://www.opensrs.org/legal/udrp.shtml.
Please take the time to familiarize yourself with this policy.
- DOMAIN NAME DISPUTES. You acknowledge having 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:
(i) The Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (“Dispute Policy),
available at http://www.icann.org/udrp/udrp.htm;
(ii) The Start-Up Dispute Resolution Policy (“SUDRP”), available at
http://www.neulevel.com/countdown/stop.html; and
(iii) The Restrictions Dispute Resolution Criteria and Rules (“RDRP”),
available at http://www.neulevel.com/;
(collectively, “Dispute Policies”).
The SUDRP 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 Neulevel, Inc. (“Registry Operator”) or Tucows over the registration
or use of a .biz domain name registered by you that is subject to the Start-up
Intellectual Property Notification Service (“SIPNS”). SIPNS 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 SUDRP and
its associated Rules, those Claimants will have the right to challenge
registrations through independent ICANN-accredited dispute resolution providers.
The Dispute Policy sets forth the terms and conditions in connection with a
dispute between a Registrant and any party other than the Registry Operator or
Registrar over the registration and use of an Internet domain name registered by
Registrant.
he RDRP sets forth the terms under which any allegation that a domain name is
not used primarily for business or commercial purposes shall be endorsed on a
case-by-case, fact specific basis by an independent ICANN-accredited dispute
provider.
- POLICY. You agree that your registration of the domain name shall be
subject to suspension, cancellation, or transfer pursuant to any Tucows,
Registry Operator, ICANN or government-adopted policy, or pursuant to any
registrar or registry procedure not inconsistent with an ICANN or
government-adopted policy, (1) to correct mistakes by us or the applicable
Registry in registering the name or (2) for the resolution of disputes
concerning the domain name.
- AGENCY. Should you intend to license use of a domain name to a third
party you shall nonetheless be the domain name holder of record and are
therefore responsible for providing your own full contact information and for
providing and updating accurate technical and administrative contact information
adequate to facilitate timely resolution of any problems that arise in
connection with the domain name. You shall accept liability for harm caused by
wrongful use of the domain name. You represent that you have provided notice of
the terms and conditions in this Agreement to a third party licensee and that
the third party agrees to the terms hereof.
- 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). Neither we nor our contractors or third party beneficiaries
shall 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. Because some jurisdictions do
not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or
incidental damages, in such jurisdictions, our liability is limited to the
extent permitted by law. 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 miss-delivery; (3) loss or liability resulting from acts of God; (4) loss
or liability resulting from the unauthorized use or misuse of your account
identifier or password; (5) loss or liability resulting from errors, omissions,
or misstatements in any and all information or services(s) provided under this
Agreement; (6) loss or liability resulting from the interruption of your
Service. You agree that we will not be liable for any loss of registration and
use of your 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 shall our maximum liability exceed five hundred
($500.00) dollars.
- INDEMNITY. You agree to release, indemnify, and hold us, our
contractors, agents, employees, officers, directors, affiliates and third party
beneficiaries 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 Service 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 suit by a third party, we may seek written assurances from
you concerning your promise to indemnify us; your failure to provide those
assurances shall be a breach of your Agreement and may result in deactivation of
your domain name.
- 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 thirty (30) 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. 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.
- NO GUARANTY. You acknowledge that registration or reservation of your
chosen domain name does not confer immunity from objection to either the
registration, reservation, or use of the domain name.
- DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES. 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 the Service or that defects in the Service will be corrected. You
understand and agree that any material and/or data downloaded or otherwise
obtained through the use of 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 Service or any transactions entered into through the Service. No advice or
information, whether oral or written, obtained by you from us or through the
Service shall create any warranty not expressly made herein.
- INFORMATION. As part of the registration process, you are required to
provide us certain information and to update us promptly as such information
changes such that our records are current, complete and accurate. You are
obliged to provide us the following information:
(i) Your name and postal address (or, if different, that of the domain name
holder);
(ii) The domain name being registered;
(iii) The name, postal address, e-mail address, and voice and fax (if
available) telephone numbers of the administrative contact for the domain name;
(iv) The name, postal address, e-mail address, and voice and fax (if
available) telephone numbers of the billing contact for the domain name.
Any other information, which we request from you at registration, is
voluntary. Any voluntary information we request is collected for the purpose of
improving the products and services offered to you through your RSP.
- DISCLOSURE AND USE OF REGISTRATION INFORMATION. You agree and
acknowledge that we will make domain name registration information you provide
available to ICANN, to the registry administrators, and to other third parties
as applicable. You further agree and acknowledge that we may make publicly
available, or directly available to third party vendors, some, or all, of the
domain name registration information you provide, for purposes of inspection
(such as through our WHOIS service) or other purposes as required or permitted
by ICANN and applicable laws.
You hereby consent to any and all such disclosures and use of information
provided by you in connection with the registration of a domain name (including
any updates to such information), whether during or after the term of your
registration of the domain name. You hereby irrevocably waive any and all claims
and causes of action you may have arising from such disclosure or use of your
domain name registration information by us.
You may access your domain name registration information in our possession to
review, modify or update such information, by accessing our domain manager
service, or similar service, made available by us through your RSP.
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.
We will take reasonable precautions to protect the information we obtain from
you from our loss, misuse, unauthorized accessor disclosure, alteration or
destruction of that information.
- REVOCATION. Your wilful provision of inaccurate or unreliable
information, your wilful failure promptly to update information provided to us,
or your failure to respond for over fifteen (15) calendar days to inquiries by
us concerning the accuracy of contact details associated with the your
registration shall constitute a material breach of this Agreement and be a basis
for cancellation of the domain name registration.
- RIGHT OF REFUSAL. We, and/or Registry Operator, in our sole discretion,
reserve the right to refuse to register or reserve your chosen domain name or
register you for other Services. In the event we do not register or reserve
your domain name or register you for other Services, or we delete your domain
name or other Services within such thirty (30) calendar day 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, reserve, or delete
your domain name or register you for other Services.
We reserve the right to delete or transfer your domain name following
registration if we believe the registration has been made possible by a mistake,
made either by us or by a third party. We also reserve the right to suspend a
domain name during resolution of a dispute.
- 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.
- NON-AGENCY. Nothing contained in this Agreement or the Dispute Policies
shall be construed as creating any agency, partnership, or other form of joint
enterprise between the parties.
- NON-WAIVER. Our failure to require performance by you 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.
- NOTICES. Any notice, direction or other communication given under this
Agreement shall be in writing and given by sending it via e-mail or via postal
service. In the case of e-mail, valid notice shall only have been deemed to have
been given when an electronic confirmation of delivery has been obtained by the
sender. In the case of e-mail, notifications must be sent to us at lhutz@tucows.com, or in the case of
notification to you, to the e-mail address provided by you in your WHOIS record.
Any e-mail communication shall be deemed to have been validly and effectively
given on the date of such communication, if such date is a business day and such
delivery was made prior to 4:00 p.m. EST, otherwise it will be deemed to have
been delivered on the next business day. In the case of regular mail notice,
valid notice shall be deemed to have been validly and effectively given 5
business days after the date of mailing and, in the case of notification to us
or to RSP shall be sent to:
Our address:
TUCOWS Inc.
96 Mowat Avenue
Toronto, Ontario
M6K
3M1
Attention: Legal Affairs
and in the case of notification to you
shall be to the address specified in the “Administrative Contact” in your WHOIS
record.
- 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.
- GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted and
enforced in accordance with the LAWS OF Province of ontario and the FEDERAL LAWS
OF canada applicable therein without reference to rules governing choice of
laws. Any action relating to this Agreement must be brought in ontario and you
irrevocably consent to the jurisdiction of such courts.
- INFANCY. You attest that you are of legal age to enter into this
Agreement.
- Acceptance of Agreement. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THIS
AGREEMENT AND AGREE TO ALL ITS TERMS AND CONDITIONS. YOU HAVE INDEPENDENTLY
EVALUATED THE DESIRABILITY OF THE SERVICE AND ARE NOT RELYING ON ANY
REPRESENTATION AGREEMENT, GUARANTEE OR STATEMENT OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH IN THIS
AGREEMENT.
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