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*.BIZ
Domain Registration Agreement
Schedule
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- 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 Wizard Communication Systems, Inc, the Registration Service Provider
(“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
OR
Wizard Communication
Systems, Inc.
2 Main Street
Tonawanda, New York
14150
Attention: James
J. Weber
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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