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| .Biz registration restrictions. |
The
.biz Top Level Domain (TLD) will be subject to the following
restrictions:
.biz must be used or intended to be used primarily for
bona fide business or commercial purposes; and
.biz must comply with the Uniform
Dispute Resolution Policy ("UDRP"), as adopted
and as may be amended by the Internet Corporation of
Assigned Names and Numbers. For proceedings initiated
before the Commencement-of-Service Date, a modified
version of the UDRP, known as the Start-Up
Trademark Opposition Policy ("STOP") will apply.
For
purposes of the .biz Registration Restrictions ("Restrictions"),
"bona fide business or commercial use" shall mean the
bona fide use or bona fide intent to use the domain name
or any content, software, materials, graphics or other
information thereon, to permit Internet users to access
one or more host computers through the DNS:
To exchange goods, services, or property of any kind;
In the ordinary course of trade or business; or To facilitate
(i) the exchange of goods, services, information, or property
of any kind; or, (ii) the ordinary course of trade or
business.
Registering a domain name solely for the purposes of (1)
selling, trading or leasing the domain name for compensation,
or (2) the unsolicited offering to sell, trade or lease
the domain name for compensation shall not constitute
a "bona fide business or commercial use" of that domain
name.
For illustration purposes, the following shall not constitute
a "bona fide business or commercial use" of a domain name:
Using or intending to use the domain name exclusively
for personal, noncommercial purposes; or Using or intending
to use the domain name exclusively for the expression
of noncommercial ideas (i.e., registering abcsucks.biz
exclusively to criticize or otherwise express an opinion
on the products or services of ABC company, with no other
intended business or commercial purpose).
Violations
It will be a violation of the Restrictions for an Applicant
to: register or use a domain name contrary to the STOP
; register and use a domain name contrary to the UDRP
; or use the registered domain name in a manner inconsistent
with the definition of "business or commercial use" contained
herein. Violations of the Restrictions may be grounds
for cancellation of a registered .biz domain name, pursuant
to the enforcement mechanism discussed below.
Enforcement
A violation of the Restrictions will be enforced on a
case-by-case, fact specific basis under the processes
set forth below: Any allegation that a domain name is
not used primarily for business or commercial purposes
shall be enforced under the provisions of the Restrictions
Dispute
Resolution Process ("RDRP"). Any alleged violation
of the UDRP or STOP
shall be enforced under the provisions contained therein.
None of the violations of the Restrictions will be enforced
directly by or through Registry Operator. The RDRP,
UDRP , and STOPwill be made applicable by the Total Registrations
registration agreements with registrant. Proceedings under
the RDRP, UDRP, and STOP must be brought by interested
third parties in accordance with the policies and procedures
set forth. Registry Operator will not review, monitor,
or otherwise verify that any particular domain name is
being used primarily for business or commercial purposes
or that a domain name is being used in compliance with
these processes.
Registration Requirements
Before the Registry Operator will accept applications
for registration, all domain name applicants in the .biz
TLD ("Applicants") must: Enter into an electronic or paper
registration agreement with Total Registrations, in accordance
with the ICANN Registrar Accreditation Agreement ("Accreditation
Agreement"). Such electronic or paper registration agreement
shall include the following certifications: The data provided
in the domain name registration application is true, correct,
up to date and complete; and The registrant will keep
the information provided above up to date. As part of
a domain name registration application, the Applicant
must certify that to the best of its knowledge: The registered
domain name will be used in a manner consistent with the
Restrictions above; The domain name registrant has the
authority to enter into the registration agreement; and
The registered domain name is reasonably related to the
registrant's business or intended commercial purpose at
the time of registration. Failure to comply with the above
will result in failure of the Registry Operator to process
an Applicant's domain name application.
Reservation Registry
Operator reserves the right to deny, cancel or transfer
any registration that it deems necessary, in its discretion,
to protect the integrity and stability of the registry,
to comply with any applicable laws, government rules or
requirements, requests of law enforcement, in compliance
with any dispute resolution process, or to avoid any liability,
civil or criminal, on the part of Registry Operator, as
well as its affiliates, subsidiaries, officers, directors
and employees. Registry Operator also reserves the right
to freeze a domain name during resolution of a dispute.
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