SCHEDULE B
Form of Registration Agreement
**Note: .biz domains must be registered for
at least 2 years**
- 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 (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 countrys 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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