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Table of Contents
General Provisions
Domains
E-mail
Web Forwarding
Ecommerce Services
Websites from Ideaz
Search Engine Submission Service
1. INTRODUCTION. In this Service Agreement ("Agreement"),
"you" and "your" refer to each customer ("Customer") and
its designated agents, including your administrative contact,
and "we", "us" and "our" refer collectively to Ideaz and its wholly owned subsidiaries ("Ideaz"). This
Agreement explains our obligations to you, and your obligations
to us in relation to the Ideaz service(s) you purchase.
By purchasing Ideaz' service(s) you agree to establish
an account with us for such services. When you use your
account or permit someone else to use your account to purchase
or otherwise acquire access to additional Ideaz service(s)
or to modify or cancel your Ideaz service(s) (even if
we were not notified of such authorization), this Agreement
as amended covers any such service or actions. Additionally,
you agree that the administrative contact for any services
provided to you (including, but not limited to, domain name
registration services) is your agent with full authority
to act on your behalf with respect to such services, including
(but not limited to) the authority to terminate, transfer
(where transfer is permitted by the Agreement), or modify
such services, or purchase additional services.
2. VARIOUS SERVICES. Sections 1 through 29 apply
to any and all Ideaz services that you purchase. The
terms and conditions set forth in Schedules A through V
of this Agreement apply only to customers who have purchased
the Ideaz services referenced in those Schedules. In
the event of any inconsistency between the terms of Sections
1 through 29 and the terms of Schedules A through V, the
terms of Schedules A through V shall control with regard
to the applicable Ideaz service. IMPORTANT NOTICE CONCERNING
BUNDLED SERVICES: If you purchase Ideaz services that
are sold together as a "bundled" package (e.g., you select
a Web Site package that includes both a domain name and
a Ideaz Web Site, as opposed to your purchasing such
services separately), termination of any part of the services
will result in termination of all Ideaz services provided
as part of the bundled package. Please see Section 10.d
of this Agreement for more information.
3. FEES, PAYMENT AND TERM OF SERVICE. As consideration
for the services you purchased, you agree to pay Ideaz
the applicable service(s) fees set forth on our Web site
at the time of your selection, or, if applicable, upon receipt
of your invoice from Ideaz. All fees are due immediately
and are non-refundable, except as otherwise expressly noted
in one or more of Schedules A through V. If you qualify,
we may extend payment terms to you under our Business Account
Credit Program. Unless otherwise specified herein or on
our Web site, each Ideaz service is for a one-year initial
term and renewable thereafter for successive one to ten-year
terms, as set forth during the renewal process. Any renewal
of your services with us is subject to our then current
terms and conditions, including, but not limited to, successful
completion of any applicable authentication procedure, and
payment of all applicable service fees at the time of renewal
and in the case of domain name re-registration, the domain
name registry's acceptance of your domain name registration.
Except with respect to service to which you subscribe on
a monthly basis, we will endeavor to provide you notice
prior to the renewal of your services at least fifteen (15)
days in advance of the renewal date. Additional payment
terms may apply to the Ideaz services you purchase, as
set forth in the applicable Schedules to this Agreement.
We may provide you with an opportunity to "opt in" to our
automatic renewal process in accordance with the instructions
(and subject to your agreement to the terms and conditions
pertaining to that process) on our Web site. In any event,
you are solely responsible for the credit card information
you provide to Ideaz and must promptly inform Ideaz
of any changes thereto (e.g., change of expiration date
or account number). In addition, you are solely responsible
for ensuring the services are renewed. Ideaz shall have
no liability to you or any third party in connection with
the renewal as described herein, including, but not limited
to, any failure or errors in renewing the services. You
agree to pay all value added, sales and other taxes (other
than taxes based on Ideaz' income) related to Ideaz
services or payments made by you hereunder. All payments
of fees for Ideaz services shall be made in U.S. dollars.
Set up fees, if any, will become payable on the applicable
effective date for the applicable Ideaz services. All
sums due and payable that remain unpaid after any applicable
cure period herein will accrue interest as a late charge
of 1.5% per month or the maximum amount allowed by law,
whichever is less.
4. ACCURATE INFORMATION. You agree to: (1) provide
certain true, current, complete and accurate information
about you as required by the application process; and (2)
maintain and update according to our modification procedures
the information you provided to us when purchasing our services
as needed to keep it current, complete and accurate. We
rely on this information to send you important information
and notices regarding your account and our services. You
agree that Ideaz (itself or through its third party service
providers) is authorized, but not obligated, to use Coding
Accuracy Support System (CASS) certified software and/or
the National Change of Address program (and/or such other
systems or programs as may be recognized by the United States
Postal Service or other international postal authority for
updating and/or standardizing address information) to change
any address information associated with your account (e.g.,
registrant address, billing contact address, etc.), and
you agree that Ideaz may use and rely upon any such changed
address information for all purposes in connection with
your account (including the sending of invoices and other
important account information) as though such changes had
been made directly by you.
5. PRIVACY. Our privacy statement, for Payment
Services and Digital Certificates is located on our Web
site at http://www.ideaz.ca/Other/Privacy-Policy.htm
and is incorporated herein by reference, as it is applicable
to Payment Services and Digital Certificates (relevant extracts
from this privacy statement regarding Class 1 Digital IDs
are set forth in Schedule K), The applicable privacy statement sets forth your
and our rights and responsibilities with regard to your
personal information. You agree that we, in our sole discretion,
may modify our privacy statement. We will post such revised
statement on our Web site at least thirty (30) calendar
days before it becomes effective. You agree that, by using
our services after modifications to the privacy statement
become effective, you have agreed to these modifications.
You acknowledge that if you do not agree to any such modification,
you may terminate this Agreement. We will not refund any
fees paid by you if you terminate your Agreement with us
except as otherwise expressly provided in one or more of
the Schedules attached hereto. We will not process the personal
data that we collect from you in a way incompatible with
the purposes and other limitations described in our privacy
statement. You represent and warrant that you have provided
notice to, and obtained consent from, any third party individuals
whose personal data you supply to us as part of our services
with regard to: (i) the purposes for which such third party's
personal data has been collected, (ii) the intended recipients
or categories of recipients of the third party's personal
data, (iii) which parts of the third party's data are obligatory
and which parts, if any, are voluntary; and (iv) how the
third party can access and, if necessary, rectify the data
held about them. You further agree to provide such notice
and obtain such consent with regard to any third party personal
data you supply to us in the future. We are not responsible
for any consequences resulting from your failure to provide
notice or receive consent from such individuals nor for
your providing outdated, incomplete or inaccurate information.
6. OWNERSHIP. Except as otherwise set forth herein,
all right, title and interest in and to all, (i) registered
and unregistered trademarks, service marks and logos; (ii)
patents, patent applications, and patentable ideas, inventions,
and/or improvements; (iii) trade secrets, proprietary information,
and know-how; (iv) all divisions, continuations, reissues,
renewals, and extensions thereof now existing or hereafter
filed, issued, or acquired; (v) registered and unregistered
copyrights including, without limitation, any forms, images,
audiovisual displays, text, software and (vi) all other
intellectual property, proprietary rights or other rights
related to intangible property which are used, developed,
comprising, embodied in, or practiced in connection with
any of the Ideaz services identified herein ("Ideaz
Intellectual Property Rights") are owned by Ideaz or
its licensors, and you agree to make no claim of interest
in or ownership of any such Ideaz Intellectual Property
Rights. You acknowledge that no title to the Ideaz Intellectual
Property Rights is transferred to you, and that you do not
obtain any rights, express or implied, in the Ideaz or
its licensors' service, other than the rights expressly
granted in this Agreement. To the extent that you create
any Derivative Work (any work that is based upon one or
more preexisting versions of a work provided to you, such
as an enhancement or modification, revision, translation,
abridgement, condensation, expansion, collection, compilation
or any other form in which such preexisting works may be
recast, transformed or adapted) such Derivative Work shall
be owned by Ideaz and all right, title and interest in
and to each such Derivative Work shall automatically vest
in Ideaz. Ideaz shall have no obligation to grant
you any right in any such Derivative Work.
7. EXCLUSIVE REMEDY. YOU AGREE THAT OUR ENTIRE LIABILITY,
AND YOUR EXCLUSIVE REMEDY, IN LAW, IN EQUITY, OR OTHERWISE,
WITH RESPECT TO ANY IDEAZ SERVICE(S) PROVIDED UNDER THIS
AGREEMENT AND/OR FOR ANY BREACH OF THIS AGREEMENT IS SOLELY
LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT YOU PAID FOR SUCH SERVICE(S) DURING
THE TERM OF THIS AGREEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL IDEAZ,
ITS LICENSORS AND CONTRACTORS (INCLUDING THIRD PARTIES PROVIDING
SERVICES AS PART OF THE SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE FOR WEBSITES
FROM IDEAZ) BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL
OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES EVEN IF IDEAZ HAS BEEN ADVISED
OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. TO THE EXTENT THAT A
STATE DOES NOT PERMIT THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
AS SET FORTH HEREIN IDEAZ'S LIABILITY IS LIMITED TO THE
EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW IN SUCH STATES. Ideaz and its
licensors and contractors 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
mis-delivery; (3) loss or liability resulting from acts
of god; (4) loss or liability resulting from the unauthorized
use or misuse of your account number, password or security
authentication option; (5) loss or liability resulting from
errors, omissions, or misstatements in any and all information
or service(s) provided under this agreement; (6) loss or
liability relating to the deletion of or failure to store
e-mail messages; (7) loss or liability resulting from the
development or interruption of your web site or your Ideaz
web site; (8) loss or liability from your inability to use
our e-mail service, web site manager service or any component
of the subscription service (for websites from Ideaz);
(9) loss or liability that you may incur in connection with
our processing of your application for our services, our
processing of any authorized modification to your domain
name record or your agent's failure to pay any fees, including
the initial registration fee or reregistration fee; (10)
loss or liability as a result of the application of our
dispute policy; or (11) loss or liability relating to limitations,
incompatibilities, defects, or other problems inherent in
xml, xkms, or any other standard not under Ideaz' sole
control, or relating to customer-requested generation and
transmission of a subscriber's private key under xkms to
the extent Ideaz adheres to the current version of the
Ideaz Certification Practice Statement ("CPS")
as amended from time to time and industry-standard security
practices relating to xkms services.
8. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES. YOU AGREE THAT YOUR
USE OF OUR SERVICE(S) OR OUR LICENSORS' SERVICES IS SOLELY
AT YOUR OWN RISK. YOU AGREE THAT ALL OF SUCH SERVICES ARE
PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS," AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS, EXCEPT
AS OTHERWISE NOTED IN THIS AGREEMENT. WE AND OUR LICENSORS
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. NEITHER IDEAZ NOR OUR LICENSORS MAKE
ANY WARRANTY THAT SERVICE(S) LICENSED HEREUNDER WILL MEET
YOUR REQUIREMENTS, OR THAT THE SERVICE(S) WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED,
TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR FREE; NOR DO WE OR OUR LICENSORS
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 OUR SERVICES.
YOU UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT ANY MATERIAL AND/OR DATA DOWNLOADED
OR OTHERWISE OBTAINED THROUGH THE USE OF OUR SERVICES 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 ANY OF OUR SERVICES
OR ANY TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO THROUGH SUCH SERVICES.
NO ADVICE OR INFORMATION, WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN, OBTAINED
BY YOU FROM US OR THROUGH OUR SERVICES SHALL CREATE ANY
WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY MADE HEREIN, YOU MAY NOT RELY ON
ANY SUCH INFORMATION OR ADVICE. TO THE EXTENT JURISDICTIONS
DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN WARRANTIES, SOME OF
THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE
FOR AND SHALL HAVE NO LIABILITY WITH RESPECT TO ANY PRODUCTS
AND/OR SERVICES PURCHASED BY YOU FROM A THIRD PARTY.
9. INDEMNITY. You agree to release, indemnify, defend
and hold harmless Ideaz, (including in our capacities
as the registry or a registrar for domain names, and the
applicable registry for any top-level domain in which you
are applying for services hereunder), and any of our (or
their) contractors, agents, employees, officers, directors,
shareholders, affiliates and assigns from all liabilities,
claims, damages, costs and expenses, including reasonable
attorneys' fees and expenses, of third parties relating
to or arising out of (a) this Agreement or the breach of
your warranties, representations and obligations under this
Agreement, (b) the Ideaz services or your use of such
services, including without limitation infringement or dilution
by you, or someone else using our service(s) from your computer,
(c) any intellectual property or other proprietary right
of any person or entity, (d) a violation of any of our operating
rules or policies relating to the service(s) provided, (e)
any information or data you supplied to Ideaz, including,
without limitation, any misrepresentation in your application,
if applicable, (f) the inclusion of meta-tags or other elements
in any website created for you or by you via the Ideaz
services, or (g) any information, material, or services
available on your licensed Ideaz Web Site . When we are
threatened with suit or sued by a third party, we may seek
written assurances from you concerning your promise to indemnify
us; your failure to provide those assurances may be considered
by us to be a material breach of this Agreement. We shall
have the right to participate in any defense by you of a
third-party claim related to your use of any of the Ideaz
services, with counsel of our choice at our own expense.
We shall reasonably cooperate in the defense at your request
and expense. You shall have sole responsibility to defend
us against any claim, but you must receive our prior written
consent regarding any related settlement. The terms of this
paragraph will survive any termination or cancellation of
this Agreement.
10. TERMINATION.
- By You. You may terminate this Agreement
upon at least thirty (30) days written notice to Ideaz
for any reason.
- By Us. We may terminate this Agreement
or any part of the Ideaz services at any time in
the event you breach any obligation hereunder, fail
to respond within ten (10) calendar days to an inquiry
from us concerning the accuracy or completeness of the
information referred to in Section 4 of this Agreement,
or if we determine in our sole discretion that you have
violated the Ideaz Acceptable Use Policy, incorporated
herein and made part of this Agreement by reference.
The current version of the Ideaz Acceptable Use Policy
may be found at our Web Site: http://www.ideaz.ca/Other/Legal-Notice.htm.
- Effect of Termination. Ideaz
will cease charging your credit card, if applicable,
for any monthly service fees as of the expiration of
the monthly billing cycle in which the termination is
effective. Unless otherwise specified in writing by
Ideaz, you will not receive any refund for payments
already made by you as of the date of termination, and,
you may incur additional fees (in the case of a monthly
or annual subscription being paid over time, as provided
in various Schedules below). If termination of this
Agreement is due to your default hereunder, you shall
bear all costs of such termination, including any reasonable
costs Ideaz incurs in closing your account. You agree
to pay any and all costs incurred by Ideaz in enforcing
your compliance with this Section. Upon termination,
you shall destroy any copy of the materials licensed
to you hereunder and referenced herein. You agree that
upon termination or discontinuance for any reason, we
may delete all information related to you on the Ideaz
service, if applicable. In addition to the terms set
forth herein, certain Ideaz services may have additional
terms regarding termination, which are set forth in
the applicable Schedule.
- Effect of Termination of Bundled
Services. In addition to the terms set forth in subsection
10(c) above, if you purchase Ideaz services which
are sold together as part of a “bundled” package of
services, any termination relating to such bundle will
terminate all Ideaz services included in such bundle.
For instance, any domain name registered with or maintained
by Ideaz under this Agreement (but not including
any domain names you may have registered, either with
Ideaz or a third-party registrar, separately and
not as part of a bundled service) will be cancelled
and may thereafter be available for registration by
another party. Upon the effective date of termination,
Ideaz will no longer provide the bundled services
to you, any licenses granted you shall immediately terminate,
and you shall cease using such services immediately;
provided, however, that we may, in our sole discretion
and subject to your agreeing to be bound by the applicable
agreement(s) and to pay the applicable fees, allow you
to convert certain services included in the bundled
services to stand alone services.
11. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.
You agree and warrant that: (i) neither your registration
nor use of the any of the Ideaz services nor the manner
in which you intend to use such Ideaz services will directly
or indirectly infringe the legal rights of a third party,
(ii) you have all requisite power and authority to execute
this Agreement and to perform your obligations hereunder,
(iii) you have selected the necessary security option(s)
for your domain name registration record, (iv) you are of
legal age to enter into this Agreement (or you are at least
13 years of age and have your parents' permission to apply
for services hereunder); and (vi) you agree to comply with
all applicable laws and regulations.
12. MODIFICATIONS TO AGREEMENT. Except as otherwise
provided in this Agreement, you agree, during the term of
this Agreement, that we may: (1) revise the terms and conditions
of this Agreement; and/or (2) change part of the services
provided under this Agreement at any time. Any such revision
or change will be binding and effective 30 days after posting
of the revised Agreement or change to the service(s) on
Ideaz' Web sites, or upon notification to you by e-mail
or United States mail. You agree to periodically review
our Web sites, including the current version of this Agreement
available on our Web sites, to be aware of any 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. Notice of your termination will be effective
on receipt and processing by us. Any fees paid by you if
you terminate your Agreement with us are nonrefundable,
except as noted in one or more of Schedules A through V,
but you will not incur any additional fees. By continuing
to use Ideaz services after any revision to this Agreement
or change in service(s), you agree to abide by and be bound
by any such revisions or changes. We are not bound by nor
should you rely on any representation by (i) any agent,
representative or employee of any third party that you may
use to apply for our services; or in (ii) information posted
on our Web site of a general informational nature. No employee,
contractor, agent or representative of Ideaz is authorized
to alter or amend the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
13. ACCOUNT ACCESS. To access or use the Ideaz
services or to modify your account, you may be required
to establish an account and obtain a login name, account
number, password and/or passphrase. You authorize us to
process any and all account transactions initiated through
the use of your login name, account number, password and/or
passphrase. You are solely responsible for maintaining the
confidentiality of your login name, account number, password
and passphrase. You must immediately notify us of any unauthorized
use of your login name account number, password or passphrase,
and you are responsible for any unauthorized activities,
charges and/or liabilities made on or through your login
name account number, password or passphrase. In no event
will we be liable for the unauthorized use or misuse of
your login name, account number, password or passphrase
or security authentication option.
14. AGENTS. You agree that, if your agent, (e.g.,
your administrative contact, Internet Service Provider,
employee) purchased our service(s) on your behalf, you are
nonetheless bound as a principal by all terms and conditions
herein, including the domain name dispute policy. Your continued
use of our services ratifies any unauthorized actions of
your agent. By using your login name, account number or
password, or otherwise purporting to act on your behalf,
your agent certifies that he or she is authorized to apply
for our services on your behalf, that he or she is authorized
to bind you to the terms and conditions of this Agreement,
that he or she has apprised you of the terms and conditions
of this Agreement, and that he or she is otherwise authorized
to act on your behalf. In addition, you are responsible
for any errors made by your agent.
15. RESERVED.
16. RIGHT OF REFUSAL. We, in our sole discretion,
reserve the right to refuse to register your chosen domain
name, issue you a digital certificate, or register you for
other Ideaz service(s), or to delete your chosen domain
name within the first thirty (30) calendar days from receipt
of your payment for such services. In the event we do not
register your chosen domain name, issue you a digital certificate,
or register you for other Ideaz service(s), or we delete
your chosen domain name or other Ideaz service(s) within
such thirty (30) calendar day period, we agree to refund
any applicable fee(s) you have paid. You agree that we shall
not be liable to you for loss or damages that may result
from our refusal to register your chosen domain name, refusal
to issue a digital certificate, the deletion of your chosen
domain name or refusal to register you for other Ideaz
service(s).
17. NOTICES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS. (a) Except as expressly
provided otherwise herein, all notices to Ideaz shall
be in writing and delivered to Ideaz, Attention:
Legal Department, 21355 Ridgetop Circle, Dulles, Virginia
20166. All notices to you shall be delivered to your mailing
address or e-mail address as provided in your account information
(as updated by you pursuant to this Agreement). Either of
us may change our respective address by written notice delivered
to the other party. All notices hereunder must be sent in
writing (which shall include e-mail only where expressly
provided for herein). All notices delivered in writing (and
not via e-mail) hereunder must be sent by either overnight
courier or certified mail, return receipt requested. (b)
You authorize us to notify you as our customer of information
that we deem is of potential interest to you. Notices and
announcements may include commercial e-mails, telephone
calls and other notices describing changes, upgrades, new
products and services or other information pertaining to
Internet security or to enhance your identity on the Internet
and/or other relevant matters.
18. SEVERABILITY. You agree that the terms of this
Agreement are severable. If any term or provision is declared
invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, that term
or provision will not affect the remainder of this Agreement;
this Agreement will be deemed amended to the extent necessary
to make this Agreement enforceable, valid and, to the maximum
extent possible consistent with applicable law, consistent
with the original intentions of the parties; and the remaining
terms and provisions will remain in full force and effect.
19. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. You agree that this Agreement,
the rules and policies incorporated by reference in this
Agreement (including, without limitation, the dispute policy
and the privacy statement) are the entire, complete and
exclusive agreement between you and us regarding our services
and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, whether
written or oral, or whether established by custom, practice,
policy or precedent, with respect to the subject matter
of this Agreement, including, without limitation, any purchase
order provided by you for the Services.
20. ASSIGNMENT AND RESALE. Except as otherwise set
forth herein, your rights under this Agreement are not assignable
or transferable. Any attempt by your creditors to obtain
an interest in your rights under this Agreement, whether
by attachment, levy, garnishment or otherwise, renders this
Agreement voidable at our option. You agree not to resell
any of the Services without Ideaz' prior express written
consent.
21. GOVERNING LAW.
- Except as provided in Section 21(b)
below, and as set forth in Schedule A, ¶7, concerning
domain name disputes brought by a third party, you and
Ideaz agree that this Agreement and any disputes
hereunder including disputes related to the services
provided under Schedules A through H, J, N, O, Q, R,
S, T, U and V shall be governed in all respects by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth
of Virginia, United States of America, excluding its
conflict of laws rules. You and we each agree to submit
to exclusive subject matter jurisdiction, personal jurisdiction
and venue of the United States District Court for the
Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria Division for
any disputes between us under or arising out of this
Agreement. If there is no jurisdiction in the United
States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia,
Alexandria Division, for any disputes between us under
or arising out of this Agreement you and we agree that
jurisdiction shall be in the Circuit Court of Fairfax
County, Fairfax, Virginia.
- You and Ideaz agree that any disputes
related to the services provided under Schedules I,
K, L, M and P shall be governed in all respects by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
California, United States of America, excluding its
conflict of laws rules. We each submit to exclusive
subject matter jurisdiction, personal jurisdiction and
venue of the United States District Court for the Northern
District of California. If there is no jurisdiction
in the United States District Court for the Northern
District of California, then jurisdiction shall be in
the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara.
- The parties hereby waive any right
to jury trial with respect to any action brought in
connection with this Agreement.
- The application of the United Nations
Convention of Contracts for the International Sale of
Goods is expressly excluded.
22. AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND.
By applying for a Ideaz service(s) through our online
application process or otherwise, or by using the service(s)
provided by Ideaz under this Agreement, you acknowledge
that you have read and agree to be bound by all terms and
conditions of this Agreement and documents incorporated
by reference.
23. INDEPENDENT PARTIES. Neither party nor their
employees, consultants, contractors or agents are agents,
employees or joint ventures of the other party, and they
do not have any authority to bind the other party by contract
or otherwise to any obligation. Each party shall ensure
that the foregoing persons shall not represent to the contrary,
either expressly, implicitly, by appearance or otherwise.
24. WAIVER. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement
shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by
an authorized representative of Ideaz. The remedies of
Ideaz under this Agreement shall be cumulative and not
alternative, and the election of one remedy for a breach
shall not preclude pursuit of other remedies. The failure
of a party, at any time or from time to time, to require
performance of any obligations of the other party hereunder
shall not affect its right to enforce any provision of this
Agreement at a subsequent time, and the waiver of any rights
arising out of any breach shall not be construed as a waiver
of any rights arising out of any prior or subsequent breach.
25. EXPORT RESTRICTIONS. You acknowledge and agree
that you shall not import, export, or re-export directly
or indirectly, any commodity, including your products incorporating
or using any Ideaz services in violation of the laws
and regulations of any applicable jurisdiction.
26. U.S. GOVERNMENT USERS. In the event any software
is provided by Ideaz to a U.S. Government User, the software
and accompanying documentation which are used as part of
the Ideaz service are "commercial items," as such terms
are defined at 48 C.F.R. 2.101 (Oct 1995), consisting of
"commercial computer software" and "commercial computer
software documentation," as such terms are used in 48 C.F.R.
12.212 (Sep 1995) and is provided to the U.S. Government
only as a commercial end item. Consistent with 48 C.F.R.
12.212 and 48 C.F.R. 227.7202-1 through 227.7202-4 (Jun
1995), all U.S. Government entities acquiring the use of
the Service and accompanying documentation shall have only
those rights set forth herein.
27. FORCE MAJEURE. Neither party shall be deemed
in default hereunder, nor shall it hold the other party
responsible for, any cessation, interruption or delay in
the performance of its obligations hereunder due to earthquake,
flood, fire, storm, natural disaster, act of God, war, terrorism,
armed conflict, labor strike, lockout, or boycott, provided
that the party relying upon this section (i) shall have
given the other party written notice thereof promptly and,
in any event, within five (5) days of discovery thereof
and (ii) shall take all steps reasonably necessary under
the circumstances to mitigate the effects of the force majeure
event upon which such notice is based; provided further,
that in the event a force majeure event described in this
Section extends for a period in excess of thirty (30) days
in the aggregate, Ideaz may immediately terminate this
Agreement.
28. HEADINGS. The section headings appearing in this
Agreement are inserted only as a matter of convenience and
in no way define, limit, construe or describe the scope
or extent of such section or in any way affect such section.
29. SURVIVAL. In the event this Agreement terminates
as provided herein, Sections 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10(c),
10(d), 14, and 17 through 29 of this Agreement shall survive
such expiration or termination.
SERVICE SPECIFIC TERMS: The following terms apply in addition
to Sections 1 through 29 only if you have selected the particular
service described:
SCHEDULE
A TO IDEAZ SERVICE AGREEMENT ADDITIONAL TERMS APPLICABLE
TO REGISTRANTS OF DOMAIN NAMES
1. Security. Ideaz does not guarantee the security of
your domain name registration records, and you assume all
risks that the security option you select is compromised
as a result of fraudulent, unauthorized or illegal activity.
2. Fees and Payment. Initial domain name registrations,
and domain name registrations that have passed the registration
agreement's anniversary date, must be in a paid status to
transfer, delete, modify, or otherwise to request Ideaz
to affect the domain name record or to provide domain name
services. Domain name registrations in an unpaid status
are routinely deleted on a regular basis.
3. Transfers and Licensing of Use. You agree that you may
not transfer your domain name registration to another domain
name registrar during the first sixty (60) days from the
effective date of your initial domain name registration
with us. Even if you license the
use of our domain name registration services to a third
party, you remain responsible for complying with all terms
and conditions of this Agreement, and you accept liability
for harm caused by such licensee's wrongful use of our domain
name registration services, unless you promptly disclose
the identity of such license upon request by any person
who provides reasonable evidence of actionable harm.
4. Ideaz' Disclosure of Certain Information. Subject
to the requirements of our privacy statement, in order for
us to comply the current rules and policies for the domain
name system, you hereby grant to Ideaz the right to disclose
to third parties through an interactive publicly accessible
registration database the following mandatory information
that you are required to provide when registering or reserving
a domain name: (i) the domain name(s) registered by you;
(ii) your name and postal address; (iii) the name(s), postal
address(es), e-mail address(es), voice telephone number
and where available the fax number(s) of the technical and
administrative contacts for your domain name(s); (iv) the
Internet protocol numbers of the primary nameserver and
secondary nameserver(s) for such domain name(s); (v) the
corresponding names of those nameservers; (vi) the original
creation date of the registration; and (vii) the expiration
date of the registration. We, as are all accredited domain
name registrars, are also required to make this information
available in bulk form to third parties who agree not to
use it to (a) allow, enable or otherwise support the transmission
of mass unsolicited, commercial advertising or solicitations
via telephone, facsimile, or e-mail (spam) or (b) enable
high volume, automated, electronic processes that apply
to our systems to register domain names.
5. Domain Name Dispute Policy. If you registered a domain
name through us, you agree to be bound by our current domain
name dispute policy.
6. Domain Name Dispute Policy Modifications. You agree that
we, in our sole discretion, may modify our dispute policy.
We will post any such revised policy on our Web site at
least thirty (30) calendar days before it becomes effective.
You agree that, by maintaining the reservation or registration
of your domain name after modifications to the dispute policy
become effective, you have agreed to these modifications.
You acknowledge that if you do not agree to any such modification,
you may terminate this Agreement. We will not refund any
fees paid by you if you terminate your Agreement with us.
7. You agree that, if your use of our domain name registration
services is challenged by a third party, you will be subject
to the provisions specified in our dispute policy in effect
at the time of the dispute. For any dispute with, or challenge
by, a third party concerning or arising from your use of
a domain name registered with us or your use of our domain
name registration services, you agree to submit to subject
matter jurisdiction, personal jurisdiction and venue of
the United States District Court for the Eastern District
of Virginia, Alexandria Division and the courts of your
domicile. You agree that in the event a domain name dispute
arises with any third party, you will indemnify and hold
us harmless pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth
below in this Agreement. If we are notified that a complaint
has been filed with a judicial or administrative body regarding
your use of our domain name registration services, you agree
not to make any changes to your domain name record without
our prior approval. We may not allow you to make changes
to such domain name record until (i) we are directed to
do so by the judicial or administrative body, or (ii) we
receive notification by you and the other party contesting
your registration and use of our domain name registration
services that the dispute has been settled. Furthermore,
you agree that if you are subject to litigation regarding
your registration and use of our domain name registration
services, we may deposit control of your domain name record
into the registry of the judicial body by supplying a party
with a registrar certificate from us. You agree that we
will comply with all court orders, domestic or international,
directed against you and/or the domain name registration.
8. No Guaranty. You agree that, by registration of your
chosen domain name, such registration does not confer immunity
from objection to either the registration or use of your
domain name.
9. Revocation. You agree that we may suspend, cancel or
transfer your services, including, but not limited to, domain
name registration services in order to: (i) correct mistakes
made by us, another registrar or the registry in registering
your chosen domain name, or (ii) to resolve a dispute under
our domain name dispute policy.
10. In the event the Agreement or this Schedule terminates,
Sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 and 10 of this Schedule shall survive
such expiration or termination.
SCHEDULE
D TO IDEAZ SERVICE AGREEMENT ADDITIONAL TERMS APPLICABLE
TO REGISTRANTS OF DOMAIN NAMES IN THE COUNTRY CODE TOP-LEVEL
DOMAINS.
In addition to the terms set forth in Schedule A, the following
terms shall apply to registrants of domain names registered
in the country-code top-level domains available for registration
on our Web site ("ccTLDs"), including but not limited to
the .tv, .cc, .bz, .nu, .ws, .au, .uk, .be, .br, .az, .at,
.com.mx, .nz and .de country-code top-level domains. Your
registration of a domain name in any ccTLD (each a "New
TLD Domain Name"), is subject to policies established or
revised from time to time by the registry for such New TLD
Domain Name ("New TLD Registry"), in its capacity as the
registry for its respective Top Level Domain. Each respective
New TLD Registry's current policies ("New TLD Registry Policies")
are available for you to review at each New TLD's respective
website (for example, the registry policy for .nu can be
found at http://nunames.nu/about/terms.cfm,
the registry policy for .bz can be found at http://www.belizenic.bz/terms.php,
the registry policy for .be can be found at http://www.dns.be/eng/DomainInfo/enduser_termsandconditions.htm,
the registry policy for .com.mx can be found at http://www.nic.mx/nic/plsql/nic_Politicas.nic_Politicas_Dominios,
the registry policy for .nz can be found at http://www.domainz.net.nz/Domainz.asp?Content=Terms,
the registry policy for .de can be found at http://www.denic.de/doc/DENIC/agb.en.html,
the registry policy for .uk can be found at ,http://www.nominet.org.uk/nominet-terms.html).
You agree to be bound by and comply with the applicable
New TLD Registry Policies, including amendments and modifications
thereto, with respect to your New TLD Domain Name registration.
You acknowledge and agree that you have reviewed and satisfied
yourself as to the obligations and conditions contained
in the applicable New TLD Registry Policies. Such policies
shall not alter the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
To the extent there is a conflict between the New TLD Registry
policies and the terms of this Agreement, the terms of this
Agreement shall prevail. You agree that the New TLD Registry
has the right to enforce the New TLD Registry Policies.
With respect to any domain name registrations in the .de
ccTLD, and subject to the limitation of liability and indemnification
provisions contained in Sections 7 and 9, respectively,
of the General Terms and Conditions of the Agreement, you
authorize and direct us to designate Ideaz personnel
as your administrative contact for all such domain name
registrations. With respect to any domain name registrations
in the .nz ccTLD, and subject to the limitation of liability
and indemnification provisions contained in Sections 7 and
9, respectively, of the General Terms and Conditions of
the Agreement, you authorize and direct us to (i) submit
service request to and interact with the .nz New TLD Registry
on your behalf and (ii) designate a Ideaz email address
as the registrant email address of record with the .nz New
TLD Registry.
SCHEDULE
E TO IDEAZ SERVICE AGREEMENT SPECIAL NOTICE AND DISCLAIMER
FOR MULTILINGUAL DOMAIN NAME REGISTRATIONS
In addition to the terms set forth in Schedule A, the following
terms shall apply to Multilingual Domain Names ("MDN").
We currently are making MDN registration services available
to you as part of our participation in a test bed ("Test
Bed") being conducted by Ideaz Global Registry Services
for the purpose testing proposed standards for deployment
of MDN technology and to provide operational experience
with those proposed standards.
WE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ANY WARRANTY THAT CURRENT OR FUTURE
ENCODING SCHEMES, PROTOCOLS AND OTHER MDN-ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES,
WHETHER PROVIDED BY US OR OTHERWISE, WILL BE APPROVED BY
INTERNET STANDARD-SETTING BODIES OR OTHERWISE SUCCESSFULLY
DEPLOYED. WE EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM ANY WARRANTY THAT THE TEST
BED WILL CONTINUE OR THAT OUR MDN REGISTRATION SYSTEM WILL
INTEROPERATE PROPERLY WITH THE CURRENT OR FUTURE TEST BED
OR THE MDN-ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES OF OTHERS.
You assume all risks inherent in the experimental nature
of this service and the technologies supporting it. The
encoding schemes, protocols and other MDN-enabling technologies
are not within our control and are subject to change without
notice. You assume all risks that such changes may impair
or prevent your ability to use the MDN you have registered.
You further understand and agree that we may interrupt or
deny MDN registration services to you, temporarily or permanently,
as a result of such changes. You further assume all risks
that the Internet addressing system will not recognize an
MDN you have registered or otherwise will not enable such
MDN to function as an Internet address.
You specifically acknowledge and agree that an MDN shall
be considered a domain name for purposes of the Domain Name
Dispute Policy and the provisions relating thereto in this
Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
in the Domain Name Dispute Policy, you agree that during
the Test Bed we may terminate your registration of an MDN
in our sole discretion without notice to you if, within
45 days of your registration, we receive a formal, written
objection to the registration by any legitimate authority,
including without limitation a trademark owner or governmental
entity. Our right of termination under this provision shall
continue until such time as: (1) Ideaz Global Registry
Services publicly announces that its Test Bed is complete;
and (2) we determine in our sole discretion that all of
the encoding schemes, protocols and other MDN-enabling technologies
that are used to provide your MDN registration services
have been approved by appropriate standard-setting bodies.
SCHEDULE F TO IDEAZ
SERVICE AGREEMENT ADDITIONAL TERMS APPLICABLE TO SERVICES
IN CONNECTION WITH .BIZ TLD.
In addition to the terms set forth in Schedule A, the following
terms shall apply to .biz domain names.
1. Additional Representations and Warranties. If you are
applying for the registration of a domain name in the .biz
top-level domain ("TLD"), you also represent and warrant
that: (i) the 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 selling,
trading or leasing the domain name for compensation, or
the unsolicited offering to sell, trade or lease the domain
name for compensation; and (ii) the domain name is reasonably
related to your business or intended commercial purpose
at the time of registration.
2. Acknowledgment of Dispute Policies and Rules. The registrant
acknowledges having read and understood and agrees 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:
- The Uniform Domain Name Dispute Policy,
available at http://www.icann.org/udrp/udrp.htm;
- The Start-up Trademark Opposition
Policy ("STOP"), available at http://www.neulevel.com/countdown/stop.html;
- The Restrictions Dispute Resolution
Criteria and Rules, available at http://www.neulevel.com/countdown/rdrp.html.
If at the time of your application
for services in the .biz TLD, any of the above policies
or rules (collectively ".biz Policies") have not yet been
approved by ICANN (which may mean the .biz Policies are
not available for viewing via live hyperlinks above), you
agree to be bound by the terms of such .biz Policies upon
such approval and in the final form approved by ICANN, as
posted on our Web site or the ICANN Web site (located at
www.icann.org). You agree that, by maintaining the services
provided hereunder (which may include registration of a
domain name) after such posting of any of the ICANN approved
.biz Policies, you have agreed to the terms and conditions
of the same. You acknowledge that if you do not agree to
the .biz Policies, you may terminate this Agreement. We
will not refund any fees paid by you if you terminate your
Agreement with us.
3. Registry Actions or Inactions. Our ability to provide
services to you depends in part upon the provision of services
by third parties, such as the .biz registry. We cannot control
and will not be responsible for the actions or inactions
of such third parties. For example, the .biz registry has
reserved the right to deny, cancel or transfer any domain
name registration under certain circumstances. You acknowledge
and agree that we shall not be liable to you or any other
party in connection with claims, damages, losses, expenses
or costs incurred or suffered by you as a result of actions
taken or not taken by third parties, including, but not
limited to, the .biz registry.
4. Multiple Phases of Services. Your application or registration
(whether successful or not) for any .biz registry or .biz
TLD services hereunder does not guarantee, and we do not
promise, that you will be approved or eligible for any other
services available or that may become available through
us or any third party. For example, certain services in
the .biz TLD are provided in sequential phases, and participation
in one phase, does not automatically qualify you for participation
in other phases, and any further participation is not automatic.
The .biz registry, and not Ideaz, determines the dates
and times associated with the various service phases available
in the .biz TLD. You agree to review and become familiar
with the information available on our Web site and on the
.biz Web site concerning the various phases and descriptions
of services available in connection with .biz TLD, and to
regularly check for modifications and/or updates to such
information, as the same may change from time to time. You
agree that you are solely responsible for applying and/or
registering for the service phases you desire to participate
in. Additionally, you acknowledge and agree that submission
of an application for domain name registration or any other
services, does not guarantee that you will ultimately be
the registrant for a particular domain name, even if you
participated in some other service associated with the domain
name, such as an intellectual property notification service
or similar service.
5. Additional Acknowledgments Concerning Customer Information.
You also acknowledge and agree that Ideaz will share
with the .biz registry certain information submitted by
you in your application(s) for our services, as required
by our agreement(s) with the .biz registry or to provide
the services you have applied for. You acknowledge and agree
that any information we share with the .biz registry may
be used by them to fulfill the .biz registry's service obligations
to us or any third party. You hereby grant us and the .biz
registry a limited, royalty-free, non-exclusive worldwide
license to use all of the data contained in a Trademark.
6. Disclaimer Concerning Intellectual Property Notification
Service. Your participation in an intellectual property
notification service or similar service DOES NOT PROVIDE
YOU WITH ANY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTIONS OR REGISTRATIONS,
NOR DOES IT PROVIDE YOU WITH ANY RIGHTS TO ANY PARTICULAR
DOMAIN NAME REGISTRATION. THIS IS A NOTIFICATION SERVICE
ONLY. EVEN IF YOU PARTICIPATE IN THIS SERVICE, YOU MUST
STILL SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FOR DOMAIN NAME REGISTRATION
SERVICES TO BE ELIGIBLE TO BECOME THE REGISTRANT FOR THE
DESIRED DOMAIN NAME(S).
7. Survival of Terms. You agree that the indemnity provisions
set forth in this Schedule shall survive any termination
of the Agreement
8. Terms of Use for IP Claim Service. The following additional
terms apply specifically to the Intellectual Property Claim
Service (in this Section 8 of this Schedule, the "Claim
Service") made available in the .biz TLD. For purposes of
this Section 8, "Owner" shall mean the owner of a registered
or common law trademark or service mark and "Agent" shall
mean the duly authorized agent of an Owner (collectively
"You"), and "Registrar" shall mean Ideaz. These Terms
of Use will continue to apply to all past use of the Claim
Service by You, even if You are no longer using the Claim
Service. You acknowledge and agree that Registrar may terminate
or block Your use of all or part of the Claim Service without
prior notice for any reason, including, without limitation,
if Registrar believes You have engaged in conduct prohibited
by these Terms of Use.
- The Claim Service. Registrar provides
the Claim Service to holders of both registered and
common law trademarks or service marks (collectively
"Trademarks"). During the domain name application process,
applicants for a .biz domain name ("Applicants") will
be notified of an Owner's alleged intellectual property
rights in a Trademark if the domain name contained in
the domain name application is an exact match of the
Trademark identified in an IP Claim (as defined below)
submitted by Owner. You may review frequently asked
questions regarding the Claim Service by reviewing our
FAQs.
- License to Use Data / Privacy. By
submitting an IP Claim, You hereby grant Registrar,
as well as any of its agents or subcontractors, and
the .biz registry, a limited, royalty-free, non-exclusive
worldwide license to use all of the data contained in
the IP Claim solely for the purposes of implementing
the Claim Service, processing Your IP Claim, notifying
Applicants of Your IP Claim, and for notifying You of
changes to the Claim Service, and for archival purposes.
- The IP Claim Process. In order to
submit a claim with respect to a Trademark of Trademarks
("IP Claim") through the Claim Service, You must complete
an IP Claim form for each Trademark. . For each IP Claim,
You must submit complete contact information, representative
contact information and notification details, and the
details regarding the Trademark. You may specify in
the representative field that an Agent may receive legal
correspondence regarding the IP Claim. Once You have
submitted an IP Claim, you will receive a confirmation
email and a claim number. You must retain the claim
number for each IP Claim You submit. Registrar will
accept IP Claims until July 9, 2001, or such later date
as it may determine in its sole discretion ("Close of
Phase I") and no IP Claims will be accepted after that
date. From the Close of Phase I until September 25,
2001 ("Phase 2"), or such other later date as Registrar
may choose, in its sole discretion, the domain name
applications from ICANN-approved registrars ("Applications")
will be compared with the database of IP Claims processed
through the Claim Service ("IP Claim Database"). For
each exact match between an IP Claim in the IP Claim
Database and a domain name application, the Registry
Operator for .Biz ("Registry Operator") will notify
the Applicant that a third party or third parties have
submitted an IP Claim for the exact Trademark. The email
notification to the Applicant will include, among other
things, the information provided by Owner in the IP
Claim, instructions on how to proceed with the registration
process, and that if selected during the randomized
name selection phase ("Name Selection Phase"), the domain
name will be placed on a temporary thirty (30) day hold
when the Registry goes "live." The Applicant will have
the option to proceed with the Application or cancel
the Application. If the Applicant does not respond to
the email notification, or elects to cancel the Application,
the Applicant's domain name application will not be
processed during the Name Selection Phase. If the Applicant
chooses to proceed with the registration process and
the name is selected during the Name Selection Phase,
that domain name automatically will be placed on a thirty
(30) day "hold period" when the name is registered.
After Name Selection, the Owner will be notified by
Registry Operator if an Applicant has successfully registered
the domain name. The Owner will then have the option
of contacting the Applicant and finding a solution or
using the guidelines set forth by a special dispute
resolution process called the Start-up Trademark Opposition
Policy ("STOP") (formerly referred to as the Start-up
Dispute Resolution Policy or "SUDRP") (information available
at http://www.neulevel.com/countdown/stop.html),
or the Uniform Domain-Name Dispute Resolution Procedures
("UDRP") (information is available at http://www.icann.org/udrp/udrp-policy-24oct99.htm).
You will not be notified if there are no Applications
that exactly match an IP Claim You submitted in the
IP Claim Database.
USE OF THE SERVICE DOES NOT GUARANTEE
THAT AN OWNER WILL BE AWARDED THE .BIZ EXTENSION FOR ITS
TRADEMARK. AN OWNER THAT WISHES TO OBTAIN A .BIZ EXTENSION
FOR ITS TRADEMARK MUST FILE A DOMAIN NAME APPLICATION. DOMAIN
NAME APPLICANTS WILL ONLY BE NOTIFIED OF APPLICATIONS THAT
ARE EXACT MATCHES WITH A TRADEMARK IDENTIFIED IN AN IP CLAIM
FORM. REGISTRAR WILL NOT VERIFY WHETHER A TRADEMARK CLAIMED
ON AN IP CLAIM FORM CORRESPONDS WITH AN ACTUAL, LEGAL OR
VALID TRADEMARK, NOR WILL REGISTRAR PROVIDE ANY LEGAL OVERSIGHT
OR ADJUDICATION FOR ANY DISPUTED INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY IMPLICATED
BY THE SERVICE.
- Conduct. You agree to be bound by
the applicable provisions of the Ideaz Acceptable
Use Policy, incorporated herein and made part of this
Agreement by reference, in connection with your use
of the services described in this Schedule.
- Fees. As consideration for the Claim
Service, Registrar, or its agents or subcontractors
may require you to submit and pay for each IP Claim
individually or it may allow you store up a certain
number of IP Claims before submitting them for processing.
Once you have stored that number of IP Claims, you may
not be able to store any additional IP Claims and may
need to submit them for processing and pay the applicable
fee before obtaining additional storage space. No refunds
are permitted.
- Links. Some links on the Claim Service
lead to sites posted by independent site owners. Because
Registrar has no control over these sites, it cannot
be responsible for such sites' accessibility via the
Internet and does not endorse products, services, or
information provided by such sites. As such, Registrar
shall not be responsible or liable, directly or indirectly,
for any damage or loss caused or alleged to be caused
by or in connection with, use or reliance on any content,
goods or services available on or through any other
site. Further, the inclusion of these links does not
imply that the other sites have given permission for
inclusion of these links, or that there is any relationship
between Registrar and the linked sites.
- Modifications to the Claim Service.
Registrar reserves the right at any time and from time
to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently,
the Claim Service (or any part thereof) with or without
notice. You agree that will not be liable to You or
to any third party for any modification, suspension,
or discontinuation of the Claim Services.
- Third Party Beneficiary. Registry
Operator ("NeuLevel") is an intended third party beneficiary
of these Term and Conditions with rights to enforce
these Terms of Use. You will cooperate in good faith
with NeuLevel or Registrar in investigating instances
of non-compliance with these Terms of Use, if NeuLevel
or Registrar believes in good faith that you are not
in compliance with these Terms of Use.
- You agree that Registrar and Registry
Operator are not responsible for checking, verifying
or editing message content or completeness, or for detecting
errors or anomalies, or for recreating or re-transmitting
data.
SCHEDULE G TO IDEAZ
SERVICE AGREEMENT ADDITIONAL TERMS APPLICABLE TO SERVICES
IN CONNECTION WITH .INFO TLD.
In addition to the terms set forth in Schedule A above,
the following terms shall apply to .info domain names.
1. Additional Provisions. You acknowledge and agree to the
following: (i) you acknowledge and agree that Ideaz will
share with the .info registry certain information submitted
by you in your application(s) for our services, and you
consent to the use, copying, distribution, publication,
modification and other processing of your personal data
by the .info registry and its designees and agents in connection
with the .info registry's service obligations to us or third
parties, or as otherwise deemed necessary by the .info registry;
(ii) you agree to submit to proceedings commenced under
the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy ("UDRP")
and the Sunrise Dispute Resolution Policy ("SDRP") (available
at http://www.afilias.info/faq/sunrise-challenge.html),
as these may be modified from time to time; (iii) you agree
to immediately correct and update the registration information
for any domain name registered hereunder during the registration
term for such registered domain name; and (iv) you acknowledge
that the .info registry will have no liability of any kind
for any loss or liability resulting from the proceedings
and processes relating to the Sunrise Period or the Land
Rush Period, including, without limitation: (a) the ability
or inability of a registrant to obtain a registered domain
name during these periods, and (b) the results of any dispute
over a "Sunrise Registration."
If at the time of your application for services in the .info
TLD, the SDRP has not yet been approved by ICANN (which
may mean the SDRP is not available for viewing via live
hyperlink above), you agree to be bound by the terms of
the SDRP upon such approval and in the final form approved
by ICANN, as posted on our Web site or the ICANN Web site
(located at http://www.icann.org).
You agree that, by maintaining the services provided hereunder
after such posting of any of the ICANN approved SDRP, you
have agreed to the terms and conditions of the same. You
acknowledge that if you do not agree to the SDRP, you may
terminate this Agreement. We will not refund any fees paid
by you if you terminate your Agreement with us.
2. Registry Actions or Inactions. Our ability to provide
services to you depends in part upon the provision of services
by third parties, such as the .info registry. We cannot
control and will not be responsible for the actions or inactions
of such third parties. For example, the .info registry has
reserved the right to refuse or cancel any Sunrise Registration
at any time and to request additional information relating
to a Sunrise Registration. You acknowledge and agree that
we shall not be liable to you or any other party in connection
with claims, damages, losses, expenses or costs incurred
or suffered by you as a result of actions taken or not taken
by third parties, including, but not limited to, the .info
registry.
3. No Guarantee on Registration. The .info registry, and
not Ideaz, determines the dates and times associated
with the various service periods available in the .info
TLD. You agree to review and become familiar with the information
available on our Web site and on the .info Web site concerning
the various periods and descriptions of services available
in connection with .info TLD, and to regularly check for
modifications and/or updates to such information, as the
same may change from time to time. You agree that you are
solely responsible for applying and/or registering for the
service periods you desire to participate in. You acknowledge
and agree that submission of an application for domain name
registration or any other services (regardless of when submitted),
does not guarantee that you will ultimately be the registrant
for a particular domain name.
4. Disclaimer Concerning Intellectual Property Protection.
Your application for a Sunrise Registration DOES NOT PROVIDE
YOU WITH ANY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTIONS OR REGISTRATIONS.
5. Use of Other Registrars. You agree that we may, but are
not obligated to, submit your registration application and/or
information through another ICANN accredited registrar ("Third
Party Registrar") if we believe, in our sole discretion,
that doing so will provide you with a better opportunity
for successfully registering a .info domain name. Should
our submission result in the registration of a .info domain
name for you, you acknowledge and agree that you will also
then be a customer of the Third Party Registrar through
which your domain name is registered. If we do submit your
registration application and/or information through a Third
Party Registrar, and a .info domain name is registered to
you through that Third Party Registrar, you agree that in
addition to your agreement with Ideaz, you agree to be
bound by the following terms and conditions in the Agreement
with respect to the Third Party Registrar for so long as
you are receiving registration services through that Third
Party Registrar:
- Section 1 of the Agreement;
- Sections 3 through 29;
- Schedule A (except Section 1 of Schedule
A); and
- This Schedule.
You agree that Ideaz shall have
the right, but not the obligation, to submit a change of
registrar request to the Third Party Registrar, if any,
through which your domain name is registered to transfer
the sponsorship of your domain name to Ideaz at any time
after the expiration of 60 calendar days from the registration
of the domain name, and you hereby authorize and direct
Ideaz to effect such a transfer if Ideaz decides,
in its sole discretion, that it wishes to effect such a
transfer. You will not be required to pay any transfer or
new service fees to effect the transfer.
SCHEDULE O TO IDEAZ
SERVICE AGREEMENT ADDITIONAL TERMS APPLICABLE TO SERVICES
IN CONNECTION WITH .NAME TLD.
In addition to the terms set forth in Schedule A above,
the following terms shall apply to .Name domain names.
1. Eligibility Requirements. You represent and warrant that
every registration you are applying for in the .name top-level
domain ("TLD") satisfies the eligibility requirements ("Eligibility
Requirements") established by Global Name Registry Ltd.,
the registry for the .name TLD, which are available at the
following URL: http://www.ican.org/tlds/agreements/name/registry-agmt-appl-03jul01.html.
2. Dispute Resolution Policies. You agree that every service
for which you register is subject to the Uniform Domain
Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the "UDRP") and the Eligibility
Requirements Dispute Resolution Policy (the "ERDRP"), which
are located at http://www.icann.org/tlds/agreements/name/registry-agmt-appm-03jul01.htm.
Without limiting the foregoing, you agree that (i) every
Defensive Registration is subject to challenge pursuant
to the ERDRP; (ii) if a Defensive Registration is successfully
challenged pursuant to the ERDRP, the Defensive Registration
Holder will pay the challenge fees; (iii) if a challenge
to a Defensive Registration is successful, the Defensive
Registration will be subject to the procedures described
in the ERDRP and the Eligibility Requirements including,
without limitation, the cancellation of the Defensive Registration
Holder's other Defensive Registrations; and (iv) if a Phase
I Defensive Registration (as defined by the .name registry)
is successfully challenged on the basis that it does not
meet the applicable eligibility requirements, the Defensive
Registration Holder will thereafter be required to demonstrate,
at its expense, that it meets the eligibility requirements
for Phase I Defensive Registrations for all other Phase
I Defensive Registrations that it registered within .name
through any registrar. In the event the Defensive Registration
Holder is unable to demonstrate the foregoing with respect
to any such Phase I Defensive Registration(s), those Defensive
Registration(s) will be cancelled.
3. Limitation of Liability. In addition to the other limitations
of liability contained herein, you agree that neither the
.name registry nor Ideaz shall have any liability of
any kind for any loss or liability resulting from (i) the
processing of registration requests prior to live SRS launch,
including, without limitation, your ability or inability
to obtain a Registered Name, a second-level domain e-mail
address registration (an "SLD E-mail Address"), a Defensive
Registration, or a NameWatch Registration using the services
provided by Ideaz or the .name registry; or (ii) any
dispute over any Registered Name, SLD E-mail Address, Defensive
Registration, or NameWatch Registration, including any dispute
resolution proceeding related to any of the foregoing.
4. Registry Actions or Inactions. Our ability to provide
services to you depends in part upon the provision of services
by third parties, such as the .name registry. We cannot
control and will not be responsible for the actions or inactions
of such third parties. You acknowledge and agree that we
shall not be liable to you or any other party in connection
with claims, damages, losses, expenses or costs incurred
or suffered by you as a result of actions taken or not taken
by third parties, including, but not limited to, the .name
registry.
SCHEDULE Q TO IDEAZ
SERVICE AGREEMENT ADDITIONAL TERMS APPLICABLE TO SERVICES
IN CONNECTION WITH .US TLD.
In addition to the terms set forth in Schedule A above,
the following terms shall apply to .US domain names.
1. Nexus Requirements/Certification. You certify that you
have and shall continue to have a lawful bona fide U.S.
nexus, as required by the .US top-level domain ("TLD") administrator,
NeuStar (".US Registry"), and that you meet all of
the .US nexus requirements (".US Nexus Requirements") set
forth below (and as represented by you in the registration
application information provided by you to Ideaz). You
must be (and you certify that you are) either:
- A natural person (i) who is a United
States citizen, (ii) a permanent resident of the United
States of America or any of its possessions or territories,
or (iii) whose primary place of domicile is in the United
States of America or any of its possessions [Nexus Category
1]; or
- An entity or organization that is
(i) incorporated within one of the fifty (50) U.S. states,
the District of Columbia, or any of the United States
possessions or territories or (ii) organized or otherwise
constituted under the laws of a state of the United
States of America, the District of Columbia or any of
its possessions or territories [Nexus Category 2]; or
- An entity or organization (including
a federal, state, or local government of the United
States, or a political subdivision thereof) that has
a bona fide presence in the United States of America
or any of its possessions or territories [Nexus Category
3]. If you are claiming Nexus Category 3, you certify
that you have a "bona fide presence in the United States"
on the basis of real and substantial lawful contacts
with, or lawful activities in, the United States of
America.
2. Name Servers Certification. You certify that the name
servers listed by you in connection with your application
for domain name registration services in the .US TLD are
located within the United States.
3. Your obligation to satisfy Nexus Requirement. You acknowledge
and agree that it is your responsibility, through the registration
process (and, if applicable, as required subsequent to your
application), to provide the information necessary to satisfy
the .US Nexus Requirements, and that a failure by you to
satisfy the .US Nexus Requirements may result in, among
other things, (i) the domain name application(s) being rejected
by Ideaz and/or the .US Registry, (ii) the domain name(s)
being placed on "hold" by Ideaz and/or the .US Registry,
and/or (iii) the domain name(s) being deleted by Ideaz
and/or the .US Registry. Neither Ideaz nor the .US Registry
(nor any other entity or person) shall be liable to you
for any actions or inactions of any of them resulting from
your failure to provide all required .US Nexus Requirements
information at the time of registration (or, where applicable,
subsequent to registration), and none of them shall have
any obligation to request or attempt to obtain from you
additional information to establish your compliance with
the .US Nexus Requirements, even if the need for such information
is known by any of them.
4. Nexus Dispute Policy. You agree to be bound by the Nexus
Dispute Policy ("NDP") administered by the .US Registry
(or a third party designated by the .US Registry), which
policy and its applicable forms are located on the .US Registry's
web site at the URL: www.neustar.com.
You agree to abide by all decisions rendered by the .US
Registry (or its third party designee) in connection with
the NDP.
5. Dispute Resolution Policy. You agree that you are bound
by the United States Dispute Resolution Policy set forth
on the .US Registry's website at the URL: www.neustar.com.
6. Registry Actions or Inactions. Our ability to provide
services to you depends in part upon the provision of services
by third parties, such as the .US Registry. We cannot control
and will not be responsible for the actions or inactions
of such third parties. You acknowledge and agree that we
shall not be liable to you or any other party in connection
with claims, damages, losses, expenses or costs incurred
or suffered by you as a result of actions taken or not taken
by third parties, including, but not limited to, the .US
Registry (for example, the .US Registry reserves the right
to deny, delete, transfer or freeze any domain name registration
for a variety of reasons, none of which Ideaz can control).
7. Accurate Information. Without limiting the other provisions
of the Agreement, your willful or grossly negligent provision
of inaccurate or unreliable information, or your willful
or grossly negligent failure promptly to update information
provided to Ideaz shall constitute a material breach
of this Agreement and shall be a basis for cancellation
of the domain name(s) applied for hereunder.
8. Application Submission. You acknowledge and agree that
Ideaz (as the parent company) will be submitting
your .US domain name application(s) to the .US Registry
through Ideaz .US Registrar, and that all applications
submitted by you hereunder (except for Sunrise applications,
where applicable) will be submitted by Ideaz .US Registrar
on or after the date upon which the .US Registry goes live.
SCHEDULE V TO IDEAZ
SERVICE AGREEMENT
ADDITIONAL TERMS APPLICABLE TO REGISTRANTS OF DOMAIN NAMES
IN THE .AU COUNTRY CODE TOP-LEVEL DOMAINS.
In addition to the terms set forth in Schedules A and D,
the following terms shall apply to registrants of domain
names registered in the .au country-code top-level domain.
Summary
The terms and conditions set forth below govern the registration
of domain names in the .au country-code top-level domain
and are mandated by auDA (as defined below).
For purposes of this Schedule V, the defined terms set forth
below shall have the following meaning:
"auDA" means .au Domain Administration Limited ACN
079 009 340, the regulatory body responsible for administering
the .au ccTLD and its associated sub-domains.
"Domain Name" means the domain name registered in
the .au country-code top-level domain in accordance with
this Agreement.
"Domain Name Application" means an application by
a Registrant for a Domain Name Licence, or the renewal of
an existing Domain Name Licence.
"Domain Name Application" means an application by
a Registrant for a Domain Name Licence, or the renewal of
an existing Domain Name Licence.
"Domain Name Licence" means the licence to use a
Domain Name for a specified period of time, as evidenced
by a certificate of registration issued by the Registrar
to the Registrant.
"National Privacy Principles" has the same meaning
as in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).
"Published Policies" means those specifications and
policies established and published by auDA from time to
time, as the self-regulatory body responsible for the administration
of the .au ccTLD, in accordance with its constitution.
"Registrant" means a holder of, or an applicant for,
a Domain Name Licence, and includes its agent.
"Registrant Agreement" means this Agreement.
"Registrant Data" means the Registrant data submitted
by the Registrar to the Registry.
"Registrar" means Ideaz and its wholly owned
subsidiaries.
- REGISTRAR'S AGENCY.
The Registrar agrees and covenants
to act as agent for auDA for the sole purpose, but only
to the extent necessary, to enable auDA to receive the
benefit of rights and covenants conferred to them under
this Registrant Agreement.
- REGISTRATION OF DOMAIN NAMES
- 2.1 A Domain Name Application must
be in the form prescribed under the Published Policies.
The Domain Name must comply with the Published Policies.
- 2.2 The Registrar and the Registrant
do not have any proprietary right arising from:
- 2.2.1 the registered Domain Name;
or
- 2.2.2 the entry of a Domain Name
in the Registry Database.
- 2.3 All personal information pertaining
to the Registrant is held by auDA for the benefit
of the Australian public.
- CONSENT TO USE REGISTRANT INFORMATION
3.1 The Registrant grants to auDA,
the right to publicly disclose to third parties, all
information relating to the registered Domain Names
in accordance with the Published Policies which are
available on auDA's website http://www.auda.org.au.
3.2 The Registrant grants to the Registrar, the right
to disclose to the Registry Operator, all information
which are reasonably required by the Registry Operator
in order to register the Domain Name in the Registry.
3.3 The Registrant grants to the Registry Operator,
the right to publicly disclose to third parties, all
information relating to the registered Domain Name to
enable the Registry Operator to maintain a public WHOIS
service, provided that such disclosure is consistent
with:
3.4 the National Privacy Principles; and
3.5 auDA's Published Policies.
- CHANGE OF REGISTRARS
- 4.1 The Registrar must ensure that
the Registrant can easily transfer registered Domain
Names to another registrar in accordance with the
Published Policies. The Published Policies include,
but are not limited to, such matters as:
- 4.1.1 the maximum fees chargeable
by the Registrar;
- 4.1.2 when fees are not chargeable
by the Registrar;
- 4.1.3 the conditions pursuant to
which the Registrar must transfer; and
- 4.1.4 the conditions pursuant to
which the Registrar does not have to transfer.
- 4.2 In the event that:
- 4.2.1 the Registrar is no longer
a registrar; or
- 4.2.2 the Registrar's auDA Accreditation
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