- 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 INCREASED DEVELOPMENT. This Agreement explains
our obligations to you, and explains your obligations to us for various Services.
- SELECTION OF A DOMAIN
NAME. You represent that:
(i) the data provided
in the domain name registration application is true, correct, up to date
and complete,
(ii) to the best of
the your knowledge and belief, neither this registration of a domain name
nor the manner in which it is directly or indirectly to be used infringes
upon the legal rights of a third party;
(iii) that the domain
name is not being registered for nor shall it at any time whatsoever be
used for any unlawful purpose whatsoever
(iv) the registered
domain name will be used primarily for bona fide business or commercial
purposes and not (a) exclusively for personal use, or (b) solely for the
purposes of (1) selling, trading or leasing the domain name for compensation,
or (2) the unsolicited offering to sell, trade or lease the domain name
for compensation;
(v) you have the authority
to enter into this Registration Agreement; and
(vi) the registered
domain name is reasonably related to your business or intended commercial
purpose at the time of registration.
- FEES. As consideration
for the Services you have selected, you agree to pay the RSP the applicable
service(s) fees. All fees payable hereunder are non-refundable. As further
consideration for the Services, you agree to: (1) provide certain current,
complete and accurate information about you as required by the registration
process and (2) maintain and update this information as needed to keep it
current, complete and accurate. All such information shall be referred to
as account information ("Account Information"). By submitting this Agreement,
you represent that the statements in your Application are true, complete and
accurate.
- TERM. This Agreement
shall remain in full force during the length of the term of your domain name
registration(s) as selected, recorded, and paid for upon registration of the
domain name. Should you choose to renew or otherwise lengthen the term of
your domain name registration, then the term of this Registration Agreement
shall be extended accordingly. Should the domain name be transferred to another
Registrar, the terms and conditions of this contract shall cease.
- MODIFICATIONS TO
AGREEMENT. You agree that we may: (1) revise the terms and conditions
of this Agreement; and (2) change the services provided under this Agreement.
You agree to be bound by any such revision or change will which shall be effective
immediately upon posting on our web site or upon notification to you by e-mail
or your country’s postal service pursuant to the Notices section of this Agreement.
You agree to review this Agreement as posted on our web site periodically
to maintain an awareness of any and all such revisions. If you do not agree
with any revision to the Agreement, you may terminate this Agreement at any
time by providing us with notice by e-mail or postal service pursuant to the
Notices section of this Agreement. Notice of your termination shall be effective
after processing by us. You agree that, by continuing the use of Services
following notice of any revision to this Agreement or change in service(s),
you shall be bound by any such revisions and changes. You further agree to
be bound by the ICANN Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (“Dispute Policy”)
as presently written and posted on http://www.opensrs.org/legal/udrp.shtml
and as shall be amended from time to time. You acknowledge that if you do
not agree to any such modifications, you may request that your domain name
be deleted from the domain name database.
- MODIFICATIONS TO
YOUR ACCOUNT. In order to change any of your account information with
us, you must use your Account Identifier and Password that you selected when
you opened your account with us. You agree to safeguard your Account Identifier
and Password from any unauthorized use. In no event shall we be liable for
the unauthorized use or misuse of your Account Identifier or Password.
- DOMAIN NAME DISPUTE
POLICY. If you reserved or registered a domain name through us, or transferred
a domain name to us from another registrar, you agree to be bound by the Dispute
Policy that is incorporated herein and made a part of this Agreement by reference.
The current version of the Dispute Policy may be found at http://www.opensrs.org/legal/udrp.shtml.
Please take the time to familiarize yourself with this policy.
- DOMAIN NAME DISPUTES.
You acknowledge having read and understood and agree to be bound by the
terms and conditions of the following documents, as they may be amended from
time to time, which are hereby incorporated and made an integral part of this
Agreement:
(i) The Uniform Domain
Name Dispute Resolution Policy (“Dispute Policy), available at http://www.icann.org/udrp/udrp.htm;
(ii) The Start-Up Dispute
Resolution Policy (“SUDRP”), available at http://www.neulevel.com/countdown/stop.html;
and
(iii) The Restrictions
Dispute Resolution Criteria and Rules (“RDRP”), available at http://www.neulevel.com/;
(collectively, “Dispute
Policies”).
The SUDRP sets forth
the terms and conditions in connection with a dispute between a registrant
of a .biz domain name (“Registrant”) with any third party (other than Neulevel,
Inc. (“Registry Operator”) or Tucows over the registration or use of a .biz
domain name registered by you that is subject to the Start-up Intellectual
Property Notification Service (“SIPNS”). SIPNS is a service introduced
by Registry Operator to notify a trademark or service mark holder (“Claimant”)
that a second-level domain name has been registered in which that Claimant
claims intellectual property rights. In accordance with the SUDRP and its
associated Rules, those Claimants will have the right to challenge registrations
through independent ICANN-accredited dispute resolution providers.
The Dispute Policy
sets forth the terms and conditions in connection with a dispute between
a Registrant and any party other than the Registry Operator or Registrar
over the registration and use of an Internet domain name registered by Registrant.
he RDRP sets forth
the terms under which any allegation that a domain name is not used primarily
for business or commercial purposes shall be endorsed on a case-by-case,
fact specific basis by an independent ICANN-accredited dispute provider.
- POLICY. You
agree that your registration of the domain name shall be subject to suspension,
cancellation, or transfer pursuant to any Tucows, Registry Operator, ICANN
or government-adopted policy, or pursuant to any registrar or registry procedure
not inconsistent with an ICANN or government-adopted policy, (1) to correct
mistakes by us or the applicable Registry in registering the name or (2) for
the resolution of disputes concerning the domain name.
- AGENCY. Should
you intend to license use of a domain name to a third party you shall nonetheless
be the domain name holder of record and are therefore responsible for providing
your own full contact information and for providing and updating accurate
technical and administrative contact information adequate to facilitate timely
resolution of any problems that arise in connection with the domain name.
You shall accept liability for harm caused by wrongful use of the domain name.
You represent that you have provided notice of the terms and conditions in
this Agreement to a third party licensee and that the third party agrees to
the terms hereof.
- ANNOUNCEMENTS.
We reserve the right to distribute information to you that is pertinent to
the quality or operation of our services and those of our service partners.
These announcements will be predominately informative in nature and may include
notices describing changes, upgrades, new products or other information to
add security or to enhance your identity on the Internet.
- 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.
- TRANSFER OF OWNERSHIP.
The person named as Registrant at the time the user name and password are
secured shall be the owner of the domain name. You agree that prior to transferring
ownership of your domain name to another person (the Transferee") you shall
require the Transferee to agree in writing to be bound by all the terms and
conditions of this Agreement. Your domain name will not be transferred until
we receive such written assurances or other reasonable assurance that the
Transferee has been bound by the contractual terms of this Agreement (such
reasonable assurance as determined by us in our sole discretion) along with
the applicable transfer fee. If the Transferee fails to be bound in a reasonable
fashion (as determine by us in our sole discretion) to the terms and conditions
in this Agreement, any such transfer will be null and void. You acknowledge
that you will not be entitled to change registrars during the first sixty
(60) days following the registration 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.