REGISTER DOMAIN: (.BIZ)
Should you seek to register a .BIZ second level domain name you, the registrant,
must also agree to the following terms:
- BIZ RESTRICTIONS. Registrations in the .biz TLD must be used or intended
to be used primarily for bona fide business or commercial purposes. For
purposes of the .biz Registration Restrictions ("Restrictions"),
"bona fide business or commercial use" shall mean the bona fide
use or bona fide intent to use the domain name or any content, software,
materials, graphics or other information thereon, to permit Internet users
to access one or more host computers through the DNS:
I. To exchange goods, services, or property of any kind;
II. In the ordinary course of trade or business; or
III. To facilitate:
a) the exchange of goods, services, information, or property of any kind;
or,
b) the ordinary course of trade or business.Registering a domain name solely
for the purposes of
i. selling, trading or leasing the domain name for compensation, or
ii. the unsolicited offering to sell, trade or lease the domain name for
compensation shall not constitute a"bona fide business or commercial
use" of that domain name.
- BIZ CERTIFICATION. As a .biz domain name registrant, you hereby certify to
the best of your knowledge that:
The registered domain name will be used primarily for bona fide business or
commercial purposes and not
i. exclusively for personal use; or
ii. solely for the purposes of
a. selling, trading or leasing the domain name for compensation, or
b. the unsolicited offering to sell, trade or lease the domain name for
compensation. For more information on the .biz restrictions, which are
incorporated herein by reference, please see: http://www.neulevel.com/countdown/registrationRestrictions.html
1. The domain name registrant has the authority to enter into the
registration agreement; and
2. the registered domain name is reasonably related to the registrant's
business or intended commercial purpose at the time of registration.
- PROVISION OF REGISTRATION DATA.
a) Provision of Registration Data. As part of the registration process, you
are required to Provide us with certain information and to update this
information to keep it current, complete and accurate. This information
includes (i) your full name, postal address, e-mail address, voice telephone
number, and fax number if available; (ii) the name of an authorized person
for contact purposes in the case of a registrant that is an organization,
association, or corporation; (iii) the IP addresses of the primary
nameserver and any secondary nameserver(s) for the domain name; (iv) the
corresponding names of those nameservers; (v) the full name, postal address,
e-mail address, voice telephone number, and fax number if available of the
technical contact for the domain name; (vi) the full name, postal address,
e-mail address, voice telephone number, and fax number if available of the
administrative contact for the domain name; (vii) the name, postal address,
e-mail address, voice telephone number, and fax number if available of the
billing contact for the domain name; and (viii) any remark concerning the
registered domain name that should appear in the Whois directory. You agree
and understand that the foregoing registration data will be publicly
available and accessible on the Whois directory as required by ICANN/Registry
Policy and may be sold in bulk in accordance with the ICANN Agreement.
b) Inaccurate or Unreliable Data. You hereby represent and warrant that the
data provided in the domain name registration application is true, correct,
up to date and complete and that you will continue to keep all the
information provided up to date. Your willful provision of inaccurate or
unreliable information, your willful failure promptly to update information
provided to us, or any failure to respond for over five calendar days to our
inquiries addressed to the e-mail address of the administrative, billing or
technical contact then appearing in the Whois directory with respect to an
domain name concerning the accuracy of contact details associated with any
registration(s) or the registration of any domain name(s) registered by or
through you or your account, shall constitute a breach of this Agreement.
Any information collected by us concerning an identified or identifiable
natural person ("Personal Data") will be used in connection with
the registration of your domain name(s) and for the purposes of this
Agreement and as required or permitted by the ICANN Agreement or any ICANN/Registry
Policy.
- DOMAIN NAME DISPUTE POLICY. If you reserved or registered a .biz domain
name through us, you agree to be bound by our current domain name dispute
policy that is incorporated herein and made a part of this Agreement by
reference. Please take the time to familiarize yourself with that policy. In
addition, you hereby acknowledge that you have 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, available at http://www.icann.org/udrp/udrp.htm.
(ii) The Start-up Trademark Opposition Policy ("STOP"), available
at http://www.neulevel.com/countdown/stop.html; and
(iii) The Restrictions Dispute Resolution Criteria and Rules, available at
http://www.neulevel.com/countdown/rdrp.html.
The STOP 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 Registry Operator or Registrar) over the
registration or use of a .biz domain name registered by Registrant that is
subject to the Intellectual Property Claim Service. The Intellectual
Property Claim Service 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 STOP and its associated Rules, those
Claimants will have the right to challenge registrations through independent
ICANN-accredited dispute resolution providers. The UDRP 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.
The UDRP 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.
The RDRP sets forth the terms under which any allegation that a domain name
is not used primarily for business or commercial purposes shall be enforced
on a case-by-case, fact specific basis by an independent ICANN-accredited
dispute provider. None of the violations of the Restrictions will be
enforced directly by or through Registry Operator. Registry Operator will
not review, monitor, or otherwise verify that any particular domain name is
being used primarily for business or commercial purposes or that a domain
name is being used in compliance with the SUDRP or UDRP processes.
- 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.
- DOMAIN NAME DISPUTES. 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. 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.
- RESERVATION OF RIGHTS. eNom, Inc. and the .biz Registry Operator, NeuLevel,
Inc. expressly reserve the right to deny, cancel or transfer any
registration that it deems necessary, in its discretion, to protect the
integrity and stability of the registry, to comply with any applicable laws,
government rules or requirements, requests of law enforcement, in compliance
with any dispute resolution process, or to avoid any liability, civil or
criminal, on the part of eNom, Inc. and/or NeuLevel, Inc., as well as their
affiliates, subsidiaries, officers, directors and employees. eNom, Inc. and
NeuLevel, Inc. also reserve the right to freeze a domain name during
resolution of a dispute.