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17 <p><font size="+2"><b>Uniform Domain Name <BR>
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18 Dispute Resolution Policy</b></FONT> </p>
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19 <P>Policy Adopted: August 26, 1999<BR>
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20 Implementation Documents Approved: October 24, 1999
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29 <P><B>Notes:</B></P>
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30 <P><B>1. This policy is now in effect. See <A HREF="/udrp/udrp-schedule.htm">www.icann.org/udrp/udrp-schedule.htm</A>
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31 for the implementation schedule.</B></P>
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32 <P><B>2. This policy has been adopted by all accredited domain-name registrars
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33 for domain names ending in .com, .net, and .org. It has also been adopted
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34 by certain managers of country-code top-level domains (e.g., .nu, .tv,
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36 <P><B>3. The policy is between the registrar (or other registration authority
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37 in the case of a country-code top-level domain) and its customer (the
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38 domain-name holder or registrant). <FONT COLOR="#ff0000">Thus, the policy
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39 uses "we" and "our" to refer to the registrar and
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40 it uses "you" and "your" to refer to the domain-name
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41 holder.</FONT></B></P>
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46 <P align="center"><B><FONT SIZE="+1">Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution
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47 Policy</FONT></B></P>
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48 <P>(As Approved by ICANN on October 24, 1999)</P>
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49 <P><A NAME="1"></A><B>1. <U>Purpose</U>.</B><FONT
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50 FACE="Arial"> This Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the "Policy")
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51 has been adopted by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
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52 ("ICANN"), is incorporated by reference into your Registration
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53 Agreement, and sets forth the terms and conditions in connection with
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54 a dispute between you and any party other than us (the registrar) over
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55 the registration and use of an Internet domain name registered by you.
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56 Proceedings under <A HREF="#4">Paragraph 4</A> of this Policy will be
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57 conducted according to the Rules for Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution
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58 Policy (the "Rules of Procedure"), which are available at <A HREF="/dndr/udrp/uniform-rules.htm">www.icann.org/udrp/udrp-rules-24oct99.htm</A>,
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59 and the selected administrative-dispute-resolution service provider's
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60 supplemental rules.</FONT></P>
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61 <P><A NAME="2"></A><B>2. <U>Your Representations</U>.</B><FONT
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62 FACE="Arial"> By applying to register a domain name, or by asking us to
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63 maintain or renew a domain name registration, you hereby represent and
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64 warrant to us that (a) the statements that you made in your Registration
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65 Agreement are complete and accurate; (b) to your knowledge, the registration
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66 of the domain name will not infringe upon or otherwise violate the rights
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67 of any third party; (c) you are not registering the domain name for an
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68 unlawful purpose; and (d) you will not knowingly use the domain name in
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69 violation of any applicable laws or regulations. It is your responsibility
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70 to determine whether your domain name registration infringes or violates
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71 someone else's rights.</FONT></P>
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72 <P><A NAME="3"></A><B><FONT FACE="Arial">3. <U>Cancellations, Transfers,
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73 and Changes</U>.</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Arial"> We will cancel, transfer
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74 or otherwise make changes to domain name registrations under the following
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75 circumstances:</FONT></P>
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77 <P><A NAME="3a"></A>a. subject to the provisions of <A HREF="#8">Paragraph
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78 8</A>, our receipt of written or appropriate electronic instructions
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79 from you or your authorized agent to take such action;</P>
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80 <P><A NAME="3b"></A>b. our receipt of an order from a court or arbitral
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81 tribunal, in each case of competent jurisdiction, requiring such action;
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83 <P><A NAME="3c"></A><FONT FACE="Arial">c. our receipt of a decision of
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84 an Administrative Panel requiring such action in any administrative
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85 proceeding to which you were a party and which was conducted under this
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86 Policy or a later version of this Policy adopted by ICANN. (See <A HREF="#4i">Paragraph
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87 4(i)</A> and <A HREF="#4k">(k)</A> below.)</FONT></P>
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89 <P><A NAME="3End"></A><FONT FACE="Arial">We may also cancel, transfer or
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90 otherwise make changes to a domain name registration in accordance with
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91 the terms of your Registration Agreement or other legal requirements.</FONT></P>
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92 <P><A NAME="4"></A><B><FONT FACE="Arial">4. <U>Mandatory Administrative
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93 Proceeding</U>.</FONT></B></P>
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94 <P><FONT FACE="Arial">This Paragraph sets forth the type of disputes for
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95 which you are required to submit to a mandatory administrative proceeding.
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96 These proceedings will be conducted before one of the administrative-dispute-resolution
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97 service providers listed at <A HREF="/dndr/udrp/approved-providers.htm">www.icann.org/udrp/approved-providers.htm</A>
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98 (each, a "Provider").</FONT></P>
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100 <P><A NAME="4a"></A><B><FONT FACE="Arial">a. Applicable Disputes.</FONT></B><FONT
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101 FACE="Arial"> You are required to submit to a mandatory administrative
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102 proceeding in the event that a third party (a "complainant")
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103 asserts to the applicable Provider, in compliance with the Rules of
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104 Procedure, that</FONT></P>
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106 <P><A NAME="4ai"></A><FONT FACE="Arial">(i) your domain name is identical
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107 or confusingly similar to a trademark or service mark in which the
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108 complainant has rights; and</FONT></P>
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109 <P><A NAME="4aii"></A><FONT FACE="Arial">(ii) you have no rights or
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110 legitimate interests in respect of the domain name; and</FONT></P>
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111 <P><A NAME="4aiii"></A><FONT FACE="Arial">(iii) your domain name has
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112 been registered and is being used in bad faith.</FONT></P>
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114 <P><A NAME="4aEnd"></A><FONT FACE="Arial">In the administrative proceeding,
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115 the complainant must prove that each of these three elements are present.</FONT></P>
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116 <P><A NAME="4b"></A><B><FONT FACE="Arial">b. Evidence of Registration
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117 and Use in Bad Faith.</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Arial"> For the purposes
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118 of <A HREF="#4aiii">Paragraph 4(a)(iii)</A>, the following circumstances,
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119 in particular but without limitation, if found by the Panel to be present,
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120 shall be evidence of the registration and use of a domain name in bad
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123 <P><A NAME="4bi"></A><FONT FACE="Arial">(i) circumstances indicating
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124 that you have registered or you have acquired the domain name primarily
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125 for the purpose of selling, renting, or otherwise transferring the
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126 domain name registration to the complainant who is the owner of the
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127 trademark or service mark or to a competitor of that complainant,
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128 for valuable consideration in excess of your documented out-of-pocket
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129 costs directly related to the domain name; or</FONT></P>
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130 <P><A NAME="4bii"></A><FONT FACE="Arial">(ii) you have registered the
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131 domain name in order to prevent the owner of the trademark or service
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132 mark from reflecting the mark in a corresponding domain name, provided
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133 that you have engaged in a pattern of such conduct; or</FONT></P>
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134 <P><A NAME="4biii"></A><FONT FACE="Arial">(iii) you have registered
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135 the domain name primarily for the purpose of disrupting the business
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136 of a competitor; or</FONT></P>
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137 <P><A NAME="4biv"></A><FONT FACE="Arial">(iv) by using the domain name,
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138 you have intentionally attempted to attract, for commercial gain,
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139 Internet users to your web site or other on-line location, by creating
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140 a likelihood of confusion with the complainant's mark as to the source,
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141 sponsorship, affiliation, or endorsement of your web site or location
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142 or of a product or service on your web site or location.</FONT></P>
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144 <P><A NAME="4c"></A><B><FONT FACE="Arial">c. How to Demonstrate Your Rights
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145 to and Legitimate Interests in the Domain Name in Responding to a Complaint.</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Arial">
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146 When you receive a complaint, you should refer to <A HREF="/dndr/udrp/uniform-rules.htm#5">Paragraph
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147 5</A> of the Rules of Procedure in determining how your response should
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148 be prepared. Any of the following circumstances, in particular but without
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149 limitation, if found by the Panel to be proved based on its evaluation
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150 of all evidence presented, shall demonstrate your rights or legitimate
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151 interests to the domain name for purposes of <A HREF="#4aii">Paragraph
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152 4(a)(ii)</A>:</FONT></P>
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154 <P><A NAME="4ci"></A><FONT FACE="Arial">(i) before any notice to you
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155 of the dispute, your use of, or demonstrable preparations to use,
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156 the domain name or a name corresponding to the domain name in connection
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157 with a bona fide offering of goods or services; or</FONT></P>
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158 <P><A NAME="4cii"></A><FONT FACE="Arial">(ii) you (as an individual,
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159 business, or other organization) have been commonly known by the domain
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160 name, even if you have acquired no trademark or service mark rights;
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162 <P><A NAME="4ciii"></A><FONT FACE="Arial">(iii) you are making a legitimate
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163 noncommercial or fair use of the domain name, without intent for commercial
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164 gain to misleadingly divert consumers or to tarnish the trademark
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165 or service mark at issue.</FONT></P>
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167 <P><A NAME="4d"></A><B><FONT FACE="Arial">d. Selection of Provider.</FONT></B><FONT
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168 FACE="Arial"> The complainant shall select the Provider from among those
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169 approved by ICANN by submitting the complaint to that Provider. The
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170 selected Provider will administer the proceeding, except in cases of
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171 consolidation as described in <A HREF="#4f">Paragraph 4(f)</A>.</FONT></P>
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172 <P><A NAME="4e"></A><B><FONT FACE="Arial">e. Initiation of Proceeding
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173 and Process and Appointment of Administrative Panel.</FONT></B><FONT
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174 FACE="Arial"> The Rules of Procedure state the process for initiating
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175 and conducting a proceeding and for appointing the panel that will decide
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176 the dispute (the "Administrative Panel").</FONT></P>
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177 <P><A NAME="4f"></A><B><FONT FACE="Arial">f. Consolidation.</FONT></B><FONT
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178 FACE="Arial"> In the event of multiple disputes between you and a complainant,
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179 either you or the complainant may petition to consolidate the disputes
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180 before a single Administrative Panel. This petition shall be made to
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181 the first Administrative Panel appointed to hear a pending dispute between
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182 the parties. This Administrative Panel may consolidate before it any
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183 or all such disputes in its sole discretion, provided that the disputes
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184 being consolidated are governed by this Policy or a later version of
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185 this Policy adopted by ICANN.</FONT></P>
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186 <P><A NAME="4g"></A><B><FONT FACE="Arial">g. Fees.</FONT></B><FONT
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187 FACE="Arial"> All fees charged by a Provider in connection with any dispute
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188 before an Administrative Panel pursuant to this Policy shall be paid
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189 by the complainant, except in cases where you elect to expand the Administrative
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190 Panel from one to three panelists as provided in <A HREF="/dndr/udrp/uniform-rules.htm#5biv">Paragraph
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191 5(b)(iv)</A> of the Rules of Procedure, in which case all fees will
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192 be split evenly by you and the complainant.</FONT></P>
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193 <P><A NAME="4h"></A><B><FONT FACE="Arial">h. Our Involvement in Administrative
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194 Proceedings.</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Arial"> We do not, and will not,
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195 participate in the administration or conduct of any proceeding before
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196 an Administrative Panel. In addition, we will not be liable as a result
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197 of any decisions rendered by the Administrative Panel.</FONT></P>
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198 <P><A NAME="4i"></A><B><FONT FACE="Arial">i. Remedies.</FONT></B><FONT
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199 FACE="Arial"> The remedies available to a complainant pursuant to any
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200 proceeding before an Administrative Panel shall be limited to requiring
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201 the cancellation of your domain name or the transfer of your domain
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202 name registration to the complainant.</FONT></P>
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203 <P><A NAME="4j"></A><B><FONT FACE="Arial">j. Notification and Publication.</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Arial">
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204 The Provider shall notify us of any decision made by an Administrative
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205 Panel with respect to a domain name you have registered with us. All
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206 decisions under this Policy will be published in full over the Internet,
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207 except when an Administrative Panel determines in an exceptional case
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208 to redact portions of its decision.</FONT></P>
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209 <P><A NAME="4k"></A><B><FONT FACE="Arial">k. Availability of Court Proceedings.</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Arial">
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210 The mandatory administrative proceeding requirements set forth in <A HREF="#4">Paragraph
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211 4</A> shall not prevent either you or the complainant from submitting
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212 the dispute to a court of competent jurisdiction for independent resolution
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213 before such mandatory administrative proceeding is commenced or after
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214 such proceeding is concluded. If an Administrative Panel decides that
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215 your domain name registration should be canceled or transferred, we
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216 will wait ten (10) business days (as observed in the location of our
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217 principal office) after we are informed by the applicable Provider of
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218 the Administrative Panel's decision before implementing that decision.
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219 We will then implement the decision unless we have received from you
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220 during that ten (10) business day period official documentation (such
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221 as a copy of a complaint, file-stamped by the clerk of the court) that
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222 you have commenced a lawsuit against the complainant in a jurisdiction
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223 to which the complainant has submitted under <A HREF="/dndr/udrp/uniform-rules.htm#3bxiii">Paragraph
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224 3(b)(xiii)</A> of the Rules of Procedure. (In general, that jurisdiction
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225 is either the location of our principal office or of your address as
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226 shown in our Whois database. See <A HREF="/dndr/udrp/uniform-rules.htm#1MutualJurisdiction">Paragraphs
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227 1</A> and <A HREF="/dndr/udrp/uniform-rules.htm#3bxiii">3(b)(xiii)</A>
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228 of the Rules of Procedure for details.) If we receive such documentation
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229 within the ten (10) business day period, we will not implement the Administrative
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230 Panel's decision, and we will take no further action, until we receive
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231 (i) evidence satisfactory to us of a resolution between the parties;
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232 (ii) evidence satisfactory to us that your lawsuit has been dismissed
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233 or withdrawn; or (iii) a copy of an order from such court dismissing
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234 your lawsuit or ordering that you do not have the right to continue
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235 to use your domain name.</FONT></P>
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237 <P><A NAME="5"></A><B><FONT FACE="Arial">5. <U>All Other Disputes and Litigation</U>.</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Arial">
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238 All other disputes between you and any party other than us regarding your
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239 domain name registration that are not brought pursuant to the mandatory
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240 administrative proceeding provisions of <A HREF="#4">Paragraph 4</A> shall
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241 be resolved between you and such other party through any court, arbitration
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242 or other proceeding that may be available.</FONT></P>
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243 <P><A NAME="6"></A><B><FONT FACE="Arial">6. <U>Our Involvement in Disputes</U>.</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Arial">
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244 We will not participate in any way in any dispute between you and any
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245 party other than us regarding the registration and use of your domain
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246 name. You shall not name us as a party or otherwise include us in any
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247 such proceeding. In the event that we are named as a party in any such
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248 proceeding, we reserve the right to raise any and all defenses deemed
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249 appropriate, and to take any other action necessary to defend ourselves.</FONT></P>
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250 <P><A NAME="7"></A><B><FONT FACE="Arial">7. <U>Maintaining the Status Quo</U>.</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Arial">
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251 We will not cancel, transfer, activate, deactivate, or otherwise change
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252 the status of any domain name registration under this Policy except as
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253 provided in <A HREF="#3">Paragraph 3</A> above.</FONT></P>
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254 <P><A NAME="8"></A><B><FONT FACE="Arial">8. <U>Transfers During a Dispute</U>.</FONT></B></P>
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256 <P><A NAME="8a"></A><B><FONT FACE="Arial">a. Transfers of a Domain Name
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257 to a New Holder.</FONT></B><FONT FACE="Arial"> You may not transfer
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258 your domain name registration to another holder (i) during a pending
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259 administrative proceeding brought pursuant to <A HREF="#4">Paragraph
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260 4</A> or for a period of fifteen (15) business days (as observed in
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261 the location of our principal place of business) after such proceeding
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262 is concluded; or (ii) during a pending court proceeding or arbitration
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263 commenced regarding your domain name unless the party to whom the domain
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264 name registration is being transferred agrees, in writing, to be bound
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265 by the decision of the court or arbitrator. We reserve the right to
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266 cancel any transfer of a domain name registration to another holder
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267 that is made in violation of this subparagraph.</FONT></P>
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268 <P><A NAME="8b"></A><B><FONT FACE="Arial">b. Changing Registrars.</FONT></B><FONT
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269 FACE="Arial"> You may not transfer your domain name registration to another
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270 registrar during a pending administrative proceeding brought pursuant
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271 to <A HREF="#4">Paragraph 4</A> or for a period of fifteen (15) business
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272 days (as observed in the location of our principal place of business)
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273 after such proceeding is concluded. You may transfer administration
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274 of your domain name registration to another registrar during a pending
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275 court action or arbitration, provided that the domain name you have
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276 registered with us shall continue to be subject to the proceedings commenced
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277 against you in accordance with the terms of this Policy. In the event
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278 that you transfer a domain name registration to us during the pendency
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279 of a court action or arbitration, such dispute shall remain subject
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280 to the domain name dispute policy of the registrar from which the domain
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281 name registration was transferred.</FONT></P>
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283 <P><A NAME="9"></A><B><FONT FACE="Arial">9. <U>Policy Modifications</U>.</FONT></B><FONT
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284 FACE="Arial"> We reserve the right to modify this Policy at any time with
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285 the permission of ICANN. We will post our revised Policy at <URL>
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286 at least thirty (30) calendar days before it becomes effective. Unless
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287 this Policy has already been invoked by the submission of a complaint
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288 to a Provider, in which event the version of the Policy in effect at the
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289 time it was invoked will apply to you until the dispute is over, all such
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290 changes will be binding upon you with respect to any domain name registration
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291 dispute, whether the dispute arose before, on or after the effective date
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292 of our change. In the event that you object to a change in this Policy,
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293 your sole remedy is to cancel your domain name registration with us, provided
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294 that you will not be entitled to a refund of any fees you paid to us.
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295 The revised Policy will apply to you until you cancel your domain name
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296 registration.</FONT></P>
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