SCHEDULE A
IP Claim Service
Terms Of Use
THIS IS A LEGALLY BINDING AGREEMENT BETWEEN TUCOWS,
INC. (“REGISTRAR”) AND YOU, THE OWNER OF A REGISTERED
OR COMMON LAW TRADEMARK OR SERVICE MARK (“OWNER”)
OR THE DULY AUTHORIZED AGENT OF AN OWNER (“AGENT”)
(COLLECTIVELY, “YOU”).THESE TERMS OF USE ARE THE
COMPLETE AND EXCLUSIVE STATEMENT OF THE TERMS
OF USE REGARDING USE OF THE REGISTRAR’S INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY CLAIM SERVICE (THE “SERVICE”).
BY SELECTING “I AGREE,” BY USING THE SERVICE OR
BY SIGNIFYING ACCEPTANCE IN ANY OTHER WAY, YOU
AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS OF USE.IF YOU
DO NOT AGREE WITH ALL OF THESE TERMS OF USE, YOU
ARE NOT AUTHORIZED TO USE THE SERVICE AND YOU
MUST DISCONTINUE ANY FURTHER USE.
The Service. Registrarprovides the 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 Service
by reviewing our FAQs.
Registration, Password and Security.You must provide
accurate, complete and current registration information
and must update this information promptly if it
changes.
You represent and warrant that You are at least
eighteen (18) years of age or older and are either
an Owner or an Agent duly authorized to represent
an Owner(s) in connection with the Service and
submitting an IP Claim on behalf of an Owner(s).Agent
will indemnify and hold harmless Registrar and
its officers, directors, employees, agents, affiliates
and subcontractors for any claims brought by Owner
or Third Parties relating to the use of the Service.
License to Use Data / Privacy. By submitting an
IP Claim, You hereby grant Registrar, as well
as any of its agents or subcontractors, 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 Service,
processing Your IP Claim, notifying Applicants
of Your IP Claim, and for notifying You of changes
to the Service, for archival purposes.
The IP Claim Process. In order to submit a claim
with respect to a Trademark or Trademarks (“IP
Claim”) through the 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
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 may access and use the Service for
lawful purposes only and you are solely responsible
for the knowledge and adherence to any and all
laws, statutes, rules and regulations pertaining
to Your use of the Service.You agree that You
will not (i)use the Service to commit a criminal
offence or to encourage conduct that would constitute
a criminal offence or give rise to a civil liability,
or otherwise violate any local state, Federal
or international law or regulation; (ii)upload
or otherwise transmit any content that You do
not have a right to transmit under any law or
contractual or fiduciary duty; (iii)interfere
or infringe with any trademark or proprietary
rights of any other party; (iv)interfere with
the ability of other users to access or use the
Service; (v)claim a relationship with or to speak
for any individual, business, association, institution
or other organization for which You are not authorized
to claim such a relationship; (vi)interfere with
or disrupt the Service or servers or networks
connected to the Service, or disobey any requirements,
procedures, policies or regulations of networks
connected to the Service; or (vii)reproduce, duplicate,
copy, use, distribute, sell, resell or otherwise
exploit for any commercial purposes any portion
of the Service.
Fees. As consideration for the Service, You agree
to pay Registrar, or its agents or subcontractors,
as the case may be, an IP Claim fee for each IP
Claim submitted through the Service by credit
card through its online payment system.Such fee
shall be due immediately and is non-refundable.Registrar,
or its agents or subcontractors, may take all
remedies to collect fees owed.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.
Agents. You agree that, if Your agent (e.g.,
an attorney, employee, etc.) submits an IP Claim
on Your behalf, You are nonetheless bound as a
principal by all Terms of Use herein. Your continued
use of the Services shall ratify any unauthorized
actions of Your agent. By acting on Your behalf,
Your agent certifies that he or she is authorized
to use the Service on Your behalf, that he or
she is authorized to bind You to these Terms of
Use and that he or she has apprised You of these
Terms of Use of this Agreement.In addition, You
are responsible for any errors made by Your agent.Registrar
will not refund fees paid by You or Your agent
on Your behalf for any reason, including, but
not limited to, in the event that Your agent fails
to comply with these Terms of Use, Your agent
incorrectly provides information in the IP Claim
process or if Your agent changes or otherwise
modifies Your IP Claim incorrectly.
Copyright. You acknowledge that the Service,
any underlying technology used in connection with
the Service, and all software, material, information,
communications, text, graphics, links, electronic
art, animations, audio, video, photos, and other
data (collectively, the “Content”) available within
the Service are provided by Registrar or third-party
providers and are the copyrighted works of Registrar
and/or such third parties.Except as expressly
authorized by Registrar or such third parties
in these Terms of Use or as may be posted on the
Service, You may not copy, reproduce, publish,
distribute, modify, create derivative works of,
rent, lease, sell, transfer, display, transmit,
compile or collect in a database, or in any manner
commercially exploit any part of the Content or
the Service, in whole or in part.You may not store
any significant portion of any Content or the
Service owned by, or licensed to Registrar in
any form, whether archival files, computer-readable
files, or any other medium.You also may not “mirror”
any Content or the Service on any other server.
Registrar encourages you to download and print
a reasonable number of copies of an IP Claim for
non-commercial, internal use only; provided that
(i)any permitted copies contain, in unmodified
form, any copyright or other proprietary rights
notices and an original source attribution to
the Service; and (ii)no modifications are made
except as may be expressly provided by Registrar.
Links. Some links on the 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.
Disclaimer of Warranty, Limitation of Liability.
YOU AGREE THAT YOUR ACCESS TO AND USE OF THE SERVICE
IS AT YOUR OWN RISK.NEITHER REGISTRAR NOR ITS
PARENTS, SUBSIDIARIES, SHAREHOLDERS, MEMBERS,
OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AFFILIATES, AGENTS
OR SUBCONTRACTORS WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL
BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE; NOR DO THEY MAKE
ANY WARRANTY AS TO THE RESULTS THAT MAY BE OBTAINED
FROM THE USE OF THE SERVICE OR AS TO THE ACCURACY,
RELIABILITY, OR CONTENT WITHIN THE SERVICE.
THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS, “AS AVAILABLE”
BASIS WITHOUT REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF
ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING
BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSES AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
IN NO EVENT WILL REGISTRAR NOR ITS PARENTS, SUBSIDIARIES,
SHAREHOLDERS, MEMBERS, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES,
AFFILIATES, AGENTS OR SUBCONTRACTORS BE LIABLE
TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY INCIDENTAL,
INDIRECT, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (EVEN
IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES),
ARISING OUT YOUR USE OF OR INABILITY TO ACCESS
OR USE THE SERVICE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION,
LOSS OF REVENUE OR ANTICIPATED PROFITS, LOSS OF
GOODWILL, LOST BUSINESS, LOST DATA, COMPUTER FAILURE
OR MALFUNCTION, OR ANY AND ALL OTHER DAMAGES OR
LOSSES THAT RESULT FROM MISTAKES, INACCURATELY
ENTERED DATA, UNAUTHORIZED USE, OMISSIONS, INTERRUPTIONS,
ERRORS, DEFECTS, DELAYS IN OPERATION, OR ANY FAILURE
OF PERFORMANCE, WHETHER OR NOT LIMITED TO ACTS
OF GOD, COMMUNICATIONS FAILURE, THEFT, DESTRUCTION
OR UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO INSTITUTIONS RECORDS,
PROGRAMS OR SERVICES.YOU AGREE THAT THE FOREGOING
LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY REPRESENT A REASONABLE
ALLOCATION OF RISK.
IN NO EVENT, SHALL REGISTRAR BE LIABLE TO YOU
FOR ANY AMOUNT EXCEEDING THE AMOUNT OF FEES PAID
BY YOU FOR THE APPLICABLE IP CLAIM.
Indemnification. You agree to indemnify and hold
harmless Registrar and its parents, subsidiaries,
shareholders, members, officers, directors, employees,
affiliates, agents and subcontractors from any
claim or demand, including reasonable attorney’s
fees made by any third party due to or arising
out of Your use of the Service, your breach of
these Terms of Use, any Content submitted to the
Service, or any disputes involving the intellectual
property rights of the Trademarks.
Modifications to the Service. Registrar reserves
the right at any time and from time to time to
modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently,
the Service (or any part thereof) with or without
notice.You agree that Registrar will not be liable
to You or to any third party for any modification,
suspension, or discontinuation of the Services.
Termination. You may discontinue Your participation
in and access to the Service at any time.These
Terms of Use will continue to apply to all past
use of the Service by You, even if You are no
longer using the Service.You acknowledge and agree
that Registrar may terminate or block Your use
of all or part of the Service without prior notice
for any reason, including, without limitation,
if Registrar believes You have engaged in conduct
prohibited by these Terms of Use.You agree that
upon termination or discontinuance for any reason,
may delete all information related to You on the
Service and may bar Your access to and use of
the Service.
Governing Law. These Terms of Use shall be governed
by and construed in accordance with the laws of
the Province of Ontario, without regard to its
principles of conflicts of law.
Changes to the Terms of Use. Registrar reserves
the right to modify the Terms of Use at any time
and from time to time.Any modifications shall
be effective upon the posting of the modified
Terms of Use at http://ipclaims.neulevel.com/legal/conditions.php.You
agree to review these Terms of Use periodically
so that You are aware of any modifications.Your
continued use of the Service shall be deemed Your
acceptance of the modified Terms of Use.
Severability. In the event that any provision
of these Terms of Use shall be unenforceable or
invalid under any applicable law or be so held
by applicable court decision, such unenforceability
or invalidity shall not render this Agreement
unenforceable or invalid as a whole, and, in such
event, such provision shall be changed and interpreted
so as to best accomplish the objectives of such
provision within the limits of applicable law
or applicable court decision.
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.
Subcontractors. In the course of providing the
IP Claim Service, Registrar may retain independent
contractors or assign or subcontract to or otherwise
have any third party perform any or all of the
IP Claim Service at any time, provided that Registrar
shall continue to remain responsible for full
performance of any such duties to the same extent
as if it had performed the IP Claim Service itself.
Entire Agreement. These Terms of Use completely
and exclusively state the agreement of the parties
regarding the subject matter, and supersede all
prior agreements and understandings, whether written
or oral, with respect to the subject matter of
these Terms of Use.
Modifications to your Account. In order to change
any of your account information with Registrar,
you must use the Account Identifier and Password
selected when you opened your account with Registrar.You
agree to safeguard your Account Identifier and
Password from any unauthorized use.In no event
shall Registrar be liable for the unauthorized
use or misuse of your Account Identifier or Password.
Breach. You agree that failure to abide by an
provision of this Agreement, any operating rule
or policy or the Dispute Policy provided by Registrar,
may be considered by Registrar to be a material
breach and that Registrar 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 Registrar, that you
have not breached your obligations under the Agreement,
then Registrar may delete the registration or
reservation of your domain name.Any such breach
by you shall not be deemed to be excused simply
because Registrar did not act earlier in response
to that, or any other breach by you.
No Guarantee. You acknowledge that reservation
of your IP Claim name does not confer immunity
from objection to either the registration, reservation,
or use of the domain name.
Right of Refusal. Registrar, in its sole discretion,
reserves the right to refuse to register or reserve
your IP Claim name or register you for other services.You
agree that Registrar shall not be liable to you
for loss or damages that may result from its refusal
to register, reserve or delete your IP Claim.
Registrar reserves the right to delete or transfer
your IP Claim within a thirty (30) day period
following receipt of the application if it believes
the IP Claim has been made possible by a mistake,
made eitherby Registrar or by a third party.
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