You
indicate acceptance of these terms and conditions of service by
placing an order with Greenmeanie and/or logging onto your account
with us. These terms and conditions will not be varied for individual
customers.
(As Approved
by ICANN on October 24, 1999)

This Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the "Policy")
has been adopted by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names
and Numbers ("ICANN"), is incorporated by reference into
your Registration Agreement, and sets forth the terms and conditions
in connection with a dispute between you and any party other than
us (the registrar) over the registration and use of an Internet
domain name registered by you. Proceedings under Paragraph 4 of
this Policy will be conducted according to the Rules for Uniform
Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (the "Rules of Procedure"),
which are available at http://www.icann.org/udrp/udrp-rules-24oct99.htm,
and the selected administrative-dispute-resolution service provider's
supplemental rules.

By applying to register a domain name, or by asking us to maintain
or renew a domain name registration, you hereby represent and warrant
to us that (a) the statements that you made in your Registration
Agreement are complete and accurate; (b) to your knowledge, the
registration of the domain name will not infringe upon or otherwise
violate the rights of any third party; (c) you are not registering
the domain name for an unlawful purpose; and (d) you will not knowingly
use the domain name in violation of any applicable laws or regulations.
It is your responsibility to determine whether your domain name
registration infringes or violates someone else's rights.

We will cancel, transfer or otherwise make changes to domain name
registrations under the following circumstances:
a. subject to
the provisions of Paragraph 8, our receipt of written or appropriate
electronic instructions from you or your authorized agent to take
such action;
b. our receipt
of an order from a court or arbitral tribunal, in each case of competent
jurisdiction, requiring such action; and/or
c. our receipt
of a decision of an Administrative Panel requiring such action in
any administrative proceeding to which you were a party and which
was conducted under this Policy or a later version of this Policy
adopted by ICANN. (See Paragraph 4(i) and (k) below.)
We may also
cancel, transfer or otherwise make changes to a domain name registration
in accordance with the terms of your Registration Agreement or other
legal requirements.

This Paragraph
sets forth the type of disputes for which you are required to submit
to a mandatory administrative proceeding. These proceedings will
be conducted before one of the administrative-dispute-resolution
service providers listed at http://www.icann.org/udrp/approved-providers.htm
(each, a "Provider").
a. Applicable
Disputes. You are required to submit to a mandatory administrative
proceeding in the event that a third party (a "complainant")
asserts to the applicable Provider, in compliance with the Rules
of Procedure, that
(i) your domain
name is identical or confusingly similar to a trademark or service
mark in which the complainant has rights; and
(ii) you have
no rights or legitimate interests in respect of the domain name;
and
(iii) your domain
name has been registered and is being used in bad faith.
In the administrative
proceeding, the complainant must prove that each of these three
elements are present.
b. Evidence
of Registration and Use in Bad Faith. For the purposes of Paragraph
4(a)(iii), the following circumstances, in particular but without
limitation, if found by the Panel to be present, shall be evidence
of the registration and use of a domain name in bad faith:
(i) circumstances
indicating that you have registered or you have acquired the domain
name primarily for the purpose of selling, renting, or otherwise
transferring the domain name registration to the complainant who
is the owner of the trademark or service mark or to a competitor
of that complainant, for valuable consideration in excess of your
documented out-of-pocket costs directly related to the domain name;
or
(ii) you have
registered the domain name in order to prevent the owner of the
trademark or service mark from reflecting the mark in a corresponding
domain name, provided that you have engaged in a pattern of such
conduct; or
(iii) you have
registered the domain name primarily for the purpose of disrupting
the business of a competitor; or
(iv) by using
the domain name, you have intentionally attempted to attract, for
commercial gain, Internet users to your web site or other on-line
location, by creating a likelihood of confusion with the complainant's
mark as to the source, sponsorship, affiliation, or endorsement
of your web site or location or of a product or service on your
web site or location.
c. How to Demonstrate
Your Rights to and Legitimate Interests in the Domain Name in Responding
to a Complaint. When you receive a complaint, you should refer to
Paragraph 5 of the Rules of Procedure in determining how your response
should be prepared. Any of the following circumstances, in particular
but without limitation, if found by the Panel to be proved based
on its evaluation of all evidence presented, shall demonstrate your
rights or legitimate interests to the domain name for purposes of
Paragraph 4(a)(ii):
(i) before any
notice to you of the dispute, your use of, or demonstrable preparations
to use, the domain name or a name corresponding to the domain name
in connection with a bona fide offering of goods or services; or
(ii) you (as
an individual, business, or other organization) have been commonly
known by the domain name, even if you have acquired no trademark
or service mark rights; or
(iii) you are
making a legitimate noncommercial or fair use of the domain name,
without intent for commercial gain to misleadingly divert consumers
or to tarnish the trademark or service mark at issue.
d. Selection
of Provider. The complainant shall select the Provider from among
those approved by ICANN by submitting the complaint to that Provider.
The selected Provider will administer the proceeding, except in
cases of consolidation as described in Paragraph 4(f).
e. Initiation
of Proceeding and Process and Appointment of Administrative Panel.
The Rules of Procedure state the process for initiating and conducting
a proceeding and for appointing the panel that will decide the dispute
(the "Administrative Panel").
f. Consolidation.
In the event of multiple disputes between you and a complainant,
either you or the complainant may petition to consolidate the disputes
before a single Administrative Panel. This petition shall be made
to the first Administrative Panel appointed to hear a pending dispute
between the parties. This Administrative Panel may consolidate before
it any or all such disputes in its sole discretion, provided that
the disputes being consolidated are governed by this Policy or a
later version of this Policy adopted by ICANN.
g. Fees. All
fees charged by a Provider in connection with any dispute before
an Administrative Panel pursuant to this Policy shall be paid by
the complainant, except in cases where you elect to expand the Administrative
Panel from one to three panelists as provided in Paragraph 5(b)(iv)
of the Rules of Procedure, in which case all fees will be split
evenly by you and the complainant.
h. Our Involvement
in Administrative Proceedings. We do not, and will not, participate
in the administration or conduct of any proceeding before an Administrative
Panel. In addition, we will not be liable as a result of any decisions
rendered by the Administrative Panel.
i. Remedies.
The remedies available to a complainant pursuant to any proceeding
before an Administrative Panel shall be limited to requiring the
cancellation of your domain name or the transfer of your domain
name registration to the complainant.
j. Notification
and Publication. The Provider shall notify us of any decision made
by an Administrative Panel with respect to a domain name you have
registered with us. All decisions under this Policy will be published
in full over the Internet, except when an Administrative Panel determines
in an exceptional case to redact portions of its decision.
k. Availability
of Court Proceedings. The mandatory administrative proceeding requirements
set forth in Paragraph 4 shall not prevent either you or the complainant
from submitting the dispute to a court of competent jurisdiction
for independent resolution before such mandatory administrative
proceeding is commenced or after such proceeding is concluded. If
an Administrative Panel decides that your domain name registration
should be canceled or transferred, we will wait ten (10) business
days (as observed in the location of our principal office) after
we are informed by the applicable Provider of the Administrative
Panel's decision before implementing that decision. We will then
implement the decision unless we have received from you during that
ten (10) business day period official documentation (such as a copy
of a complaint, file-stamped by the clerk of the court) that you
have commenced a lawsuit against the complainant in a jurisdiction
to which the complainant has submitted under Paragraph 3(b)(xiii)
of the Rules of Procedure. (In general, that jurisdiction is either
the location of our principal office or of your address as shown
in our Whois database. See Paragraphs 1 and 3(b)(xiii) of the Rules
of Procedure for details.) If we receive such documentation within
the ten (10) business day period, we will not implement the Administrative
Panel's decision, and we will take no further action, until we receive
(i) evidence satisfactory to us of a resolution between the parties;
(ii) evidence satisfactory to us that your lawsuit has been dismissed
or withdrawn; or (iii) a copy of an order from such court dismissing
your lawsuit or ordering that you do not have the right to continue
to use your domain name.

All other disputes between you and any party other than us regarding
your domain name registration that are not brought pursuant to the
mandatory administrative proceeding provisions of Paragraph 4 shall
be resolved between you and such other party through any court,
arbitration or other proceeding that may be available.

We will not participate in any way in any dispute between you and
any party other than us regarding the registration and use of your
domain name. You shall not name us as a party or otherwise include
us in any such proceeding. In the event that we are named as a party
in any such proceeding, we reserve the right to raise any and all
defenses deemed appropriate, and to take any other action necessary
to defend ourselves.

We will not cancel, transfer, activate, deactivate, or otherwise
change the status of any domain name registration under this Policy
except as provided in Paragraph 3 above.

a. Transfers
of a Domain Name to a New Holder. You may not transfer your domain
name registration to another holder (i) during a pending administrative
proceeding brought pursuant to Paragraph 4 or for a period of fifteen
(15) business days (as observed in the location of our principal
place of business) after such proceeding is concluded; or (ii) during
a pending court proceeding or arbitration commenced regarding your
domain name unless the party to whom the domain name registration
is being transferred agrees, in writing, to be bound by the decision
of the court or arbitrator. We reserve the right to cancel any transfer
of a domain name registration to another holder that is made in
violation of this subparagraph.
b. Changing
Registrars. You may not transfer your domain name registration to
another registrar during a pending administrative proceeding brought
pursuant to Paragraph 4 or for a period of fifteen (15) business
days (as observed in the location of our principal place of business)
after such proceeding is concluded. You may transfer administration
of your domain name registration to another registrar during a pending
court action or arbitration, provided that the domain name you have
registered with us shall continue to be subject to the proceedings
commenced against you in accordance with the terms of this Policy.
In the event that you transfer a domain name registration to us
during the pendency of a court action or arbitration, such dispute
shall remain subject to the domain name dispute policy of the registrar
from which the domain name registration was transferred.

We reserve the right to modify this Policy at any time with the
permission of ICANN. We will post our revised Policy at <URL>
at least thirty (30) calendar days before it becomes effective.
Unless this Policy has already been invoked by the submission of
a complaint to a Provider, in which event the version of the Policy
in effect at the time it was invoked will apply to you until the
dispute is over, all such changes will be binding upon you with
respect to any domain name registration dispute, whether the dispute
arose before, on or after the effective date of our change. In the
event that you object to a change in this Policy, your sole remedy
is to cancel your domain name registration with us, provided that
you will not be entitled to a refund of any fees you paid to us.
The revised Policy will apply to you until you cancel your domain
name registration.
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