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20(e) Provide a description of the applicant's intended registration policies in support of the community-based purpose of the applied-for gTLD

gTLDFull Legal NameE-mail suffixDetail
.skiSTARTING DOTjwgroupe.comView
Starting Dot will manage the .ski gTLD for the benefit of the entire ski community.

Benefits attainment of a restricted TLD will require equitable and substantive evaluation of domain name requests to weed-out non-eligible applicants while ensuing the availability of the TLD for its intended registrants.

Thanks to the expertise of its founding directors and to their relationship to the ski community Starting Dot is perfectly suited to endorse this responsibility.
Two main mechanisms will ensure stakeholders that the .ski gTLD will be managed in the community’s best interests:
- The establishment of a Policy Advisory Committee including members of the ski community;
- Restrictive eligibility policies defined in collaboration with the ski community.

The Policy Advisory Committee will serve as a channel for the community to provide Starting Dot input into how policies have been implemented, the experience of registrants with these policies, the effectiveness of procedures (both technical and non technical) and opportunities to improve support and services.

For transparency’s sake, minutes of the committee’s bi-annual meetings will be posted on the .ski gTLD’s main website.
Furthermore, Starting Dot intends to enforce the community-based purpose of the .ski gTLD through following registration policies.
In the operation of its proposed .ski gTLD, Starting Dot intends to implement all current and future ICANN policies.

Accordingly, Starting Dot will follow ICANN’s policies with respect to dispute resolution, including the adoption of the Uniform Dispute resolution Policy, as the same may be amended from time to time.

In addition, Starting Dot will design a specific dispute resolution procedure to address situations in which there is objectively clear abuse of:
- A company name;
- A personal name;
- A professional name;
- A name with national or geographic significance

ELIGIBILITY

Applicants of a .ski domain name will have to be verifiable members of the ski community and each name applied for will have to be a name to which there is a right that has been established through rights registration or use. Such rights can consist of, but are not necessarily limited to, registered or unregistered trademarks, trade names, company names, business identifiers, etc. insofar and to the extent protected by the laws of the country in which the applicant for the .ski domain name resides, has been established or conducts business activities.

Participation in the ski community will have to be certified at the time the registrant applies for or registers the domain name, which implies the acceptance of the domain name registration policies.

Verifiable members of the ski community must meet at least one of the following criteria:
- Having a business activity or a profession that is related to the sport of skiing in its broadest sense;
- Having a real interest for the sport of skiing and devote the domain name registered under the .ski gTLD to the sport of skiing in its broadest sense.

Starting Dot believes that these eligibility requirements will be a key impediment for registrants who are seeking to engage in abusive registrations and cyber-squatting.

Starting Dot has also defined a list of reserved and prohibited domain names under the .ski gTLD. Reserved names are domain names reserved for special use or for special organizations. Prohibited names are names that may not be registered under the .ski gTLD.

RESERVED NAMES

Unless agreed upon otherwise in writing with ICANN, Starting Dot will comply with the restrictions on registration of character strings set forth at Specification 5 of the Registry Operator Agreement.
Starting Dot also intends to define and control a list of domain names that have a value for the entire ski community, in order to delegate them to those registrants who are committing to use these in order to support the community for which the .ski gTLD is initially intended.
Hence, one character labels and a list of generic names will be reserved by Starting Dot and only released at its sole discretion.

PROHIBITED NAMES

The list of prohibited names under the .ski gTLD includes, in particular:
- Abusive terms;
- Racist terms;
- Obscene terms;
- Terms relating to crime or offenses.

THIRD-LEVEL NAMES

Starting Dot does not intend to allow third-level name registrations under the .ski gTLD.

ILLEGAL USE AND COMPLIANCE

Use of a domain name that is barred or prohibited by law or legal proceeding in any jurisdiction, or is considered to be defamatory will permit Starting Dot to revoke the domain name. Policies to this end will be developed by the registry and published in due time following ICANN’s delegation of the .ski gTLD to Starting Dot.

ENFORCEMENT

The .ski domain name registration policies will contain the following enforcement procedures and processes, in addition to those procedures that have been established in accordance with Consensus Policies such as the Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy:
- Verification of entitlement of the registrant at the time of registration of a domain name, and this on a sample basis; and
- Ongoing verification throughout the term of the domain name registration.
In principle, Starting Dot will conduct quarterly random controls on a sample basis of .ski domain name registrants. Starting Dot will verify whether a registrant meets the eligibility requirements and⁄or domain name restrictions on the basis of public information, such as the information displayed on the registrant’s website, as well as other sources (on the Internet or otherwise). When in doubt, the registry will put the domain name on hold, and contact the registrant and the registrar with the request to provide proof that the registrant is meeting such requirements within a reasonable timeframe (e.g copy of ski sports instructor certificate, copy of membership in a ski association).
If no or insufficient proof is provided by the registrant, Starting Dot shall be entitled to revoke the domain name and inform the public that the domain name has been previously used contrary to its registration policies.

Furthermore, Starting Dot’s Complaints Point of Contact will handle any complaints in relation to a .ski domain name registration, including where the complainant alleges that a particular registrant does not meet the eligibility requirements or domain name restrictions.
gTLDFull Legal NameE-mail suffixDetail
.ADACAllgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club e.V. (ADAC)zentrale.adac.deView
1) At least during the initial months or even years following the delegation of the .ADAC gTLD to the Applicant, this extension is likely going to be a so-called “single registrant TLD” as contemplated by ICANN in Article 4.5 of the template Registry Operator Agreement (“Transition of Registry upon Termination of Agreement”). For the avoidance of doubt, a “single registrant TLD” is a TLD where “(i) all domain name registrations in the TLD are registered to, and maintained by, Registry Operator for its own exclusive use, and (ii) Registry Operator does not sell, distribute or transfer control or use of any registrations in the TLD to any third party that is not an Affiliate of Registry Operator.”
This will allow the Applicant to build awareness amongst its membership and the Internet community at large that the .ADAC gTLD exists, that the domain names registered under .ADAC and the content provided on the websites to which those domain names point are managed by ADAC.
At a later stage, in addition to ADAC, its Stakeholders will possibly be entitled to register domain names in .ADAC. That is to say, one of the main eligibility criteria will be that the interested party wishing to register a domain name in the .ADAC TLD is either a member of the Applicant or has a sufficiently close link to the ADAC community.
In any event, ADAC reserves the right to change or restrict any policies, procedures and practices at any point in time if it is of the opinion that there would be a risk that the reputation of the ADAC brand would be damaged.
2) The domain names to be registered by ADAC and, as the case may be at a later stage, its Stakeholders, will likely be limited to the following:
a) registered trademarks of ADAC;
b) names of the regional and local clubs of ADAC;
c) names of the individual members of ADAC;
d) names of departments within ADAC;
e) names of foundations and social initiatives supported by ADAC;
f) names of events (e.g. motorsports events) organized by ADAC;
g) names of directors and officers of the Applicant and its subsidiaries, including its employees;
h) names of subsidiaries;
i) names of foundations and sponsorships established or supported by the Applicant;
j) names of third parties who provide services on behalf of the Applicant to its members and third parties who offer products and services on favorable terms to the Applicant’s members.;
k) names of co-operation and business partners;
l) etc.
Furthermore, ADAC envisages registering a fair number of generic words that are directly or indirectly related to the services and products offered to and the activities organized by the various members of ADAC.
In addition to that, the Applicant will likely require that second-level names meet certain technical and syntax requirements such as that
a) the A-label will have to consist exclusively of the letters A-Z (case insensitive, however including special characters that are part of the German alphabet, such as e.g. “ä” and “ö”), the numbers 0-9 and the hyphen (“-“), subject to the restrictions set out below;
b) the domain name cannot begin or end with a hyphen (“-“);
c) underlined characters will not be allowed;
d) the domain name cannot exceed 63 characters (excluding the TLD);
e) the domain name will have to have a minimum length of 1 character.
The Applicant will reserve the right to itself to grant exemptions from some or even all of these requirements.
Moreover, the Applicant will possibly draw up a list of reserved names which will not be available for registration and also put possibly special provisions in place for geographic names (see reply to Question 22 below), The Applicant will however reserve the right to allocate to and register a domain name mentioned on the list of reserved names in the name of a party indicated by the Applicant.
3) The Applicant will likely require that the content and use made by a registrant of a second-level domain name in the .ADAC TLD clearly relates to the ADAC community, e.g. by way of
a) providing information on the activities of the Applicant, its regional or local clubs or a third party affiliated with the Applicant (e.g. vintage car clubs);
b) offering products and services to the members of the Applicant, some of which may be on favorable terms for its members;
c) etc.
The Applicant will in any case require that all content and use offered under the .ADAC TLD complies with all applicable laws, including, but not limited to, trademark laws, criminal laws, data protection laws etc. To that end, ADAC will likely require applicants for a second-level domain name registration to warrant that
a) to their knowledge, the registration of the domain name will not infringe upon or otherwise violate the rights of any third party;
b) the applicant is not submitting the domain name registration request and, upon registration, will not use the domain name for an unlawful purpose, contrary to public policy or morality, for offensive purposes, to mislead the public and⁄or contrary to good and fair business practices; and
c) it will not knowingly use the domain name in violation of any applicable laws or regulations, including third party interests; and
d) it will keep the WHOIS information related to the domain name accurate and up-to-date at all times, both with its accredited registrar and ADAC.
ADAC reserves the right to change or restrict any policies, procedures and practices at any point in time if it is of the opinion that there would be a risk that the reputation of the ADAC brand would be damaged by the content or use made by a registrant of a second-level domain name in the .ADAC TLD.
4) Prior to the registration of a domain name in .ADAC, ADAC will require its legal and intellectual property department to review the list of these domain names on a regular basis in order to satisfy itself that they will not infringe the rights of third parties. In addition, ADAC might install a complaints point of contact who can be addressed if a third party deems its rights being violated by a second-level domain name in .ADAC. This complaints point of contact will be installed within the organization of the Applicant and will conduct an investigation of the complaint, if need be in cooperation with external legal advisers. Since the Applicant already offers diverse content under different domain names it has considerable experience in monitoring and ensuring compliance with the applicable laws. The Applicant will be able to leverage on this considerable experience but is committed to invest additional resources should the operation of .ADAC require so.
Furthermore, any party will likely be entitled to request the complaints point of contact for further clarification or information with respect to a second-level domain name registration prior to or following the procedures which will be published on .ADAC. The complaints point of contact may mediate between the complainant and the (prospective) registrant and will likely have the right and the powers to suspend, cancel or delete an application for or a registered second-level domain name. No fees will likely be charged by ADAC or the complaints point of contact in connection with any such mediation or remedy, which will likely be the only remedy offered by ADAC to the complainant.
The Applicant’s domain name registration policies will contain clear rules and procedures with respect to:
a) verifying, on a regular ⁄ spot-check basis, that the registrant of a particular domain name still meets the eligibility requirements for being a .ADAC domain name registrant;
b) verifying on a regular ⁄ spot-check basis, that the content provided under .ADAC domain names is in line with the acceptable use policies and marketing guidelines issued by ADAC from time to time in relation websites operating under the .ADAC gTLD.
In case of complaints from third parties arising after the registration of a domain name that likely infringes the trademark rights of a third party, the registrant will be contractually obliged to
a) conduct any such proceedings before an ICANN approved dispute resolution service provider in accordance with the UDRP, the URS, the Rules for UDRP and URS and any relevant supplemental rules, as made available on the relevant websites and⁄or the Rules for URS and any relevant supplemental rules, as made available on the relevant websites); and
b) to participate in good faith in any domain name dispute initiated by a third party complainant under the UDRP or URS against the registrant in compliance therewith and with the Rules for UDRP and⁄or URS.