DOMAIN NAME REGISTRATION AGREEMENT
1. Introduction
This Registration Agreement ("Agreement") sets forth the terms and
conditions of your use of the domain name registration services of STARCLOUD GLOBAL to
register an Internet domain name , as well as your registration of that domain
name. To complete the registration process, you must acknowledge that you have
read, understood, and agree to be bound by all terms and conditions of this
Agreement, the accompanying fee schedule, dispute policy and any rules or policies
that are or may become effective when published by STARCLOUD GLOBAL. This Agreement
will become effective if accepted by STARCLOUD GLOBAL. STARCLOUD GLOBAL is an accredited
registrar with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
("ICANN") under an agreement between STARCLOUD GLOBAL and ICANN ("ICANN
Agreement"). You acknowledge that STARCLOUD GLOBAL may modify this Agreement if
necessary to comply with its ICANN Agreement, or otherwise.
2. Selection of a Domain Name
We do not check to see whether the domain name you
select, or the use you make of the domain name, infringes legal rights of
others. We urge you to investigate to see whether the domain name you select or
its use infringes legal rights of others, and in particular we suggest you seek
advice of competent counsel. You may wish to consider
seeking one or more trademark registrations in connection with your domain
name. You should be aware that there is the possibility we might be ordered by
a court to cancel, modify, or transfer your domain name. You should be aware
that if we are sued or threatened with lawsuit in connection with your domain
name, we may turn to you to hold us harmless and indemnify us, pursuant to the
indemnification provision below.
3. Fees and Payment
As consideration for the domain name registration services provided by
STARCLOUD GLOBAL to you, you agree to pay STARCLOUD GLOBAL, at the time of submitting your
application for registration, all applicable initial registration fees and
renewal fees in accordance with STARCLOUD GLOBAL's fee schedule published at STARCLOUD GLOBAL's
website. All fees are non-refundable, in whole or in part, even if your domain
name registration is suspended, cancelled or transferred prior to the end of
the registration term. You will be notified when renewal fees are due, and it
shall be your responsibility to ensure that such fees are paid. Should these
fees go unpaid by the time specified in the renewal notice,
your registration will be cancelled. You agree that STARCLOUD GLOBAL shall have no
liability whatsoever with respect to any such cancellation.
4. After
Expiration of The Term of Domain Name Registration.
You agree that we may, but are not obligated to, allow you to renew your domain
name after its expiration date has passed. After expiration of the term of a
domain name registration services and before deletion of the domain name in the
applicable registry's database, you acknowledge that we may direct the domain
name to name-servers and IP address(es) designated by
us, including, without limitation, to no IP address or to IP address(es) which host a parking page or a commercial search engine
that may display advertisements, and you acknowledge that we may either leave
your WHOIS information intact or that we may change the contact information in
the WHOIS output for the expired domain name so that you are no longer the
listed registrant of the expired domain name.
After expiration of the term of domain name registration services, you
acknowledge that certain registry administrators may provide procedures or
grace periods during which expired domain name registrations may be renewed.
You acknowledge that you assume all risks and all consequences if you wait
until close to or after the end of a domain name registration term to attempt
to renew the registration. You acknowledge that we, for any reason and in our
sole discretion, may choose not to participate in a post-expiration renewal of
a domain name and that we shall not be liable therefore. You acknowledge that
post-expiration renewal or redemption processes, if any, involve additional
fees which we and your Primary Service Provider may determine. You acknowledge
and agree that expired domain name(s) may be made available to be registered or
re-registered to any party at any time.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: You agree that we may distribute information to you that is
pertinent to the quality or operation of our Service(s) and the services of
your Primary Service Provider which utilize our Service(s). These announcements
will be predominately informative in nature and may include notices describing
changes, upgrades, new products or other information to add security or to
enhance your identity on the Internet and/or they may include information or
announcements which ICANN, the registries, or others may require us to
distribute.
5.Charge Backs
You agree that you will lose all rights upon the selected domain name in case
of a charge back by your credit card company, credit card fraud or any other
reserved payment. STARCLOUD GLOBAL will decide at his sole discretion whether to hold
the name in his own portfolio or to release it for use by others.
6. Dispute Policy
You agree to be bound by the current Uniform Domain
Name Dispute Resolution Policy ("Dispute Policy") which is
incorporated into this Agreement by reference and made a part of this
Agreement. Any disputes regarding the right to use your domain name will be
subject to the Dispute Policy provisions in effect at the time your domain name
registration is disputed by a third party, in the event such a dispute arises.
You also agree that, in the event a domain name dispute arises with any third
party, you will indemnify and hold STARCLOUD GLOBAL harmless pursuant to the terms and
conditions contained in the Dispute Policy. STARCLOUD GLOBAL may modify the Dispute
Policy with the permission of ICANN at any time. Your continued registration of
your domain name after modification to the Dispute Policy becomes effective
constitutes your acceptance of those modifications. If you do not agree to such
a modification, you may request that your domain name be deleted.
7. Use of Your Information
As part of the registration process, you are required to provide 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 nameservers 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 zone contact for the domain name; and (viii) any remark
concerning the registered domain name that should appear in the Whois data. You
agree and acknowledge that when you renew your domain name registration, the
type of information you are required to provide may have changed. If you do not
wish to provide the new required information, your registration may not be
renewed. You acknowledge that willfully providing inaccurate information or
willfully failing to update information promptly will constitute a material
breach of this Agreement and will be a basis for cancellation of your domain
name. If you license use of a domain name to a third party, you are nonetheless
the holder of record of the domain name and are responsible for providing your
own full contact information and for providing and updating accurate technical,
administrative, and zone contact information. You further agree that your
failure to respond for over fifteen (15) calendar days to inquiries by
STARCLOUD GLOBAL concerning the accuracy of contact details associated with your
registration shall constitute a material breach of this Agreement and will be
sufficient basis for cancellation of your domain name registration. You
acknowledge that STARCLOUD GLOBAL will make some of the information that you provide
during the registration process publicly available as required by ICANN.
Additionally, you acknowledge that ICANN may impose guidelines, limits and/or
requirements that relate to the amount and type of information that STARCLOUD GLOBAL
may or must make available to the public or to private entities. STARCLOUD GLOBAL will
not otherwise disclose your information to any third party unless it is
required to maintain your domain name. You may request a copy of your
information in STARCLOUD GLOBAL's possession to review, modify or update such information.
8. Use Policies
STARCLOUD GLOBAL, Inc. will suspend or stop the use of the domain name including (but
not limited to) modifying DNS, modifying registration information or delete
domain name without further notice, no refund of the registration fee or
renewal fee if(1)a registered domain name is purposely used to send out mass spams like mass unsolicited, commercial advertising or
solicitations and so on, (2)or used to send out retroactive, pornographic or
other harmful emails that violate the country laws and rules, (3)or used to
receive the returned emails of the above emails, (4)or used to resolve, point
or forward to the website with harmful information that violate the country
laws and rules, (5)or used to do other illegal actions.
9. Agents and Licenses
You agree that, if your domain name is registered on your behalf by anyone
acting as your agent (e.g., an Internet Service Provider, employee, etc.), you
are nonetheless bound as a principal by all terms and conditions provided
herein, including the Dispute Policy. You agree that if you license the use of
your domain name to a third party, you remain the domain name holder, and
remain responsible for all obligations under this Agreement.
10. Limitation of Liability
YOU AGREE THAT STARCLOUD GLOBAL WILL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON FOR ANY
LOSS THAT MAY OCCUR DUE TO (a) ANY LOSS OF REGISTRATION OF A DOMAIN NAME, (b)
THE USE OF YOUR DOMAIN NAME, (c) ACCESS DELAYS OR ACCESS INTERRUPTIONS TO
STARCLOUD GLOBAL'S REGISTRATION SYSTEM; (d) THE NON-DELIVERY OR MISDELIVERY OF DATA
BETWEEN YOU AND STARCLOUD GLOBAL; (e) EVENTS BEYOND STARCLOUD GLOBAL'S REASONABLE CONTROL;
(f) THE PROCESSING OF THIS APPLICATION; (g) THE PROCESSING OF ANY MODIFICATION
TO THE RECORD ASSOCIATED WITH YOUR DOMAIN NAME, (h) THE FAILURE OF YOU OR YOUR
AGENT TO PAY ANY FEES HEREUNDER; OR (i) THE
APPLICATION OF THE DISPUTE POLICY. FURTHER, STARCLOUD GLOBAL WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR
ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND
(INCLUDING LOST PROFITS) REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION WHETHER IN CONTRACT,
TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF STARCLOUD GLOBAL HAS BEEN ADVISED
OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IN NO EVENT SHALL STARCLOUD GLOBAL'S MAXIMUM
LIABILITY EXCEED THE TOTAL AMOUNT PAID BY YOU TO STARCLOUD GLOBAL FOR REGISTRATION OF
YOUR DOMAIN NAME DURING THE PRIOR 3 YEARS UNDER THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT.
BECAUSE SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR
CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, IN SUCH STATES, OUR LIABILITY IS LIMITED
TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
11. Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless STARCLOUD GLOBAL and any applicable
domain name Registry, including STARCLOUD GLOBAL Inc.,and the directors, officers, employees and agents of
each of them, for any loss, damages or costs, including reasonable attorneys'
fees, resulting from any third party claim, action, or demand related to your
domain name or the use thereof. This indemnification is in addition to any
indemnification required under the Dispute Policy.
12. Representations and Warranties
You represent and warrant that, to the best of your knowledge and belief,
neither the registration of the domain name nor the manner in which it is
directly or indirectly used infringes the legal rights of a third party. You
further represent and warrant that all information provided by you in
connection with your registration is complete and accurate. STARCLOUD GLOBAL makes no
representations or warranties of any kind that registration or use of a domain
name under this Agreement will protect you either from challenges to your
domain name registration or from suspension, cancellation or transfer of the
domain name registered to you.
13. Breach and Revocation
Any breach by you of this Agreement or the Dispute Policy must be remedied by
you within 30 days of notice by STARCLOUD GLOBAL. If you fail to cure the breach,
STARCLOUD GLOBAL may suspend, cancel, transfer or modify your registration of the
domain name. You further acknowledge and agree that your registration of a
domain name is subject to suspension, cancellation or transfer by any ICANN
procedure, by any registrar (including STARCLOUD GLOBAL) or registry administrator
procedures approved by an ICANN-adopted policy, or by any other TLD registry
administrator procedures as the case may be, (a) to correct mistakes by
STARCLOUD GLOBAL, another registrar or the registry administrator in administering the
name or (b) for the resolution of disputes concerning the domain name. You also
agree that STARCLOUD GLOBAL shall have the right in its sole discretion to suspend,
cancel, transfer, or otherwise modify a domain name registration upon seven (7)
calendar days prior written notice, or at such time as STARCLOUD GLOBAL receives a
properly authenticated order from a court of competent jurisdiction, or
arbitration award, requiring the suspension, cancellation transfer or
modification of the domain name registration.
14. EXPORT RESTRICTIONS
You agree and acknowledge to comply with the export, re-export, and import laws and regulations of the United States and other applicable countries where you operate or do business. Reseller agrees that Reseller is prohibited by law from exporting to certain countries, and shall comply with all export regulations if shipping to another country, including licensing requirements.
15. Change in Registrar
STARCLOUD GLOBAL policy permits Registrant to change its Registrar for an existing
domain name. You agree that you can change the Registrar only in accordance
with the policy or other policy from time to time provided by ICANN. The policy
provides: (a). Each change of Registrar requires you to enter into a new two
year Registration Agreement and to pay the appropriate registration fee;(b).
You obtains no refund of any part of the fee paid to existing Registrar.
You agree that STARCLOUD GLOBAL may transfer your domain to another Registrar as a part of an asset and/or stock sale of STARCLOUD GLOBAL’s domain name portfolio pursuant to applicable ICANN rules.
16. Notices
You agree that any notices required to be given under this Agreement by
STARCLOUD GLOBAL will be deemed to have been given if delivered in accordance with the
contact information you have provided.
17. Severability
You agree that the terms of this Agreement are severable. If any term or
provision is declared invalid or unenforceable, it shall not affect the
remaining terms or provisions, which shall continue to be binding.
18.Governing Law
This Agreement, your rights and obligations and all actions contemplated by
this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the United States of America
and the State of California, except as may be set forth in the Dispute Policy.
Except as otherwise set forth in the Dispute Policy with respect to disputes,
any action to enforce this Agreement or any matter relating to your use of the
STARCLOUD GLOBAL site shall be brought exclusively in the United State District Court
for the District of California.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the adjudication of disputes concerning or
arising from use of domain names registered hereunder, you acknowledge and
agree that you shall submit, without prejudice to other potentially applicable
jurisdictions, to the jurisdiction of the courts (a) of the domain name
holder's domicile, and (b) where STARCLOUD GLOBAL, Inc. is located.
19. General
This Agreement, the STARCLOUD GLOBAL fee schedule and the Dispute Policy, Privacy Policy, together
with all amendments or modifications to any of them, constitute the complete
and exclusive agreement between you and STARCLOUD GLOBAL, and supersede and govern all
prior proposals, agreements, or other communications. Nothing contained in this
Policy shall be construed as creating any agency, partnership, or other form of
joint enterprise between the parties. The failure of STARCLOUD GLOBAL to require your
performance of any provision hereof shall not affect the full right to require
such performance at any time thereafter; nor shall the waiver by STARCLOUD GLOBAL of a
breach of any provision hereof be taken or held to be a waiver of the provision
itself. In the event that any provision of this Agreement 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. STARCLOUD GLOBAL will amend or replace
such provision with one that is valid and enforceable and which achieves, to
the extent possible, the original objectives and intent of STARCLOUD GLOBAL as
reflected in the original provision. No provision of this Agreement, including
the STARCLOUD GLOBAL fee schedule and the Dispute Policy, may not be amended or
modified by you except by means of a written document signed by STARCLOUD GLOBAL.