DOMAIN NAME REGISTRATION AGREEMENT
.com, .net, .org registrations only
1. Introduction
This Registration Agreement ("Agreement") sets forth the terms and conditions of your use of the domain name registration services of Edda.com.cnto 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 Edda.com.cn. This Agreement will become effective if accepted by Edda.com.cn. Edda.com.cnis an accredited registrar with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ("ICANN") under an agreement between Edda.com.cnand ICANN ("ICANN Agreement"). You acknowledge that Edda.com.cnmay 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 Edda.com.cnto you, you agree to pay Edda.com.cn, at the time of submitting your application for registration, all applicable initial registration fees and renewal fees in accordance with Edda.com.cn's fee schedule published at Edda.com.cn'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 Edda.com.cnshall have no liability whatsoever with respect to any such cancellation.
4.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. Edda.com.cnwill decide at his sole discretion whether to hold the name in his own portfolio or to release it for use by others.
5. 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 Edda.com.cnharmless pursuant to the terms and conditions contained in the Dispute Policy. Edda.com.cnmay 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.
6. 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 (1) your full name, postal address, e-mail address, voice telephone number, and fax number if available; (2) the name of an authorized person for contact purposes in the case of a registrant that is an organization, association, or corporation; (3) the IP addresses of the primary nameserver and any secondary nameservers for the domain name; (4) the corresponding names of those nameservers; (5) the full name, postal address, e-mail address, voice telephone number, and fax number if available of the technical contact for the domain name; (6) the full name, postal address, e-mail address, voice telephone number, and fax number if available of the administrative contact for the domain name; (7) the name, postal address, e-mail address, voice telephone number, and fax number if available of the zone contact for the domain name; and (8) 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 Edda.com.cnconcerning 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 Edda.com.cnwill 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 Edda.com.cnmay or must make available to the public or to private entities. Edda.com.cnwill 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 Edda.com.cn's possession to review, modify or update such information.
7. Use Policies
Edda.com.cnreserves the right to suspend or cancel your domain name in the event that you use the domain name to send unsolicited commercial advertisements in contradiction to either applicable laws or customary acceptable usage policies of the Internet, or if you use your domain name in connection with unlawful activity.
8. 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.
9. Limitation of Liability
YOU AGREE THAT Edda.com.cnWILL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY OTHER PERSON FOR ANY LOSS THAT MAY OCCUR DUE TO (1) ANY LOSS OF REGISTRATION OF A DOMAIN NAME, (2) THE USE OF YOUR DOMAIN NAME, (3) ACCESS DELAYS OR ACCESS INTERRUPTIONS TO Edda.com.cn'S REGISTRATION SYSTEM; (4) THE NON-DELIVERY OR MISDELIVERY OF DATA BETWEEN YOU AND Edda.com.cn; (5) EVENTS BEYOND Edda.com.cn'S REASONABLE CONTROL; (6) THE PROCESSING OF THIS APPLICATION; (7) THE PROCESSING OF ANY MODIFICATION TO THE RECORD ASSOCIATED WITH YOUR DOMAIN NAME, (8) THE FAILURE OF YOU OR YOUR AGENT TO PAY ANY FEES HEREUNDER; OR (9) THE APPLICATION OF THE DISPUTE POLICY. FURTHER, Edda.com.cnWILL 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 Edda.com.cnHAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IN NO EVENT SHALL Edda.com.cn'S MAXIMUM LIABILITY EXCEED THE TOTAL AMOUNT PAID BY YOU TO Edda.com.cnFOR REGISTRATION OF YOUR DOMAIN NAME DURING THE PRIOR 3 YEARS UNDER THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT. BECAUSE SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, IN SUCH JURISICTIONS, OUR LIABILITY IS LIMITED TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
10. Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless Edda.com.cnand any applicable domain name Registry, including Network Solutions 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.
11. 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. Edda.com.cnmakes 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.
12. 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 Edda.com.cn. If you fail to cure the breach, Edda.com.cnmay 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 Edda.com.cn) or registry administrator procedures approved by an ICANN-adopted policy, or by any other TLD registry administrator procedures as the case may be, (1) to correct mistakes by Edda.com.cn, another registrar or the registry administrator in administering the name or (2) for the resolution of disputes concerning the domain name. You also agree that Edda.com.cnshall 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 Edda.com.cnreceives 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.
13. Change in Registrar
NSI registry 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: (1). Each change of Registrar requires you to enter into a new two year Registration Agreement and to pay the appropriate registration fee; (2). You obtain no refund of any part of the fee paid to existing Registrar.
14. Notices
You agree that any notices required to be given under this Agreement by Edda.com.cnwill be deemed to have been given if delivered in accordance with the contact information you have provided.
15. 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.
16.Governing Law
This Agreement, your rights and obligations and all actions contemplated by this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the People's Republic of China, 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 Edda.com.cnsite shall be brought exclusively in the People's Republic of China District Court for the District of Xiamen.
17. General
This Agreement, the Edda.com.cnfee schedule and the Dispute Policy, together with all amendments or modifications to any of them, constitute the complete and exclusive agreement between you and Edda.com.cn, and supersede and govern all prior proposals, agreements, or other communications. Upon Edda.com.cn's notification of such amendations or modifications by publishing them on our website, by email or postal mail. Such amendations or modifications are coming into effect. 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 Edda.com.cnto 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 Edda.com.cnof 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. Edda.com.cnwill 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 Edda.com.cnas reflected in the original provision. No provision of this Agreement, including the Edda.com.cnfee schedule and the Dispute Policy, may not be amended or modified by you except by means of a written document signed by Edda.com.cn.