Archive for the 'Denmark Domains .DK' Category

Application procedure

A Registrant who wishes to be assigned a domain name shall submit a written application to DK Hostmaster via a Registrar, who will forward the application to DK Hostmaster using one of DK Hostmaster’s electronic application forms.

Before submission, the Registrar shall test for active name service for the domain name on at least two name servers approved by DK Hostmaster.

The Registrant shall provide the following master information on the application:

• The domain name applied for.
• The length of the registration period (1, 2, 3 or 5 years).

• The Registrant’s name, type of company (where applicable), address and telephone number.
• The Proxy’s name, address and telephone number, if different from the Registrant himself/herself.
• Valid and active e mail addresses (verification addresses) for both the Registrant and his or her Proxy.
• The Invoice’s name, type of company (where applicable), address and telephone number.
• A valid and active e mail address to use for invoicing of registration charge and any fees.

Reservation of domain name

If DK Hostmaster, after looking up in its database, is able to establish that the domain name applied for has not been registered or reserved, and that the conditions for registration are otherwise fulfilled, including the Registrant having adhered to the application procedure described above, DK Hostmaster will reserve the domain name for the Registrant.

DK Hostmaster reserves domain names under the .dk domain on a ‘first come, first served’ basis. In the case of several applications for the same domain name, the tracking is used to determine for whom the domain name will be reserved.

Applicants with a special right

If one of the applicants on the application form provides information to the effect that he or she has a special right (e.g. a right to a name or a trademark or a statutory exclusive right to use a given designation), DK Hostmaster will notify the other applicants for the domain name in question of this and of the identity of the person claiming this special right prior to the implementation of the procedure for several applicants given above.

Reserving of particular domain names for registration by public authorities

In connection with an extension of the character set, the board of directors can decide that specifically delimited domain names containing characters included in the extension can be reserved for registration by public authorities for a period of 90 days from the coming into effect of the extension. If no public authority has applied for registration within the 90 days, the domain name is released for registration on the “first come first served” principle.

If the use of a domain name patently has the intention of creating confusion with a third party’s trademark, domain name or other distinctive mark, the Managing Director of DK Hostmaster in conjunction with the chair of the board may opt to suspend the domain name. The suspension will then be examined by the Complaints Board for Domain Names. The same applies if the use of a domain name is otherwise in conflict with significant security or social concerns.

Right of cancellation

1. Non payment

DK Hostmaster can cancel the Agreement and delete the registration of the domain name if the Registrant or his/her Proxy does not make payments owed. Deletion of a domain name due to non payment of amounts owed is a last step in DK Hostmaster’s reminder and warning procedure applicable at any time.

2. Non submission of a declaration of non infringement

DK Hostmaster may cancel the Agreement and delete or amend the registration of the domain name if the Registrant does not comply with a request from DK Hostmaster to submit a declaration that the Registrant warrants that the Registrant’s registration and/or active use of the domain name applied for does not infringe a third party’s trademark rights or rights to names or other distinctive marks, and that the Registrant is not aware that the reservation, registration and/or active use are otherwise contrary to the Agreement or Danish law.

3. Lack of name server connection

DK Hostmaster may cancel the Agreement and delete the registration of the domain name if the Registrant does not maintain a DNS service for the domain name on at least two DK Hostmaster approved name servers.

4. Judicial decision or injunction

DK Hostmaster shall cancel the Agreement and delete or amend the reservation or registration of the domain name if there is a judicial decision to this effect from a Danish or foreign court of law or arbitration, if the Complaints Board for Domain Names has made a ruling to this effect, or if a competent public authority has issued a valid injunction to this effect.

5. Request from public authority and use in manifest breach of Danish legislation

In consultation with the board of directors of DK Hostmaster, the Managing Director of DK Hostmaster shall cancel the Agreement and delete or amend the reservation or registration of the domain name, if a request to this effect has been made by a legally competent public authority and the domain name is manifestly being reserved, registered or actively used contrary to Danish legislation.

6. Instruction from DIFO

DK Hostmaster shall cancel the Agreement and delete or amend the registration of a domain name, if the board of directors of DIFO has made a unanimous decision to this effect and this decision has not been brought before a Danish court of law within 30 days of the Registrant being informed of the decision.

7. Other material breach

DK Hostmaster may cancel the Agreement and delete the registration of a domain name if the Registrant otherwise materially breaches the Agreement, including but not limited to failure to update the master information for the domain name.