Recently a couple of Corporate TLDs (cTLDs) were registered through UN1D, one of the approved and accredited TLD Registrars that is specialized in the registration of cTLDs. The names of these TLDs are trademark and brand names of large corporations.
The INAIC received complaints concerning the registration of these TLDs and the INAIC decided to start an investigation. The TLDs will remain listed in the TLD WHOIS database as non resolving TLDs pending these investigations.
In order to prevent anyone from falsely pretending to represent an organization and to register branded TLDs, the INAIC announces the following changes to its regulations and procedures regarding the registration of TLDs.
- Applicants registering a cTLD associated with a company name, trademark or brand name must provide supporting evidence that they are entitled to use that company name, trademark or brand name. In addition the applicant must provide proof of their identity.
- The INAIC Council, that approves, creates and delegates new Top-Level Domains (TLDs) in the Public-Root, will be equipped with an enhanced Council Central Management System (CMS) to better detect and to avoid conflicts.
The new regulations have been put in place to add restrictions to individuals representing companies that would like to register cTLDs through any of the approved and accredited TLD Registrars. This way, all TLD requests are still processed by the INAIC Council in the same non-discriminatory fashion. All requesting TLD Registrants are still treated as equals and the “First Come, First Served (FCFS)” policy will remain applicable. However the INAIC anticipates that these new regulations will prevent TLDs from being registered by bad willing individuals.
For further information or inquiries, please feel free to contact the INAIC.
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