Trademark Domain Name Registration Rules

".trademark" (trademark domain name) is the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (full English name, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, hereinafter referred to as ICANN ) is the only recognized global top-level domain name with ".trademark" as the suffix, which is a distinctive mark on the Internet used to identify certain goods, services, or specific individuals, companies or organizations related to them.

1. Acceptance agency and its qualification requirements

Acceptance agency qualification requirements: Registration of ".Trademark" must be carried out through a registrar that has been approved by ICANN and the ".Trademark" Registration Authority. The detailed list can be seen The list of registrars published on the official website of the “.Trademark” Registration Authority.

Certification service agencies must comply with the requirements of ICANN and the ".Trademark" Registration Authority for their certification qualifications. For details, please refer to the relevant requirements of ICANN and the ".Trademark" Registration Authority. In accordance with the laws and regulations of the place where they operate, Within the scope permitted by administrative regulations, provide applicants or registrants with domain name registration, application and all related services, including but not limited to domain name registration consultation, usage consultation, domain name registration renewal, domain name resolution, domain name transfer operations, etc.; The registration applicant's business secrets learned during the service process shall be subject to confidentiality obligations. The ".trademark" applied for by the applicant may violate ICANN regulations and ".trademark" registration rules, resulting in the inability to register. The registrar should clearly and truthfully inform the applicant.

2. Qualifications and requirements for .registration applicants

The qualifications for ".trademark" applicants are limited to individuals, enterprises or organizations that hold a trademark certificate or trademark application. The issuer of a trademark certificate or trademark application, as well as other documents with certification of trademark protection, must be a national/regional/regional intellectual property organization/Madrid-designated member state.

The type of trademark/trademark application held by the registration applicant must be:

l Pure text trademark/trademark application;

l Combination trademark of text and graphics /Trademark application;

l Pure graphic trademark with identifiable text;

l The type of text included in the trademark/trademark application listed above is limited to Chinese characters (simplified or traditional), Latin letters (a-z, not case-sensitive), Arabic numerals (0-9);

l Special characters in trademark registration/application names, "amp;", "@", need to use " -" to replace, spaces in the name can be omitted or replaced with "-";

Owners of duplicate-name trademarks or holders of duplicate-name trademark applications are eligible to apply for ".trademark" , specifically, you can apply in accordance with the naming rules of the ".trademark" registered word and the relevant regulations on the domain name registration process.

After the domain name is successfully registered, the owner of the domain name is limited to any of the above-mentioned qualified applicants. If two or more individuals, enterprises, or organizations register or apply for the same trademark at the same time, they need to authorize one of them to register as the domain name owner as a representative. All trademark holders and trademark applicants are deemed to enjoy and exercise the domain name as a whole. right.

Registration applicants should apply for ".trademark" in good faith and ensure that:

l The information provided in the registration application is true, complete, accurate, legal and valid;

l To the best of the registrant’s knowledge, the domain name registered does not infringe the rights of any third party;

l The domain name is not registered or used for improper purposes;

l Register or use the domain name held without intentionally violating relevant laws and regulations;

l Bear the responsibility for failure to fulfill the above commitments;

l Comply with the use of domain names Relevant laws of the local country;

l After the domain name is successfully registered, if the application information changes at any time, the information will be changed and the country/region/regional intellectual property organization that accepts the trademark registration will be obtained. /After registration with the intellectual property management agency of the designated member state in Madrid, corresponding and accurate information and supporting materials shall be provided to the ".trademark" registration bureau in a timely manner for correction.

In addition, the registrant must also fulfill the liability exemption and registration compliance obligations for the ".trademark" registration authority to prevent the registration authority from being sued by a third party due to the registrant's domain name registration. In addition, the registrant needs to Comply with the relevant regulations of ICANN and the ".Trademark" Registration Authority.

3. Registered word naming rules

".trademark" is a domain name based on a trademark. The registered word naming must be based on the trademark registration/application information. The registered word naming must be based on the following Three aspects of naming:

3.1 Naming registered words for trademark names

l The acceptable forms of trademark names are as follows:

Full name of trademark registration/application name

The complete and independent Chinese or English part of the trademark registration/application name

l The naming order must be in accordance with the knowledge of the accepting country/region/regional intellectual property organization/designated member state of Madrid The text sequence reflected in the registration/application information and registration certificate/application acceptance certificate recorded by the intellectual property management agency;

3.2 Trademark name and trademark registration/application information naming registration words

l Registration/application information can be combined with each other to name registration words, and the order of arrangement is in no particular order, but the integrity of its original meaning must be maintained;

l Registration/application information , including but not limited to:

Trademark certificate issuance/application acceptance country/region/regional intellectual property organization/name of Madrid designated member state;

Trademark certificate issuance/application acceptance country/ Any administrative division name, geographical division name or building name in the regional/regional intellectual property organization/Madrid designated member country;

The name of the goods/services for which the trademark is approved/applied for use (based on the goods in the Nice Classification List) The name shall prevail);

The name of any product/service within the similar group of the goods/services for which the trademark is approved/applied for use (the name of the product on the Nice Classification shall prevail);

Name of trademark registrant/applicant

Enterprise name or industry nature in trademark registration/applicant name;

l For registered words that cannot be reflected in the acceptance notice, a trademark must be submitted Registration application form serves as the basis for application.

l Registration/application information can be combined with each other to name registered words, and the order of arrangement is in no particular order, but the integrity of its

original meaning must be maintained;

3.3 Registration word naming text requirements:

l Registration word length: 3-63 characters; one English letter counts as one character, and one Chinese character counts as two characters;

l When using Latin characters, the original meaning cannot be changed. For example, in French, the tones are removed and only letters are used;

l "-" can only be used to replace special characters in trademark registration/application names, such as "amp ;", "@" or the connection between the trademark name and other information combinations;

l If the registered word is in simplified form, its corresponding traditional Chinese form and variant form will be retained and will not be open to the public for the time being. Registration; if the registered word is in traditional Chinese form, its corresponding simplified form and variant form will be retained and will not be open to registration for the time being;

4. Register prohibited words or phrases

l Words or phrases that are consistent with the name of a trademark/trademark application held by others, or that cause confusion;

l The use of words or phrases that are not related to trademark registration (application) information is prohibited, including but not limited to Words or phrases that are not related to the name of the goods/services approved/applied for use of the trademark, or the name of any goods/services in the similar group of the approved/applied goods/services

l Used in registered words Any administrative division name, geographical division name or building name in the trademark certificate issuance/application acceptance country/region/regional intellectual property organization/Madrid designated member country must be consistent with the country/region/regional intellectual property rights where the issuance/application agency is located The organization/Madrid-designated member country has a subordinate relationship, if there is a conflict with it, or the administrative division has an independent intellectual property legal system, otherwise the use is prohibited;

l The independence of trademark registration/application information will be destroyed after the split Words or phrases;

l Words or phrases prohibited from registration by ICANN, including but not limited to country or region names and their abbreviations agreed in ISO-3166, the International Olympic Committee, the International Red Cross Movement and the International Red Crescent The name of the movement, the name of the international intergovernmental organization;

l Words or phrases that violate the relevant requirements of the Internet Domain Name Management Measures of the place where the domain name is used;

l Only contains common industry terms, which are common to regional industries. Registered words of vocabulary;

l Only contain words or phrases that are prohibited from registration in the trademark registration and use regulations formulated by countries, economic organizations, and regions around the world;

l Laws of countries/economic organizations around the world Words or phrases that are prohibited from registration by regulations;

l Registered words that conflict with social and public interests;

Registered trademarks are not exempt from the above prohibited registration requirements.

5. Requirements for application materials

l Individuals, enterprises or organizations holding trademark certificates

Electronic information of the applicant’s qualification certificate: including but not limited to business License, business registration certificate, personal ID card;

Electronic information of valid trademark registration certificate: Valid trademark registration certificate;

Other trademark certificates (if applicable) electronic information: including but not limited to Certificate of renewal, transfer, change of trademark, etc.;

"Letter of Commitment to Application for ".Trademark"" electronic information;

l Individuals, enterprises or organizations holding trademark applications

Electronic information proving the qualification of the applicant: including but not limited to business license, business registration certificate, personal ID card;

Electronic information proving trademark application under review: including but not limited to trademark under review Acceptance notice, trademark registration application; when the registered word cannot be reflected in the trademark acceptance notice, a trademark registration application must be submitted as the basis for naming the registered word;

Other certification (if applicable) electronic information : Including but not limited to transfer and change certificates of trademark registration applications;

Electronic information of "Letter of Commitment for ".Trademark" Application";

l Entrusted processing

Electronic information of "Power of Attorney for Registration of Trademark Domain Name";

Other information requirements shall apply to the provisions above;

If the above materials cannot be submitted due to loss, other legal and valid documents may be submitted separately Trademark certification documents, when applying for ".trademark", include but are not limited to screenshots of trademark file information and data sources published by the intellectual property management agencies of countries/regions/regional intellectual property organizations/designated member states in Madrid.

6. Registration period, renewal, deletion, change and transfer of ".trademark"

l Registration period, renewal

Domain name registration effective time, domain name registration The status is subject to the domain name WHOIS record display;

For domain names successfully registered with valid trademarks, the validity period can be selected from 2 to 10 years, and the renewal registration validity period can be selected from 1 to 10 years, and the total number of years shall not exceed 10 years. ;For a domain name successfully registered with a trademark application, the registration/renewal validity period is limited to 2 years, and the total period shall not exceed 2 years;

Before the domain name expires, the registrar should email and other effective ways to remind domain name holders to renew their domain names. The domain name registrant shall not refuse to renew on the ground that the renewal notice has not been received. Domain name registrars should maintain records of the above notifications. Renewal of a domain name and re-registration after domain name deletion must follow the domain name registration rules and re-qualify;

According to ICANN regulations, the life cycle of a domain name after expiration includes three stages: automatic renewal grace period ( Auto-Renew Grace Period ), Redemption Grace Period (Redemption Grace Period), Delete Waiting Period (Pending Delete).

During the Auto-Renew Grace Period, domain names that have expired but have not been renewed will still be given a certain grace period to renew. The registrar can set the length of this grace period, but it shall not exceed 45 days after the domain name expires. During the Redemption Grace Period, domain names that have expired but have not been renewed must pay an additional redemption fee before the domain name can be renewed. The redemption grace period is 30 days. After this period, the domain name cannot be renewed or redeemed. The deletion waiting period (Pending Delete) is 5 days, and the domain name will be completely deleted from the registration authority database at any time within 5 days.

l Deletion and freezing

Except for deletion of domain names due to expired and unpaid fees, the ".trademark" registration authority has the right to comply with ICANN regulations and the requirements of the Domain Name Dispute Resolution Center , relevant provisions of the domain name management regulations of the region where the domain name is used, notices from the relevant courts and administrative units of the region where the domain name is used, and deletion of the registration of specific domain names.

For domain names that are in dispute, the ".trademark" registration authority has the right to stop parsing and freeze the domain name in accordance with ICANN's relevant dispute policies. After the dispute is over, the ".trademark" registration authority will transfer or cancel the domain name involved in accordance with the decision made by the expert panel of the Domain Name Dispute Resolution Center.

l Change

If the domain name owner needs to make changes to the registered domain name, he must submit the corresponding documents and make the changes in accordance with the ".trademark" registration rules.

l Transfer

Also known as registrar change, it must be operated in accordance with the relevant regulations on domain name transfer on ICANN. For details, see http://www.icann.org/transfers/ policy-12jul04.htm. Both the original domain name registrar and the domain name transfer registrar must provide necessary service support to the registrant in accordance with the above regulations;

l transfer

and When a trademark is transferred or between owners of registered trademarks with the same name, ".trademark" can be transferred, and the ".trademark" registration information provided by the new domain name owner must comply with the ".trademark" registration rules. Requirements;

7. Registration application process

The pre-registration period is the registration application period established by the ".trademark" registration authority before the domain name sunrise period for all qualified applications. A person submits a domain name registration application in advance in order to reserve sufficient time to verify the trademark information on which the application is based. During this period, no ownership rights will be assigned to any registration applications received;

Enter the date after the pre-registration is completed Upgrade, this period is the registration application stage established in accordance with ICANN regulations, and lasts for 60 days. The first phase lasts for 60 days. During this period, only trademark holders who hold the global trademark verification mechanism TMCH (hereinafter referred to as TMCH) certified by ICANN will submit registration applications; the second phase is 30 days after the sunrise period. For pre-registration, Qualified applicants who fail to submit registration applications in time during the period will be set up. For registration applications submitted during the sunrise period, registrants need to pay a certain additional information review fee, and ownership rights will not be assigned to registration applications received during this stage;

After the end of the sunrise period, a period of 30 All registration applications received will be allocated during the allocation period. Applicants with no duplicate names and who meet the qualifications will be successfully registered. Applications from TMCH certified trademark holders enjoy priority registration, and applications from trademark registration certificate holders enjoy second priority. Registration applications with the same name and equal qualifications will be auctioned by category. The first group is for applicants with TMCH qualifications, the second group is for applicants with trademark registration certificate qualifications, and the third group is for applicants with trademark application qualifications under review. Each group Special auctions are held at the same time, and the auction rules are based on the highest bidder who can apply for allocation. Domain name registration fees need to be paid separately.

The above pre-registration period, sunrise period, and allocation period are the domain name registration application qualification and information review stages, and there is no WHOIS display. After the domain name is successfully registered, it will be displayed in WHOIS and the domain name usage time will be calculated.

After the allocation period, the domain name public registration period enters. During this period, all qualified applicants can submit applications and allocation will be based on the "first to apply, first to get" rule. The allocation method of duplicate name auction will no longer be used. The order of eligible applications will be determined based on the reception time recorded in the Registration Authority system. Upon receipt of the registration application, the Registration Authority will complete the review within 3 working days.