Domain Name Registration Terms

Incorporating latest revisions posted on this web site (http://www.laminar.net) on January 11th 2016.

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1. Please read carefully these terms and conditions, hereinafter called The Agreement, your acceptance of which is a pre-requisite for carrying out your order/instructions; a declaration that they are acceptable has to be made before you are able to submit the "order form", prior to the registration of a domain name.

2. The only parties to The Agreement are Laminar Systems Ltd, Company Number 3167287, whose registered office is situated at The Lilies, Griffe Grange Valley, Grangemill, Matlock, Derbyshire, DE4 4BW, England, hereinafter called the registration agents and the individual, partnership or company wishing to register a domain name or purchase a product or service from the registration agents, hereinafter called the customer, this being irrespective as to whether or not the customer made contact with the registration agents directly or was referred to them from one of the web sites or agents that promote the registration agents' services.

3. The customer irrevocably accepts to be also bound by the completely separate and independent agreement/agreements of the registry agencies, NOMINET for .uk domain and sub domains and TUCOWS.com Inc for .com, .org, .net, .info, .eu, .tv and .biz domain and sub domains (click "Nominet terms" or "Tucows terms" links now to read their agreements) The customer must accept their terms, conditions, rules and also be bound by their domain name dispute policies (click " Nominet disputes"and/or "Tucows disputes" domain name policies links now to read how "name disputes" will be handled). The customer also agrees that any warranties, indemnities, restrictions, provisions, prohibitions, limitations or grounds for termination agreed with Nominet and/or TUCOWS.com Inc in accordance with their terms and rules, shall be deemed to have been agreed with the registration agents including those preconditions the customer has to give before licensing the use of a permitted domain name to a third party, referred to in item 7 of the Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the customer hereby also irrevocably accepts that the provision of any ancillary service or product provided by third parties, through the registration agents, shall also be subject to the third parties' terms and conditions (click link "Third Party Products and Services" (to read additional agreements provided by third parties, if you intend purchasing any of their products/services through the registration agents).

4. The registration agents do reserve the right to reject any order/name for any reason whatsoever prior to their acceptance. Before a customer instructs the registration agents to register any domain name, they must explicitly affirm that they are not abusing any trade mark or are registering a name with the intention of passing off another firms' or person's trading name or mark or a name that will be confusing to those dealing with them because of the similarity with another trading name which is likely to have an adverse affect on their established activities and goodwill; if at all in doubt, the customer is urged to take legal advice. The registration agents will not be a party in name-disputes, but the customer hereby irrevocably entitles the registration agents, at their sole discretion, that they can withhold, suspend or cancel any disputed domain name and will not be held liable for such actions. The customer must defend, indemnify, save and hold the registration agents harmless from any and all damages, demands, liabilities, losses, costs and claims, including legal fees.

5. The scope of the service offered by the registration agents is limited to contacting the appropriate registry to secure the proposed domain name and to notify the customer whether or not their application has been successful and after that, to provide any ancillary services ordered by the customer. The customer should not assume registration of any requested domain name until notified that it has been registered. Any action taken before notification is at the customer's sole risk. Only if the application is successful, will the customer's credit/charge card remain debited with the appropriate fee plus VAT for the domain name registration inclusive of two years' registry fees, (three years for .info domain names allocated to successful "pre- registration" applicants) and also for two years fees for any ancillary services ordered; fees are subject to a refund in the event of an unsuccessful application to register a domain name or the deletion of the domain name by one of the registry agencies in accordance with the terms of their agreement referred to in item 3 of The Agreement.The customer agrees that any order/instruction is irrevocable after being received by the registration agents and that no domain will be registered that has an offensive name or will be used to publish or to link to a website that publishes information which is considered obscene, inflammatory or offensive in any way. This includes pornography, racism or illegal material of any kind; in the event of any dispute interpreting this condition, the registration agents' decision will be binding on the customer. The customer irrevocably gives authority to the registration agents, that in the event of their failure to adhere to these conditions, that their domain name can be suspended or withdrawn without notice and that any fees paid in advance will be forfeited.

6. The registration agents shall, after registration, host the domain name on their Server and will make reasonable endeavours to make the Server available to the customer at all times and to offer the customer the registration agents' own ancillary services; the customer irrevocably accepts to be bound by the registration agents' ancillary services terms and conditions, (click "ancillary services terms and conditions" link to read them) but the registration agents can make no warranties or representations that any service will be uninterrupted or error-free and the registration agents will not be held liable for ANY interruptions of the service or down-time of the Server; the customer should have and maintain insurance cover in respect of any loss or damage to data stored on the server. The registration agents' total aggregate liability to the customer for any claim in contract, tort, negligence or otherwise arising out of or in connection with The Agreement, shall be limited to a refund of the preceding 12 months' charges paid by the customer in respect of the Services which are subject to the claim. Any claim must be notified within 6 months of it arising. For the avoidance of any misunderstanding whatsoever, the customer must accept that neither the registration agents, their employees, agents or anyone else associated with them, shall be held liable to the customer for any loss of business, contracts, profits or failure to achieve anticipated savings or for any other indirect or consequential or economic loss whatsoever, irrespective whether such losses were caused because of mistakes, omissions, interruptions, loss of files and data, errors, defects, operation or transmission delays, failures in performance because of destruction, theft or any unauthorised access or for any other reason whatsoever.

7. The initial term of The Agreement will be for 2 years (three years for .info domain names allocated to successful "pre-registration" applicants) from the date of the application for registration unless terminated at the sole discretion of the registration agents in accordance with item 9 of The Agreement. If a domain name is transferred or cancelled by the customer, for any reason before expiry of this initial term, no additional charge or refunds will be made. The customer agrees only to licence Permitted domain names to any third party by using the Registration Agents' rental agreement (click "rental agreement terms and conditions" link to read it) and to ensure that the third party irrevocably accept the terms and conditions of The Agreement in its entirety as well as those of the completely separate and independent agreement/agreements referred to in item 3 of The Agreement. For the avoidance of any doubts, the customer acknowledges that .biz domains cannot be sold, traded or rented or used for non commercial activities or to express anti business ideas and that .org and .org.uk domains may at some future date be only renewable for use by non profit organisations and their use to promote commercial services maybe curtailed. After the initial term, unless terminated by the customer giving at least 1 months prior notice, or the registration agents terminating The Agreement for any reason whatsoever, The Agreement shall automatically be renewed every two years. Fees, for renewal periods after the initial term, shall be payable immediately upon the first day of such renewal period and shall be the same fees as those payable during the preceding two years, unless the customer is advised of any increase prior to the issue of the registration agents' invoice in respect of the renewal period, which will be sent one month prior to the commencement of the new term of The Agreement.

8. All notices/invoices to be given/sent under The Agreement shall be sent in accordance with item 10 of The Agreement. Any failure by the customer to pay renewal fees on the due date, will entitle the registration agents to either cancel, lapse or even appropriate the domain name and resell it; the customer irrevocably gives authority to do this without any preconditions and agrees to waive all rights to the name in perpetuity, should the registration agents exercise this option.

9. The customer is deemed to have agreed to The Agreement in its entirety when commencing use of any of the registration agents' services. The customer agrees to review The Agreement periodically to be aware of any future changes or revisions that will be binding and effective immediately on posting of the revised Agreement on the registration agents' web site unless the customer notifies the registration agents by email to domains@laminar.net within 30 days of posting, that they are unacceptable, whereupon the registration agents will reply by email stating whether it agrees to do business in accordance with the form of The Agreement that existed before the changes or revisions were implemented or insisting on incorporating the revised terms but granting the customer the option to terminate The Agreement within 30 days if still unacceptable.

10. Any notice, direction or other communication given under The Agreement shall be in writing and given by sending it via e-mail or via regular mail. In the case of e-mail, valid notice shall only have been deemed to have been given when an electronic confirmation of delivery has been obtained by the sender. E-mail notifications to the Registration Agents must be sent to domains@laminar.net. and notices to the customer, to the e- mail address provided by the customer or that shown in the WHOIS record. In the case of regular mail notices, they must be sent by "recorded delivery" to: Laminar Systems Ltd, The Lilies, Griffe Grange Valley, Grangemill, Matlock, Derbyshire, De4 4BW. England and in the case of notifications to the customer, to the address provided or that specified as the "Administrative Contact" as recorded in the WHOIS record.

11. The customer attests that if they are entering into The Agreement in their personal capacity that they are 18 years or older, and that if acting for and on behalf of a business that they do have absolute authority to enter into The Agreement on behalf of their Company, Firm or Organisation. The Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English Law and the customer hereby submits to the non- exclusive jurisdiction of the English Courts and confirms that no reliance on any representations has been made, other than on those expressly stated herein. No change, alteration or modification to The Agreement shall be valid unless agreed in writing by both parties.

12. For the avoidance of any misunderstandings, the customer irrevocably agrees that the separate and independent agreement/agreements referred to in item 3 of The Agreement, shall be governed by and interpreted and enforced solely in accordance with the laws and jurisdiction of the courts stated in those agreements without exception. The customer agrees that the terms of The Agreement are severable. If any term or provision is declared invalid or unenforceable, that term or provision will be construed consistent with applicable law as nearly as possible to reflect the original intentions of the parties, and the remaining terms and provisions will remain in full force and effect. Nothing contained in this Agreement or the Dispute Policies shall be construed as creating any agency, partnership, or other form of joint enterprise between the registration agents and any third parties to the Agreements.

NOTE: Customers are strongly recommended to study this agreement closely before giving instructions to the Registration Agents and to print out a copy of it to retain for future reference. In the unlikely event of any dispute, the content and interpretation of this Agreement will be paramount in settling any claims by either party.