.co.nl FAQ

Last Update 20 August 2012. From the .CO.NL Charter found here: domain.co.nl/en/domain-name-charter.html

Article 15: Domain Names Disputes

15.1 No judgment by the Operator
The Operator does not judge who may have a better right to a Domain Name, either on registration or in use of Domain Names. Nor does the Operator examine the content that is placed on websites.

15.2 Dispute resolution service
If the parties cannot agree on entitlement to a Domain Name or on the legitimacy of its use, an Alternative Dispute Resolution service is available to them, for which costs are payable ("ADR"). In Registering a Domain Name, the Holder agrees to be unequivocally bound by Decisions rendered under the ADR Rules .

15.3 Frozen Entry
The Operator shall place a Frozen Entry on the domain if a third party presents a credible case to show that he/she might have a right to the domain and declares that he/she has taken steps to enforce this right against one or more Holders. It shall be possible for a domain that has had a Frozen Entry placed on it to continue to be used by its Holder, but it shall not be possible for it to be transferred to anyone else.

From the .CO.NL Legal ADR Page: domain.co.nl/en/adr.html

Domain name registrations can always be challenged in a regular court. In the meantime to allow a faster and smoother settlement of potential disputes, the Operator has appointed the cpr144449003101 Czech Arbitration Court as Dispute-Resolution Provider for domain names bearing the “.co.nl” ending. An Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution is usually faster, often cheaper and more convenient than a traditional court case.

The Czech Arbitration Court’s rulings are legally binding, unless a losing party chooses to appeal the decision through a conventional court of law.

Process :

ADR cases are unlike traditional court cases in several ways:

• Rulings are made by panelists, not judges. Panelists are drawn from a group of intellectual property experts located throughout Europe.
• Cases are conducted online. The correspondence between all parties occurs via CAC's online platform and email.
• Cases are usually conducted in English
• In order for a .CO.NL domain name to be transferred to a complainant as the result of an ADR, the complainant must be eligible for a .CO.NL name

Fore more information on the Czech Arbitration Court, please refer to their website. For more information about the domain name dispute resolution or to file a dispute about a .co.nl domain, please refer to www.adr.eu.