.FI Domain General FAQ Finland FAQ - How do I make sure that a domain name is not based on a protected name or trademark owned by another party?
- According to the Act on Domain Names, the applicant is responsible for ensuring that the domain name is not wrongfully based on the registered name or trademark of another party. The Act refers to names entered into the Finnish Trade Register, the Finnish Register of Associations, the Finnish Register of Foundations and the party register, and trademarks entered in the Finnish Trademark Register or in the Trademark Register of the European Union. The names of public corporations, state-owned companies, independent public services, public associations, embassies of foreign states, and their institutions, as well as established names referred to in the Act on Business Names and the Act on Trademarks, are protected.
The Registry can revoke a domain name at the request of the owner of a protected name or trademark, if the domain name exactly matches the protected name or trademark (Company Oy and company.fi). Any dashes (-) or company form identifiers of a protected name or trademark are not considered when the protected names or trademarks similarity to the domain name is compared. A domain name can be considered to exactly match anothers name or trademark even if the protected names or trademarks national characters , and are replaced by a and o in the domain name. A domain name can also be revoked if it is a derivative of a registered name or trademark (e.g. parlament.fi or, derived from the registered trademark Telus, telusproduct.fi and realbadfoodtelus.fi). The revocation requires that the applicant or holder of the domain name intends to harm the holder of the name or trademark, or obtain unlawful benefit from anothers name or trademark.
As of 1 September 2005, it became possible to apply for Internationalized Domain Names (IDN), i.e. Finnish (.fi) domain names represented by the native language characters , and .
Internet name server systems can only process the traditional letters (a to z) of the Latin alphabet. Therefore, native language characters should be converted into a form which can be processed by name server systems.
Punycode enables the use of characters other than the Latin alphabets in domain names. Punycode is also known as ACE (ASCII Compatible Encoding). The ACE form is a technical form of a domain name, understood by name server systems and defined in the name servers.
- What does using a representative mean?
- The holder of a domain name can authorize a representative to act on his or her behalf in all matters relating to domain name applications and changes to an existing domain name. Make an agreement or representation directly with the representative of your choice (e.g. a lawyers office). Once the information about the representative has been supplied, the Registry will send all communication concerning the domain name to the representative, not the holder.
The representative must register with the .fi domain name system on behalf of the holder and enter his or her contact information under Representative's data. In this way, the representative will be able to use the holders user ID and passwords.
- What are Name Servers?
- If no name servers have been configured to serve the domain name, it will not be possible to find the domain name on the Internet or receive e-mail.
You will need to provide information about name servers in the application form. If no name servers have been configured to serve your new domain name, you should contact an Internet service provider of your choice. The Internet service provider can also forward the application for a domain name on your behalf.
The domain name service will automatically check that the name servers specified in the application function properly. All name servers that have been configured to serve the domain name must be indicated in the application. Each name server must be functioning. If one or several name servers do not pass the name server test and are not repaired within the deadline (1 month), the application for a domain name will expire and the applicant will lose the domain name. The fee will not be returned.
A minimum of two and a maximum of ten separate, functioning name servers must be configured to serve the domain name. The geographical location of the name servers is not relevant, but they must respond to name service queries on the Internet. All the name servers specified in an application for a domain name must meet the requirements of the Regulation of the Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority.
Source: https://domain.ficora.fi
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