.FI Domain Requirements & Criteria Finland FAQ - What do I need to have when I apply for a domain name?
- When you apply for a fi-domain name:
* You need a user ID and a password list.
* You need the Business ID code of your company/organization or the registration number of your association. If you are a private person, you need your Personal Identity Number.
* Please make sure, that the domain name you apply for does base on a registered name or a trademark.
* You need two name servers configured to serve the domain name. 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 and you will be unable to receive e-mail.
* You need a valid credit card or passwords for using Internet banking services.
- Who can apply for a .fi domain name?
- A private person can apply for a domain name but they must be at least 15 years of age with a Finnish Personal Identity Number and is domiciled in Finland. The guardian of a child over 15 but under 18 years of age or of an adult to whom a guardian has been assigned may apply for a domain name on their behalf. The guardian may, for example, be a guardian assigned by a court or some other authority, or the father or mother of a minor.
- Can a company apply for a domain name?
- Yes. A company or a private entrepreneur entered in the Finnish Trade Register, the Finnish Register of Associations or the Finnish Register of Foundations, a Finnish public corporation, state-owned company, independent public service, public association or the embassy of a foreign state may apply for a domain name. Domain names may be applied for only after the Trade, Association or Foundation registration has been finalized. It is not sufficient to have a pending registration. An applicant who has only a Business ID or is entered only in the tax administration register is not entitled to a domain name.
Public corporations include, for example, the state, municipalities, the province of Aland, municipal federations, the Helsinki Metropolitan Area Council, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland and the Orthodox Church of Finland including their parishes. Statutory communities with public duties may also be included. If the applicant corresponds to one of the above definitions of public corporations but does not have a business identity code (e.g. registered religious communities).
- Can 101Domain/the .FI Registry revoke or cancel my domain name?
- According to the Act on Domain Names, the Registry can revoke a .fi domain name, if:
(i) the applicant has specified fundamentally insufficient or incorrect information in the application, or failed to report essential information, and the holder of the domain name does not correct and complement the information regardless of a request to do so;
(ii) there is a cogent reason to suspect that the domain name has been transferred to someone else without the consent of the holder of the domain name or a protected name or trademark, the holder requests the revocation of the domain name, and the recipient of the transfer does not provide acceptable grounds for his or her right to the domain name within a two-week time limit;
(iii) there is a cogent reason to suspect that the domain name is a protected name or trademark, the holder of the name or trademark requests the revocation of the domain name and the holder of the domain name does not provide acceptable grounds for his or her right to the domain name within a two-week time limit;
(iv) there is a cogent reason to suspect that a domain name based on the name of a natural person is in the possession of a natural person with a different name or a legal person who is not the holder of the rights to the protected name or trademark matching the persons name, and the holder of the domain name does not provide acceptable grounds for its right to the domain name within a two-week time limit.
The revoked domain name will become available for re-application after three months. Should a violation of a name or trademark occur, however, the domain name can be transferred to the rightful holder, who demanded the name to be revoked, immediately following revocation.
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 are replaced for example 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.
Source: https://domain.ficora.fi
|
|
