Restrictions on .me.uk

[BFTUK]

Are there any restrictions on a company using a .me.uk domain name?

There not just for personal use are they?

 

[fred]

Specific rules for the .me.uk SLD
9.1. Introduction

These are the specific rules for the .me.uk SLD, administered directly by us. They form part of and, in the case of conflict, take precedence over the Rules.

9.2. Charter

The .me.uk SLD is intended to provide a personal namespace within the .uk Top Level Domain. Unless Rules 9.4 or 9.5 apply, registrants of .me.uk domain names must be, and remain at all times, natural persons (a “qualifying person”), and shall not be recorded on the register as being the agent, trustee, proxy or representative for any person or entity (whether having an individual legal personality or not) which is not a qualifying person.

9.3. No actions unless in accordance with the Charter

Unless Rules 9.4 or 9.5 apply, no registration, transfer, renewal or change may be requested to a .me.uk domain name which would be in breach of Rule 9.2, and any such request may be rejected. If, despite the previous sentence, such an action is requested and does occur, Nominet may reverse that action at any time in addition to any other rights Nominet may have by contract or otherwise.

9.4. Transfers to non-qualifying persons under the DRS or by the Courts

9.4.1. Where, as the result of the DRS or judicial proceedings (of relevant jurisdiction) a .me.uk domain name is to be transferred to a person who would not qualify under Rule 9.2 (the “transferee”), the transfer to, and continued registration by, the transferee shall be permitted provided that no use is made of that .me.uk domain name for any purpose, for so long as the transferee holds the domain name.

9.4.2. To prevent a breach of Rule 9.4.1, Nominet may put the domain name into a special status e.g. by blocking the entry of any nameservers onto the record for that domain.

9.4.3. The transferee under clause 9.4.1 will be able to transfer the domain name to a qualifying person, in which case the specific restrictions imposed under this Rule 9.4 will cease to apply.

9.5. Transitional Arrangements



As a transitional measure, any .me.uk domain name registered before 25 October 2004 will not be subject to Rules 9.2 and 9.3 until it is next transferred or cancelled.

http://www.nic.uk/registrants/legal/rules/

 

[yesterday]

If your company or brand happens to be the same as another company or brand who already holds the domain name matching yours, (which can be upto 45 - 1 other trademark holders plus non-trademark holders) there is no .uk namespace domain that you are officially allowed to have.

You have a choice of:
becoming a limited company and registering the .ltd.uk
becoming a plc and registering the plc.uk
giving up business and become an organisation and get .org.uk

or fighting a DRS (given that the 3 above will probably not be available to you).

Basically you are f*cked according to current Nominet domain name distribution policy.

Go abroad and get another extension, you are not welcome.

We like to protect the Nominet brand and only have respectable well known trademarked domain holders please. (or something along those lines).

All very neat and tidy really, especially for the IP lawyers and experts that will be called upon for every dispute.

yesterday

 

[BFTUK]

Well there its not a company name, its a generic term, it appears that all other TLD's are either parked or not resolving.

It would'nt actually be a company site, but i'd envisage that in the future i may want to sell the name / site on and the buyer would likely be a company.

Thanks for the pointers guys.

 

[duke's domain]

I agree it's worth is for personal names not business names! So any of these names wouldn't be worth anything other than if you found somebody with the same name a as you! So I wouldn't by any of these names with the intent to sell for more money