Consent/Denial Process
If your .name of choice is not available, but you're happy to register a variation on your .name, then you needn't read on. However, if you've got your heart set on your particular .name, but registration is blocked by a Defensive Registrant, try the Consent/Denial Process before filing a formal complaint. This should save you money and time in administering the complaint.
What is this Consent/Denial Process?
The Consent/Denial Process has been designed to allow you to contact the Defensive Registrant (or multiple Defensive Registrants, if necessary) in order to see whether that Defensive Registrant(s) will grant you the ability to register a .name even though it has “blocked” the name. (You should be able to find all relevant Defensive Registrants by running a search on the Global Name Registry Whois database.) This process can be likened to settlement negotiations that take place outside of a regulated forum. Note that under its terms of use, a Defensive Registrant is required not to accept any monies or other consideration in granting consent.
How do I request consent?
Before you approach the Defensive Registrant(s), you must actually attempt to register the name blocked by the Defensive Registration. As a result of that attempt, your registrar will issue to you a Consent ID, which the Defensive Registrant(s) will need in order to grant consent through the Global Name Registry Consent/Denial Process. Once you obtain this Consent ID, you will have forty (40) days in which to complete all of the following actions (after the 40 days, the Consent ID expires, and you may opt to re-initiate the process):
- Collect evidence that supports your right to register your desired name (i.e., illustrates compliance with the Eligibility Requirements).
- Examples of this evidence are: a passport, a national identification document, a birth certificate, a driver's license, or a social security card.
- Note that it is entirely up to the Defensive Registrant as to whether it deems these forms of evidence as adequate for granting consent.
- Communicate to the Defensive Registrant (we suggest you contact the admin contact using the relevant email, telephone, fax and/or post information, details of which can be found in the Global Name Registry WHOIS database (You'll find the search tool above) your request for consent to register a conflicting name, including in that communication the evidence you've collected.
- Note that if your desired name conflicts with more than one Defensive Registrant, you must request from consent from all of those Defensive Registrants to obtain valid consent and get your desired .name.
- Wait for consent. To grant consent, the Defensive Registrant(s) will use the Global Name Registry Consent/Denial interface, and following that, your registrar will issue you your .name.
Does the Defensive Registrant have to say yes?
No, it is entirely up to the Defensive Registrant to determine whether your request has merit. If the Defensive Registrant wishes not to grant consent, the Defensive Registrant may also use the Global Name Registry Consent/Denial interface to actively deny your request.
What if I don't get consent?
You can file a complaint. Read on about how to file a complaint.
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