Hong Kong Domain Name Registration Company Limited Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy [Effective 26 January 2004]

5. Our Involvement in Disputes

We will not participate in any way in any dispute between you and any party other than us regarding the registration and use of your Domain Name. You shall not name us as a party or otherwise include us in any such proceeding. In the event that we are named as a party in any such proceeding, we reserve the right to raise any and all defences deemed appropriate, and to take any other action necessary to defend ourselves.

6. Maintaining the Status Quo

We will not cancel, transfer, activate, deactivate, or otherwise change the status of any Domain Name registration under this Dispute Resolution Policy except as provided in Paragraphs 3 and 4 above.

7. Transfers During a Dispute to a new holder

You may not transfer your Domain Name registration to another holder (i) during a pending arbitration proceeding brought pursuant to Paragraph 4 or for a period of ten (10) business days after such proceeding is concluded; or (ii) during a pending arbitration proceeding commenced regarding your Domain Name unless the party to whom the Domain Name registration is being transferred agrees, in writing, to be bound by the decision of the Arbitration Panel. We reserve the right to cancel any transfer of a Domain Name registration to another holder that is made in violation of this subparagraph.

We reserve the right to amend this Dispute Resolution Policy at any time. Each time we amend the Dispute Resolution Policy we will publish the amended version of the Dispute Resolution Policy in advance (where practicable, 14 calendar days in advance) on our web site: http://www.hkirc.net.hk. Each amended version of the Dispute Resolution Policy will become binding and effective on you and us on the effective date specified at the top of the amended version, and will replace all previous versions of the Dispute Resolution Policy. You should review our web site regularly in order to be aware of all such amendments.

If this Dispute Resolution Policy has been invoked in the submission of a Complaint to a Provider, the version of the Dispute Resolution Policy in effect at the time it was invoked will apply to that submission until the arbitration proceeding is over

In the event that you object to a change in this Dispute Resolution Policy, your sole remedy is to cancel your Domain Name registration with us, provided that you will not be entitled to a refund of any fees you paid to us. The Dispute Resolution Policy, as modified, will apply to you until you cancel your Domain Name registration.

9. Miscellaneous

In this Dispute Resolution Policy: