** IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ALL LBDR ADMIN AND TECH CONTACTS **

Effective October 23, 1999 the Lebanese Domain Registry enforced the Updated Registration Rules (rev. 19990922) and will reject all non-compliant domain applications. Please notice that the attached registration rules will apply on all requests not processed before October 8, 1999.

Active domain guardians should also complete their applications before 01/10/2001, otherwise the registry will block any update on the non-compliant domains. Please notify your clients that they should trademark their domain names and provide the LBDR registry with a copy of the Lebanese trademark certificates within the set delay.

Best regards,

LB-DOM Administrator.

Lebanese Domain Registry Updated Rules

(rev. 19990922)

The Lebanese Domain Registry (LBDR) is a close country registry applying the following rules:

  1. To register a domain name under the Lebanese Domain Registry LB-DOM, it is mandatory to trademark the exact domain name that you are requesting at the Lebanese Ministry of Commerce and Trade. The Lebanese official requesting entity should be the owner of the trademark.

    2. The trademark certificate should reflect the exact domain name in Latin characters and specify the Internet advertising class 35. i.e. for and XYZ.com.lb you should trademark "XYZ"

  2. The registry is unique at the gTLD level as we might convert to a non gTLD structure. i.e. name.lb (by unique at the gTLD level we mean that if domain.com.lb is registered then domain.xxx.lb is reserved and cannot be used)

  3. To register under net.lb, in addition to R1 and R7, you should provide a copy of your Lebanese commercial registration documents and a copy of the Lebanese ISP license certificate or Internet leased line license issued by the Lebanese Ministry of Post and Telecommunication. The trademark certificate should clearly show ownership by the Lebanese commercial entity.

  4. To register under org.lb, in addition to R1, you should provide a copy of the Lebanese not-for-profit organization license document or supporting document to prove that the requesting International organization has an official operation in Lebanon, issued by the Lebanese Ministry of Interior Affairs. The trademark certificate should clearly show ownership by the Lebanese non-for-profit entity.

  5. To register under gov.lb, in addition to R1, you should be a Lebanese government entity, Ministry, Municipality, etc. i.e. The domain delegation request should be signed and stamped by the highest official in that entity.

  6. To register under edu.lb, in addition to R1, you should be an academic or vocational institution and provide a copy of your license issued by the Lebanese Ministry of Education. The trademark certificate should clearly show ownership by the Lebanese education entity.

  7. To register under com.lb, in addition to R1, you should provide a copy of your Lebanese commercial registration documents. The trademark certificate should clearly show ownership by the Lebanese commercial entity.

  8. In all cases the domain owner should send a complete LBDR-A form with clear delegation instructions. The delegating person should be the official representative of the entity. The delegating person is the administrative contact for the domain. The guardian or delegated to person is the technical contact for the domain.

  9. Domain names are registered on a "first come, first served" basis. It is not the LBDR registry duty nor responsibility to screen the requested domain names to determine whether the use of a domain name by an applicant may infringe upon the right(s) of a third party.

  10. The party requesting registration of a domain name certifies that, to her/his knowledge, the use of this name does not violate trademark, tradename or other statutes.

  11. Registering a domain name does not confer any legal rights to that name and any disputes between parties over the rights to use a particular name are to be settled between the contending parties using normal legal methods.

  12. In all cases the domain allocation is tagged by the following LBDR General Disclaimer: Domain allocation will be cancelled without prior notice if the selected domain name is trademarked in Lebanon to another party and if the Lebanese Supreme Court of Commerce rules that the domain name should be cancelled or re-allocated to another party.

  13. In all cases the LBDR registry is not a party in any domain name dispute or dispute resolution process. The registry will only execute the Lebanese Supreme Court of Commerce ruling.

NOTE: * LBDR application, search engine and further details available at http://www.aub.edu.lb/lbdr

* A Lebanese Trademark Certificate sample is displayed at http://www.aub.edu.lb/lbdr/certificate-front.gif

* Trademark Classes are also referred to as Trademark purpose of use.

* The Lebanese Domain registry services at the American University of Beirut are completely free of charge.