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E=MC² Rules of Procedure
Administrative proceedings for the resolution of disputes under the Dispute Policy is governed by the E=MC² Rules of Procedure ("Rules') and also the Supplemental Rules of the Provider administering the proceedings, as posted on its Web site.
  1. Definitions
  2. Communications
  3. The Complaint
  4. Notification of Complaint
  5. The Response
  6. Appointment of Panel and Timing of Decision
  7. Impartiality and Independence
  8. Communication Between Parties and the Panel
  9. Transmission of the File to the Panel
  10. General Powers of the Panel
  11. Language of the Proceedings
  12. Further Statements
  13. In Person Hearings
  14. Default
  15. Panel Decisions
  16. Communication of Decision to Parties
  17. Settlement or Other Grounds for Termination
  18. Effect of Court Proceedings
  19. Fees
  20. Exclusion of Liability
  21. Amendments
    22.
1. Definitions

In these Rules:

Complainant means the party initiating a complaint concerning a Member of the E=MC² Green Community Platform or a complaint concerning the Company, in regards to the Dispute Policy.

Name shall mean any one of or collectively: a subdomain or a domain name or a keyword. The Name is a part of the Company's Service(s), consequently Name shall have the same meaning as Service (s).

Mutual Jurisdiction means a court jurisdiction at the location of either
  1. the principal office of the Company or

  2. the address of the Respondent.

Panel means an administrative panel appointed by a Provider to decide a complaint.

Panelist means an individual appointed by a Provider to be a member of a Panel.

Party means a Complainant or a Respondent.

Policy means the Dispute Policy that is incorporated by reference and made a part of the E=MC² Terms of Service.

Provider means a dispute-resolution service provider listed in the provider list.

Company means the E=MC² Company Inc. with which the Respondent has registered for the Company's Services that is the subject of a complaint.

Agreement means the E=MC² Terms of Service.

Respondent means the Member against which a complaint is initiated.

Hijacking means using the Policy in bad faith to attempt to deprive another Member of a Service.

Rule shall mean this agreement.

Supplemental Rules means the rules adopted by the Provider administering a proceeding to supplement these Rules. Supplemental Rules shall not be inconsistent with the Policy or these Rules and shall cover such topics as fees, word and page limits and guidelines, the means for communicating with the Provider and the Panel, and the form of cover sheets.

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2. Communications
  1. When forwarding a complaint to the Respondent, it shall be the Provider's responsibility to employ reasonably available means calculated to achieve actual notice to Respondent. Achieving actual notice, or employing the following measures to do so, shall discharge this responsibility:

    1. sending the complaint to all postal-registered-mail and facsimile addresses

      1. shown in the registration data in Company's database or alternatively, supplied by the Company: and

      2. supplied by Company to the Provider from the registration data in Company's database ; and

      sending the complaint in electronic form (including annexes to the extent available in that form) by E-mail to:

      1. all the E-mail addresses of the Respondent;

      2. any E-mail address shown or E-mail links to the Respondent's Blog Portal and Web pages; and

    2. sending the complaint to any address the Respondent has notified the Provider it prefers and, to the extent practicable, to all other addresses provided to the Provider by Complainant under Paragraph 3(b)(v).

  2. Except as provided in Paragraph 2(a), any written communication to Complainant or Respondent provided for under these Rules shall be made by the preferred means stated by the Complainant or Respondent, respectively (see Paragraphs 3(b)(iii) and 5(b)(iii)), or in the absence of such specification

    1. by telecopy or facsimile transmission, with a confirmation of transmission; or

    2. by postal or courier service, postage pre-paid and return receipt requested; or

    3. electronically via the Internet, provided a record of its transmission is available.

  3. Any communication to the Provider or the Panel shall be made by the means and in the manner (including number of copies) stated in the Provider's Supplemental Rules.

  4. Communications shall be made in the language prescribed in Paragraph 11. E-mail communications should, if practicable, be sent in plain text.

  5. Either Party may update its contact details by notifying the Provider and the Company.

  6. Except as otherwise provided in these Rules, or decided by a Panel, all communications provided for under these Rules shall be deemed to have been made:

    1. if delivered by telecopy or facsimile transmission, on the date shown on the confirmation of transmission; or

    2. if by postal or courier service, on the date marked on the receipt; or

    3. if via the Internet, on the date that the communication was transmitted, provided that the date of transmission is verifiable.

  7. Except as otherwise provided in these Rules, all time periods calculated under these Rules to begin when a communication is made shall begin to run on the earliest date that the communication is deemed to have been made in accordance with Paragraph 2(f).

  8. Any communication by

    1. a Panel to any Party shall be copied to the Provider and to the other Party;

    2. the Provider to any Party shall be copied to the other Party; and

    3. a Party shall be copied to the other Party, the Panel and the Provider, as the case may be.

  9. It shall be the responsibility of the sender to retain records of the fact and circumstances of sending, which shall be available for inspection by affected parties and for reporting purposes.

  10. In the event a Party sending a communication receives notification of non-delivery of the communication, the Party shall promptly notify the Panel (or, if no Panel is yet appointed, the Provider) of the circumstances of the notification. Further proceedings concerning the communication and any response shall be as directed by the Panel (or the Provider).

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3. The Complaint
  1. Any person or entity may initiate an administrative proceeding by submitting a complaint in accordance with the Dispute Policy and these Rules to any Provider approved by the Company. (Due to capacity constraints or for other reasons, a Provider's ability to accept complaints may be suspended at times. In that event, the Provider shall refuse the submission. The person or entity may submit the complaint to another Provider.)

  2. The complaint shall be submitted in hard copy and (except to the extent not available for annexes) in electronic form and shall:

    1. Request that the complaint be submitted for decision in accordance with the Policy and these Rules;

    2. Provide the name, postal and E-mail addresses, and the telephone and telefax numbers of the Complainant and of any representative authorized to act for the Complainant in the administrative proceeding;

    3. Specify a preferred method for communications directed to the Complainant in the administrative proceeding (including person to be contacted, medium, and address information) for each of (A) electronic-only material and (B) material including hard copy;

    4. Designate whether Complainant elects to have the dispute decided by a single-member or a three-member Panel and, in the event Complainant elects a three-member Panel, provide the names and contact details of three candidates to serve as one of the Panelists (these candidates may be drawn from any of the approved Provider's list of panelists);

    5. Provide the name of the Respondent and all information (including any postal and E-mail addresses and telephone and telefax numbers) known to Complainant regarding how to contact Respondent or any representative of Respondent, including contact information based on pre-complaint dealings, in sufficient detail to allow the Provider to send the complaint as described in Paragraph 2(a);

    6. Specify the nature and problem that is/are the subject of the complaint;

    7. Identify the specific Service that is subject of the complaint;

    8. If applicable, specify the trademark(s) or service mark(s) on which the complaint is based and, for each mark, describe the goods or services, if any, with which the mark is used;

    9. Describe, in accordance with the Policy, the grounds on which the complaint is made including, in particular,

      1. the manner in which the Respondent is using any of the Service(s) that infringes on the Complainant rights; and

      2. why the Respondent should be considered as having no rights or legitimate interests or legitimate rights or is abusing your rights or is in violation of the Agreement in respect to the Service(s) that is/are the subject of the complaint; and

      3. why the Service(s) should be considered as having been registered and being used in bad faith

        (The description should, for elements (2) and (3), discuss any aspects of Paragraphs 4(b) and 4(c) of the Policy that are applicable. The description shall comply with any word or page limit set forth in the Provider's Supplemental Rules.);


    10. Specify, in accordance with the Policy, the remedies sought;

    11. Identify any other legal proceedings that have been commenced or terminated in connection with or relating to any of the Service(s) that are the subject of the complaint;

    12. State that a copy of the complaint, together with the cover sheet as prescribed by the Provider's Supplemental Rules, has been sent or transmitted to the Respondent , in accordance with Paragraph 2(b);

    13. State that Complainant will submit, with respect to any challenges to a decision in the administrative proceeding canceling or transferring the Service(s), to the jurisdiction of the courts in at least one specified Mutual Jurisdiction;

    14. Conclude with the following statement followed by the signature of the Complainant or its authorized representative:

      "Complainant agrees that its claims and remedies concerning the registration of the Service(s), the dispute, or the dispute's resolution shall be solely against the Respondent and waives all such claims and remedies against (a) the dispute-resolution provider and panelists, except in the case of deliberate wrongdoing, (b) the Company , as well as their directors, officers, employees, and agents, except if the Respondent is the Company (c) the Company's affiliates, as well as their directors, officers, employees, and agents."

      "Complainant certifies that the information contained in this Complaint is to the best of Complainant's knowledge complete and accurate, that this Complaint is not being presented for any improper purpose, such as to harass, and that the assertions in this Complaint are warranted under these Rules and under applicable law, as it now exists or as it may be extended by a good-faith and reasonable argument."; and

    15. Annex any documentary or other evidence, including a copy of the Policy applicable to the Service(s) in dispute and any trademark or service mark registration upon which the complaint relies, together with a schedule indexing such evidence.


  3. The complaint may relate to more than one Service, provided that the Service(s) under complaint are registered by the same Respondent.

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4. Notification of Complaint
  1. The Provider shall review the complaint for administrative compliance with the Policy and these Rules and, if in compliance, shall forward the complaint (together with the explanatory cover sheet prescribed by the Provider's Supplemental Rules) to the Respondent, in the manner prescribed by Paragraph 2(a), within three (3) calendar days following receipt of the fees to be paid by the Complainant in accordance with Paragraph 19.

  2. If the Provider finds the complaint to be administratively deficient, it shall promptly notify the Complainant and the Respondent of the nature of the deficiencies identified. The Complainant shall have five (5) calendar days within which to correct any such deficiencies, after which the administrative proceeding will be deemed withdrawn without prejudice to submission of a different complaint by Complainant.

  3. The date of commencement of the administrative proceeding shall be the date on which the Provider completes its responsibilities under Paragraph 2(a) in connection with forwarding the Complaint to the Respondent.

  4. The Provider shall immediately notify the Complainant, the Respondent, the concerned Company(s), of the date of commencement of the administrative proceeding.

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5. The Response
  1. Within twenty (20) days of the date of commencement of the administrative proceeding the Respondent shall submit a response to the Provider.

  2. The response shall be submitted in hard copy and (except to the extent not available for annexes) in electronic form and shall:

    1. Respond specifically to the statements and allegations contained in the complaint and include any and all bases for the Respondent to retain registration and use of the disputed Service (This portion of the response shall comply with any word or page limit set forth in the Provider's Supplemental Rules.);

    2. Provide the name, postal and E-mail addresses, and the telephone and telefax numbers of the Respondent and of any representative authorized to act for the Respondent in the administrative proceeding;

    3. Specify a preferred method for communications directed to the Respondent in the administrative proceeding (including person to be contacted, medium, and address information) for each of (A) electronic-only material and (B) material including hard copy;

    4. If Complainant has elected a single-member panel in the Complaint (see Paragraph 3(b)(iv)), state whether Respondent elects instead to have the dispute decided by a three-member panel;

    5. If either Complainant or Respondent elects a three-member Panel, provide the names and contact details of three candidates to serve as one of the Panelists (these candidates may be drawn from any of the Company's approved Provider's list of panelists);

    6. Identify any other legal proceedings that have been commenced or terminated in connection with or relating to any of the Service(s) that are the subject of the complaint;

    7. State that a copy of the response has been sent or transmitted to the Complainant, in accordance with Paragraph 2(b); and

    8. Conclude with the following statement followed by the signature of the Respondent or its authorized representative:

      "Respondent certifies that the information contained in this Response is to the best of Respondent's knowledge complete and accurate, that this Response is not being presented for any improper purpose, such as to harass, and that the assertions in this Response are warranted under these Rules and under applicable law, as it now exists or as it may be extended by a good-faith and reasonable argument."; and

    9. Annex any documentary or other evidence upon which the Respondent relies, together with a schedule indexing such documents.


  3. If Complainant has elected to have the dispute decided by a single-member Panel and Respondent elects a three-member Panel, Respondent shall be required to pay one-half of the applicable fee for a three-member Panel as set forth in the Provider's Supplemental Rules. This payment shall be made together with the submission of the response to the Provider. In the event that the required payment is not made, the dispute shall be decided by a single-member Panel.

  4. At the request of the Respondent, the Provider may, in exceptional cases, extend the period of time for the filing of the response. The period may also be extended by written stipulation between the Parties, provided the stipulation is approved by the Provider.

  5. If a Respondent does not submit a response, in the absence of exceptional circumstances, the Panel shall decide the dispute based upon the complaint.

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 6. Appointment of the Panel and Timing of Decision
  1. Each Provider shall maintain and publish a publicly available list of panelists and their qualifications.

  2. If neither the Complainant nor the Respondent has elected a three-member Panel (Paragraphs 3(b)(iv) and 5(b)(iv)), the Provider shall appoint, within five (5) calendar days following receipt of the response by the Provider, or the lapse of the time period for the submission thereof, a single Panelist from its list of panelists. The fees for a single-member Panel shall be paid entirely by the Complainant.

  3. If either the Complainant or the Respondent elects to have the dispute decided by a three-member Panel, the Provider shall appoint three Panelists in accordance with the procedures identified in Paragraph 6(e). The fees for a three-member Panel shall be paid in their entirety by the Complainant, except where the election for a three-member Panel was made by the Respondent, in which case the applicable fees shall be shared equally between the Parties.

  4. Unless it has already elected a three-member Panel, the Complainant shall submit to the Provider, within five (5) calendar days of communication of a response in which the Respondent elects a three-member Panel, the names and contact details of three candidates to serve as one of the Panelists. These candidates may be drawn from any of the Company's approved Provider's list of panelists.

  5. In the event that either the Complainant or the Respondent elects a three-member Panel, the Provider shall endeavor to appoint one Panelist from the list of candidates provided by each of the Complainant and the Respondent. In the event the Provider is unable within five (5) calendar days to secure the appointment of a Panelist on its customary terms from either Party's list of candidates, the Provider shall make that appointment from its list of panelists. The third Panelist shall be appointed by the Provider from a list of five candidates submitted by the Provider to the Parties, the Provider's selection from among the five being made in a manner that reasonably balances the preferences of both Parties, as they may specify to the Provider within five (5) calendar days of the Provider's submission of the five-candidate list to the Parties.

  6. Once the entire Panel is appointed, the Provider shall notify the Parties of the Panelists appointed and the date by which, absent exceptional circumstances, the Panel shall forward its decision on the complaint to the Provider.
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 7. Impartiality and Independence A Panelist shall be impartial and independent and shall have, before accepting appointment, disclosed to the Provider any circumstances giving rise to justifiable doubt as to the Panelist's impartiality or independence. If, at any stage during the administrative proceeding, new circumstances arise that could give rise to justifiable doubt as to the impartiality or independence of the Panelist, that Panelist shall promptly disclose such circumstances to the Provider. In such event, the Provider shall have the discretion to appoint a substitute Panelist.

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8. Communication Between Parties and the Panel No Party or anyone acting on its behalf may have any unilateral communication with the Panel. All communications between a Party and the Panel or the Provider shall be made to a case administrator appointed by the Provider in the manner prescribed in the Provider's Supplemental Rules.

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9. Transmission of the File to the Panel The Provider shall forward the file to the Panel as soon as the Panelist is appointed in the case of a Panel consisting of a single member, or as soon as the last Panelist is appointed in the case of a three-member Panel.

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10. General Powers of the Panel
  1. The Panel shall conduct the administrative proceeding in such manner as it considers appropriate in accordance with the Policy and these Rules.

  2. In all cases, the Panel shall ensure that the Parties are treated with equality and that each Party is given a fair opportunity to present its case.

  3. The Panel shall ensure that the administrative proceeding takes place with due expedition. It may, at the request of a Party or on its own motion, extend, in exceptional cases, a period of time fixed by these Rules or by the Panel.

  4. The Panel shall determine the admissibility, relevance, materiality and weight of the evidence.

  5. A Panel shall decide a request by a Party to consolidate multiple disputes in accordance with the Policy and these Rules.
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11. Language of Proceedings
  1. Unless otherwise agreed by the Parties, or specified otherwise in the Agreement, the language of the administrative proceeding shall be the language of the Agreement, subject to the authority of the Panel to determine otherwise, having regard to the circumstances of the administrative proceeding. If the Service(s) in dispute is multilingual or is not in the language of the Registration Agreement, a written translation and transliteration of the Service(s)is required, along with a notarized document verifying the exactness of the translation and transliteration.

  2. The Panel may order that any documents submitted in languages other than the language of the administrative proceeding be accompanied by a translation in whole or in part into the language of the administrative proceeding. Any translated documents must be notarized to verify the exactness of the translation.
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12. Further Statements In addition to the complaint and the response, the Panel may request, in its sole discretion, further statements or documents from either of the Parties.

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13. In-Person Hearings There shall be no in-person hearings (including hearings by teleconference, videoconference, and Web conference), unless the Panel determines, in its sole discretion and as an exceptional matter, that such a hearing is necessary for deciding the complaint.

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14. Default
  1. In the event that a Party, in the absence of exceptional circumstances, does not comply with any of the time periods established by these Rules or the Panel, the Panel shall proceed to a decision on the complaint.

  2. If a Party, in the absence of exceptional circumstances, does not comply with any provision of, or requirement under, these Rules or any request from the Panel, the Panel shall draw such inferences therefrom as it considers appropriate.
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15. Panel Decisions
  1. A Panel shall decide a complaint on the basis of the statements and documents submitted and in accordance with the Policy, these Rules and any rules and principles of law that it deems applicable.

  2. In the absence of exceptional circumstances, the Panel shall forward its decision on the complaint to the Provider within fourteen (14) days of its appointment pursuant to Paragraph 6.

  3. In the case of a three-member Panel, the Panel's decision shall be made by a majority.

  4. The Panel's decision shall be in writing, provide the reasons on which it is based, indicate the date on which it was rendered and identify the name(s) of the Panelist(s).

  5. Panel decisions and dissenting opinions shall normally comply with the guidelines as to length set forth in the Provider's Supplemental Rules. Any dissenting opinion shall accompany the majority decision. If the Panel concludes that the dispute is not within the scope of Paragraph 4(a) of the Policy, it shall so state. If after considering the submissions the Panel finds that the complaint was brought in bad faith, for example in an attempt at Hijacking or was brought primarily to harass the Respondent, the Panel shall declare in its decision that the complaint was brought in bad faith and constitutes an abuse of the administrative proceeding.
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16. Communication of Decision to Parties
  1. Within three (3) calendar days after receiving the decision from the Panel, the Provider shall communicate the full text of the decision to each Party, and the concerned Company(s). The concerned Company(s) shall immediately communicate to each Party, and the Provider, the date for the implementation of the decision in accordance with the Policy.

  2. Except if the Panel determines otherwise (see Paragraph 4(j) of the Policy), the Provider shall publish the full decision and the date of its implementation on a publicly accessible Web site. In any event, the portion of any decision determining a complaint to have been brought in bad faith (see Paragraph 15(e) of these Rules) shall be published.
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17. Settlement or Other Grounds for Termination
  1. If, before the Panel's decision, the Parties agree on a settlement, the Panel shall terminate the administrative proceeding.

  2. If, before the Panel's decision is made, it becomes unnecessary or impossible to continue the administrative proceeding for any reason, the Panel shall terminate the administrative proceeding, unless a Party raises justifiable grounds for objection within a period of time to be determined by the Panel.
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18. Effect of Court Proceedings
  1. In the event of any legal proceedings initiated prior to or during an administrative proceeding in respect of a Service(s) in dispute that is the subject of the complaint, the Panel shall have the discretion to decide whether to suspend or terminate the administrative proceeding, or to proceed to a decision.

  2. In the event that a Party initiates any legal proceedings during the pendency of an administrative proceeding in respect of a Service(s) in dispute that is the subject of the complaint, it shall promptly notify the Panel and the Provider. See Paragraph 8 above.
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19. Fees
  1. The Complainant shall pay to the Provider an upfront fixed fee, in accordance with the Provider's Supplemental Rules, within the time and in the amount required. The proceedings shall not begin unless the  Complainant pays to the Provider the upfront fixed fee, within the time and in the amount required.  A Respondent electing under Paragraph 5(b)(iv) to have the dispute decided by a three-member Panel, rather than the single-member Panel elected by the Complainant, shall pay the Provider one-half the fixed fee for a three-member Panel before the proceeding. See Paragraph 5(c). In all other cases, the Complainant shall bear all of the Provider's fees, except as prescribed under Paragraph 19(d). Upon appointment of the Panel, the Provider may adjust the the upfront fixed fee and add any additional fees as deem necessary depending on the complexitiy of the case to the Complainant, as specified in the Provider's Supplemental Rules.

  2. No action shall be taken or the proceeding shall not be commenced by the Provider on a complaint until it has received from Complainant the upfront fixed fee and any additional fees depending on the complexity of the case in accordance with Paragraph 19(a).

  3. If the Provider has not received the fee within ten (10) calendar days of receiving the complaint, the complaint shall be deemed withdrawn and the administrative proceeding terminated.

  4. The Provider shall Parties request for the payment of additional fees, depending on the complexity of the case, which shall be established in agreement with the Parties and the Panel.
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20. Exclusion of Liability Except in the case of deliberate wrongdoing, neither the Provider nor a Panelist, nor the Company, as well as their directors, officers, employees, and agents, shall be liable to a Party for any act or omission in connection with any administrative proceeding under these Rules.

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21. Amendments The version of these Rules in effect at the time of the submission of the complaint to the Provider shall apply to the administrative proceeding commenced thereby. These Rules may not be amended without the express written approval of the Company. Additional information regarding the Dispute Policy & Rules may be found at http://greensx.com/info/disputepolicy.php.

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This is E=MC² Rules of Procedure version 2.0.

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