Domain

Requirements to become a registrant of a .hu domain name

Delegation of domains directly under the .hu ccTLD may be applied for by

a) any citizen of the European Union or

b) any private person holding a permit for domiciliation in Hungary, or

c)       i) any entity established by virtue of law,

ii) any entity entered in the records of or registered with an authority or court, or

iii) any entity filing its respective application with the competent authority or court and commencing its operations pursuant and according to the law prior to such entry or registration, in the territory of the European Union

d) furthermore, the beneficiary of a trademark registered with the Hungarian Intellectual Property Office or granted protection rights in Hungary, too, provided that the applied domain name is character-by-character identical with the word(s) of the trademark in question.

 

Delegation of domains directly under a second level public domain may be applied for by any domestic or foreign private person or entity.

It is important to know that according to the Hungarian Domain Name Rules the administrative contact person of the domain name shall have a Hungarian postal address and shall be able to communicate in Hungarian.

We represent our clients in the course of domain name registrations and provide domain name maintenance, docketing services and local presence service as well. Within the framework of our cooperation with the market leader Hungarian company in the fields of domain name registrations, we are able to receive instructions regarding the technical adjustment of the domain names and we are able to provide DNS1 and DNS2 services as well as URL forwarding.

We regularly perform domain name watching services as well for our clients and objecting abusive domain name applications before their final registration.

We favour significant attention to law enforcement in connection with the domain names, too. We represent our clients successfully in alternative dispute resolution procedures – both before the Hungarian ADR Provider and before the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Centre, and in court procedures as well.