3.2.4. Rules for registering .UA domains

Domain registration for .UA is only possible if you have a registered trademark with a name identical to the domain. This is a mandatory requirement.

Detailed information about TM registration and the specifics of registering a .UA domain is presented in our blog:

• How to create your online store in Ukraine with a .UA trademark domain?
• Features of .UA domain registration

1. The administrator of the .UA zone is the company LLC "Hostmaster".
2. Domain registration rules in the .UA zone are the same for all registrars.
3. A .UA domain can only be registered if there is a registered and active (not expired) Ukrainian trademark or an international trademark that is protected in Ukraine in accordance with the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks.
4. The domain name must match the trademark for goods and services as it appears on the TM certificate. Only certain special characters may be omitted, but not individual letters or words. The order of characters in the domain name must be preserved, and characters should be read from left to right and top to bottom. Adding characters that are not present in the trademark is not allowed.
5. The domain name may only use Latin alphabet characters, excluding special characters such as &, @, ., / and others. Such symbols can be replaced with their English names or removed. If the TM logo contains Cyrillic characters, they should be transliterated.
6. Domain registration in the .UA zone is possible for only one year; subsequent renewal can be done for a longer period.

Key points of the rules describing the above-mentioned items:

3.9. Delegation of a private second-level domain name in the .UA domain occurs exclusively on the condition that the registrant provides the Registrar, within the legal relationship governed by the domain name registration agreement, with the following documents:

3.9.1. For a domain name that fully matches, or whose second-level component (up to the ".", but not including this character) matches the Mark, which is protected in the territory of Ukraine in accordance with the Madrid Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Marks – a certified extract from the Official Bulletin of the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization, issued by the central executive authority responsible for forming state policy in the field of intellectual property, confirming the fact of international registration of the Mark and its legal protection in the territory of Ukraine;

3.9.2. for a domain name that fully matches, or whose second-level component (up to the ".", but not including this sign) matches in writing with the Mark for which the central executive authority responsible for forming state policy in the field of intellectual property has issued a certificate of Ukraine for the mark for goods and services – a duly certified copy of such certificate;

3.9.3. In the event that the direct registrant of a private second-level domain name is not the holder of a Ukrainian certificate for a trademark and service mark — certified by the central executive authority responsible for forming state policy in the field of intellectual property, publication in the official bulletin of information on the transfer of ownership rights to the Mark or the issuance of a license for the use of the Mark.