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Can domain owner place restrictions on domain's future use?
Can a domain owner place a restriction on the domain's future use as a condition for the domain's transfer to another person?
- bdfh42 15y agoIn English law you can add a covenant to a contract where the purchaser agrees to certain restrictions on the use of that which is purchased. However, the covenant is only enforceable while the seller continues to be in a position to be affected in some way. A church group might sell you some land with restrictions on it's use - no dance hall or casino say - but should that church cease to exist then the restriction would probably be deemed to have lapsed.
- q1q2q3 15y agoThe question becomes though, unlike real property which rarely becomes abandoned, if I don't renew the domain post-transfer it is essentially abandoned and the covenants can't be enforced on who ever registers it next. So it would seem that covenants/restrictions would have to have some time limit. I know that covenants in perpetuity is quite frowned upon in US property law. Thoughts?