.is

ccTLD
Type	ccTLD
Status	Active
Country
Implemented	November 18, 1987
Registry	ISNIC - Internet á Íslandi hf.
Websites	isnic.is

.is is the ccTLD for Iceland. The letters come from the country's local name, Ísland. It is managed by ISNIC - Internet Iceland ltd.

Rules and Restrictions

One does not need to be Icelandic to register a .is domain name.

The following domains are reserved for possible future use and will not be registered: "net.is", "com.is", "edu.is", "gov.is", "org.is", and "int.is".

Intellectual Property Dispute

In a dispute where the plaintiff demands that the rights holder of a domain transfers a domain name to the plaintiff on the basis of intellectual property rights, the Board of Appeals may decide that the domain will be transferred if all the following apply:

• a domain name is similar to a trademark owned by the plaintiff and was registered as a wordmark or design mark with Hugverkastofa before the domain was registered to the right holder;
• the domain owner does not have a legitimate interest in using the domain;
• the domain owner was not acting in good faith when registering the domain name.

A domain name will not be deemed to have been registered to the rights holder in good faith if any of the following applies:

• a domain name was registered for the purpose of selling, renting or providing access to the domain to another party for a fee that is demonstrably higher than the cost of registering and renewing it;
• a domain name was registered for the sole purpose of preventing a competitor from registering that particular domain name.

Characters

Domains names can only contain letters of the English alphabet, numerals, hyphens and the letters: á, é, ý, ú, í, ó, þ, æ, ö, ð. A domain name shall not begin or end with a hyphen, and shall not contain a hyphen in both third and fourth position. A domain name (including the .is part) can have a maximum of 66 characters, or 59 characters if it contains special Icelandic characters mentioned above. No distinction is made between uppercase and lowercase letters in a domain name.

Country code top-level domain. Determined by "ISO 3166-1: Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions — Part 1: Country codes".