.FI domain special and registration regulation

Overall
Traficom .FI domains special requirements: https://www.traficom.fi/en/communications/fi-domains/make-sure-your-fi-domain-name-lawful
Traficom .FI domain instructions: https://www.traficom.fi/en/communications/fi-domains/how-choose-good-domain-name

.FI domain special requirements
(Info from page: https://www.traficom.fi/en/communications/fi-domains/make-sure-your-fi-domain-name-lawful)
Domain name holders are responsible for making sure that the domain name they have registered is lawful. The domain name must not infringe a protected name or trademark owned by another party. You can lose the domain name you have registered if requested by the owner of the infringed name or trademark.

Each domain name is unique. In principle, you can choose your domain name freely and domain names are assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. However, you are responsible for making sure that your domain name is lawful. If you register a domain name that infringes someone else’s name or trademark, you can lose your domain name.

Before registering a domain name, consult the public registers to make sure that the domain name does not infringe someone else’s name or trademark protected in Finland or within the EU.

Protected names and trademarks include:
– Names entered into the Finnish registers of trade, foundations or political parties
– Names entered into the Finnish trademark register
– Names entered into the Finnish register of associations
– Trademarks entered into the trademark register of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
– Names of public body or its bodies
– Names of diplomatic missions of foreign states or their bodies
– Established names, secondary marks or trademarks referred to in the Business Names Act or Trademarks Act.

.FI domains special characters:
(Info from page: https://www.traficom.fi/en/communications/fi-domains/how-choose-good-domain-name)

An fi-domain name may contain 2-63 characters. The permitted characters and the restrictions in their use are further specified.

Permitted characters in domain names are

• letters a-z
• numbers 0-9
• hyphen-minus (-)

Permitted native language characters are

• letters å, ä and ö
• characters in the Sami languages spoken in Finland

A domain name may not begin or end with a hyphen-minus. The third and fourth characters may not both be hyphen-minuses.

An exception to this is the ACE form (ASCII Compatible Encoding) of a domain name containing native language characters å, ä or ö. In such case, the third and fourth characters may both be hyphen-minuses.

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