In a transfer of a domain name that has been registered with Tucows, the parties’ sale agreement should contain a clause resembling the following:
Seller shall cooperate with Buyer to transfer the user name and password corresponding to the domain name to the Buyer. The parties shall cooperate to revise the registrant, administrative contact and other information for the domain name to reflect that Buyer is the registrant and owner of the domain name. Buyer shall also change the user name and password corresponding to the domain name.
John A. Gliedman is a senior associate at Brown Raysman Millstein Felder & Steiner LLPin New York.
This sample clause is intended to serve solely as an exemplar and may need to be modified to conform to the legal requirements of your jurisdiction. It in no way constitutes legal advice.