If I bought a name through one registrar, am I allowed to switch to a different
registrar?
Yes. The Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy, applicable to all ICANN-accredited
registrars, provides that registered name holders must
be able to transfer their domain name registrations
between registrars. You must wait 60 days after the initial
registration or any previous transfers to initiate a transfer.
This applies to ownership changes too, you would not have been able to transfer for 2 months.
Very interesting. I wonder if they're breaking that provision or if there's some backhanded interpretation of it that they're using.
EDIT: Whoops, re-read that again. Yep, that makes sense. I think "auction lock" is like 42 days. Like I said, locking it makes sense to avoid baddies getting hold of your domain easily.
