Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Administering a Global Extrajudicial System

ICANN's Role in Domain Name Disputes
Tim Cole, Chief Registrar Liaison, ICANN

Lessons Learned - Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy
  • Rules now require electronic submission of certain documents (does this facilitate translation?)
  • Over the years, the way the dispute resolution process is used has changed - it is not static.
  • Do not expect to 'solve it all' with the first iteration. Change will be necessary.
  • UDRP does not supersede legal process - but only small percentage of claims that have been filed actually end up in court.
  • Selection of panelists involves review of track record with ADR proceedings and training.
  • ICANN role: effectiveness of dispute policies; complaints about implementation of decisions; complaints about DR providers; monitors domain name registrars for compliance.

Nicolas Vermeys, Centre de recherche en droit public

ECODIR demo:

  1. Includes a form for claimants to fill out that narrow issues in dispute
  2. Completes forms, loads up docs
  3. email sent to other disputant
  4. Disputant can accept demand of claimant, or make offer
  5. If they cannot resolve themselves, you can ask for mediation
  6. Arbitrator is named, file added for him/her
  7. Arbitrator makes proposal to the parties and sends by email
  8. Parties can decide whether to accept, continue negotiating...

Most of the time, people agree to the process voluntarily = reduced need for enforcement.

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