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[FYI] WIPO domain dispute coup continues
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- Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 21:36:44 +0100
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WIPO domain dispute coup continues
By: Kieren McCarthy
Posted: 06/12/2000 at 17:14 GMT
WIPO has continued its march toward control of the domain dispute
market, taking 68.5 per cent of all cases in November - up from 66
per cent in October, 63 per cent in September and just 48 per cent
back in January.
How it is doing this is no secret - it consistently favours big
business and celebrities over anyone else (complainant wins 67.5 per
cent of cases; 15.8 per cent are settled or terminated) and reaps the
benefit of publicity.
[...]
The basic conclusion of the report is that the wording of UDRP is
solid but the system that has built up around it needs updating. The
main problem is the complainant's ability to choose which arbitrator
the case goes to, so it is obviously in its interests to go for one
that rules in favour of the complainant. The Convergence Center
looked at the options and decided a system where the registrars
choose where the case goes is the best system.
[...]
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See
http://dcc.syr.edu/roughjustice.pdf