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Re: [FYI] WIPO domain dispute coup continues
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- Subject: Re: [FYI] WIPO domain dispute coup continues
- From: Rigo Wenning <rigo@fitug.de>
- Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 23:27:30 +0100
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Ohh, merken die das auch schon. Das wurde schon auf der CFP 2000
im März in Toronto diskutiert....
Gruss
Rigo
On Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 09:36:44PM +0100, Axel H. Horns wrote:
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/15277.html
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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