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Re: [FYI] WIPO domain dispute coup continues

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