Re: [ICANN-EU] The real challenge for all of us as candidates

["Griffini Giorgio" <grigio@mediapoint.it>]

Dear Andreas an Marc,

(I will wear the Italian Naming Authority member hat now) 

I was working on this specific subject for almost one year long and I was a 
strong supporter (really fighting) for introducing a sort of Mandatory 
Administrative Proceeding on rules for '.it' ccTLD.  
I suggest Andreas to take a look to the Final WIPO report instead of  relying 
on reading separate documents. By reading the WIPO report you will see by 
yourself that arbitration and mediation are just two ways to handle disputes 
and you will understand why is the 'Mandatory' approach for the 
Administrative Proceeding (which is the third way ) is by far more appropriate 
to handle 'abusive' registrations. 
I think you will be even wonder on the level of concern there is on fact that 
domain name registration protections from abuse should be granted to non 
trademark owners. 

Under the ccTLD'.it'  we had a voluntary arbitration available for almost one 
year but it was really clear (almost to me) that when two parties are in good 
faith disputing for a name there is generally no problem. 
When one of the parties is in 'bad faith'  having such 'voluntary' arbitration is 
not enough to avoid court litigation because one want to solve and the other 
wants to steal...

When opening the '.it'  registration to any european citizen as we did 
(broadening the number of potential registrant that way ) a way to really 
handle abusive registration HAD to be in place. I made any kind pressure for 
having it as early as possible even by asking to postpone date for 'opening'.  
I have been talked as a people that was not endorsing 'opening' to Europe.
A little bit later the history was on my side. Our fellow candidate Francesco 
Ravanelli was a victim of this miss in the '.it' rules  (as you may see on his 
profile)

In summary,  for those of you which are concerned with UDRP I really 
suggest to take a look to the final WIPO report. 
Maybe it will not change your idea but I may assure you 
that you will not waste your time reading it.

Best Regards 
Giorgio Griffini 

(removing the Italian Naming Authority member hat now and restarting to 
battle for endorsements... :)