Re: [ICANN-EU] Re: WIPO

[Alf Hansen <aha@uninett.no>]

Marc,

Marc Schneiders wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 18 Sep 2000, Alf Hansen wrote:
> 
> [...]
> > Since this is very simple, why do we spend all this time discussing TMs
> > and DNs on the ICANN-europe-list?
> >
> > Why are people so angry with WIPO and the URDP? UDRP is an offer and
> > both parties have to agree to use it. The law is allways a fallback.
> 
> Agree to use it? I find this legalese. One agrees to accept it by
> registering a generic TLD? 

I was talking about disputes on 2nd level, under the TLD.

> Is that what you mean? Of course no one has to
> register a generic TLD with an ICANN accredited registrar and the NetSol
> registry. One can indeed always use a domain that is not under the UDRP.

I do not understand what you mean with "a domain that is not under
UDRP". My understanding is that there are no domains that are "under
UDRP". A 2nd level domain dispute has two parties, and they may agree to
use the UDRP infrastructure to solve the dispute instead of using the
courts.

> Pity these do not resolve for approx. 99.9% of the users. But this may
> certainly change if the ICANN Board will continue to display the attitude
> you show here about this matter. 

For 2nd level disputes under gTLDs I think the UDRP is useful as an
effective tool to solve disputes easier and less expensive than using
law suits.

> Injustice will always hit back in the end
> upon those who condone it, or worse devised it.
> 
> Of course, you are not on the Board of ICANN yet. There is still a chance
> for remedy.
> --
> *-------------------------------------*
>  Marc Schneiders (more in the header)
> *-------------------------------------*

Best regards,
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