Canyon Bicycles GmbH has filed what appears to be the first UDRP on a new gTLD domain name Canyon.bike The domain name was registered on February 5th under privacy at Godaddy.com Although this marks the first new gTLD domain name hit with a UDRP, IBM filed either a UDRP or a URS a few days ago on the domain names IBM.Guru and IBM.Ventures It appears that as we have chatted about while … [Read more...]
ICANN Approves Renewal Of .Info; .Org and .Biz Registry Contracts Without URS Being Included
According to a resolution passed by the ICANN Board, ICANN has renewed the registry contracts for the .info, .biz and .org contracts without the Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) being included. On the issue of not requiring the URS to be added to the registry contracts ICANN said: ""There was a specific community concern raised, and subsequent letters provided to the Board, regarding the … [Read more...]
.PW Becomes First TLD To Adopt Uniform Rapid Suspension
The .pw Registry just announced it is the first TLD to adopt ICANN’s latest rights protection mechanism, the Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS). The URS is in the Applicant Gudebook for new gTLD's. "The URS seeks to provide trademark holders with faster protection against infringement than the existing Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP). " "While the UDRP, a more expensive and … [Read more...]
The ICA Forces ICANN To Issue A “Status Report on UDRP/URS Providers & Uniformity of Process”
ICANN issued a Status Report on UDRP Providers and Uniformity of Process, last night and the timing of it makes it look as a direct result of the criticism of Phil Corwin of the Internet Commerce Association (ICA) made public during the ICANN meeting that concluded on Thursday. First for the report, then some comments will follow: ""Issues relating to Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution … [Read more...]
Internet Commerce Association (ICA): “ICANN Lied about URS Contracts”
The Internet Commerce Association (ICA) to which our company is a Silver Level Supporter of wrote today on its blog that ICANN has gone back on its word that it would create a standardizes contract for all Uniform Rapid Suspension providers to prevent forum shopping. Phil Corwin on behalf of the ICA writes today that ICANN "staff today stated in Durban that it is NOT developing a standard and … [Read more...]
Can Only UDRP Providers Become URS Dispute Resolution Providers?
According to Brad Bertoglio of Intersponsive Corporation, it looks like ICANN appears to be taking the position that it will not approve any application to provide URS services unless the actual applicant is directly a provider of other dispute resolution services, and potentially only UDRP providers. Intersponsive Corporation was the first company to apply to ICANN to become a URS resolution … [Read more...]