[bc-gnso] WIPO Proposal for a Registrar Dispute Resolution Procedure

["Michael D. Palage" <michael@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello All:

 

I was wondering if the BC had any comment on WIPO's comments that calls for
an administrative process whereby trademark owners can bring a claim against
an ICANN accredited registrar?

 

Unlike the current IRT proposal that appears focused on ICANN accredited
"REGISTRIES" this process seems to proposal an expanse to ICANN accredited
"REGISTRARS"

 

We recommend an analogous dispute resolution procedure for ICANN-accredited
registrars. 

The WIPO proposal for a post-delegation procedure was at first instance
intended for registries within the context of ICANN's New gTLD Program, and
motivated in part by a perception of converging registry, registrar, and
registrant roles in the DNS. That same argument also applies to registrars
in their potential relationship to trademark abuse. A recent illustration is
the observed conduct of one particular registrar, reported in a WIPO Center
letter of April 9, 2009 to ICANN, and the latter's subsequent Notice of
Breach.

 

See http://www.icann.org/correspondence/wilbers-to-pritz-18jun09-en.pdf 

 

Will the BC leadership be reaching out to develop a constituency position on
this recommendation?

 

Best regards,

 

Michael