I disagree. The UDRP is designed to correct misbehavior of a
valid domain name owner relating to that owner’s use of a domain
name, namely that the use of a domain infringes the rights of a
trademark owner. The basis of the complaint is not that the
domain name owner did not validly register the domain, but
rather that the use of the domain is a trademark violation. The
facts and circumstances of the ownership of trademark rights and
the trademark infringement are outside of the knowledge of the
registrars and registries. The UDRP procedures are designed to
get the facts in front of the dispute resolution panel to
provide the trademark owner with a remedy to trademark
infringement that may be difficult or impossible to obtain
judicially.
The TDRP is about correcting a bad domain transfer, and the
circumstances of the transfer are mostly known to the registrars
and registries, but there might be some oversight that a
registrar or a registrant would want corrected. I think we
should focus on where the TDRP leaves a registrant or a
registrar without a remedy, and only provide more procedures for
scenarios where a remedy is not currently available.
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*From:*Dorrain, Kristine <mailto:kdorrain@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
*Sent:*Tuesday, December 03, 2013 12:43 PM
*To:*'Volker Greimann' <mailto:vgreimann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>;James
M. Bladel <mailto:jbladel@xxxxxxxxxxx>;Mike O'Connor
<mailto:mike@xxxxxxxxxx>
*Cc:*gnso-irtpd@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:gnso-irtpd@xxxxxxxxx>
*Subject:*RE: [gnso-irtpd] here's the little summary of that
sequence of events i rattled off on the call just now --
registrant role in TDRP
I agree.
*From:*Volker Greimann [mailto:vgreimann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
*Sent:*Tuesday, December 03, 2013 11:41 AM
*To:*Dorrain, Kristine; James M. Bladel; Mike O'Connor
*Cc:*gnso-irtpd@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:gnso-irtpd@xxxxxxxxx>
*Subject:*Re: [gnso-irtpd] here's the little summary of that
sequence of events i rattled off on the call just now --
registrant role in TDRP
The issue of Trademark aside, I see many more similarities
between the UDRP and the issue of legitimate ownership of a
domain than between that issue and the TDRP. After all, both are
disputes between parties about who should be the legitimate
owner of a domain name.
So while we may not want to open the UDRP to new complaints, we
may want to look at creating a UDRP2 that is designed for
exactly these issues.
In both cases the registrar is asked to do certain things in
preparation for the dispute and as its result, in both parts the
question of the ultimate ownership of a domain name is decided
by an independant panel.
Volker
Just for the record, I think adding a Registrants option to
the UDRP would be just as mucked up as adding it here. In
my humble opinion this warrants an entirely new policy or
none at all. We don’t need to reinvent the Rules….UDRPs
Rules are great. Just create the Policy itself, which is
entirely TM focused and would be a beast to open up to
non-TM holders. J
Kristine
*From:*owner-gnso-irtpd@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:owner-gnso-irtpd@xxxxxxxxx>[mailto:owner-gnso-irtpd@xxxxxxxxx]*On
Behalf Of*Volker Greimann
*Sent:*Tuesday, December 03, 2013 11:09 AM
*To:*James M. Bladel; Mike O'Connor
*Cc:*gnso-irtpd@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:gnso-irtpd@xxxxxxxxx>
*Subject:*Re: [gnso-irtpd] here's the little summary of that
sequence of events i rattled off on the call just now --
registrant role in TDRP
Hi James,
excellent points there. I think the case with your example
is that this is not actually a case where a registrar is a
party to the dispute. Maybe it is a star witness required to
provide the information only it can provide, but not a
party. Those roles are better left to prior and current
registrant.
This however begs the question if ICANN should implement
another process for registrants to solve their disputes, or
if this may not be better relegated to a future re-design of
the UDRP? We could for example make a recommendation that
the UDRP be expanded to cover also domain ownership issues
in any future revision of that policy.
Best,
Volker
Good thoughts everyone. I think perhaps we should try
to capture the various scenarios in the “Reasons for
Denial” area, where a registrar can legitimately deny a
registrant’s request to initiate a TDRP.
For example: if the Registrant believes that the
identity of the registrant is in question, or that they
cannot substantiate that they were ever the legitimate
registrant (or Transfer Contact) for the name
pre-transfer. If its a scenario in which the registrar
has violated the IRTP, (or even the shiny new TDRP we’re
developing), then that is a matter for Compliance and
the registrar's accreditation could be at-risk. But we
should avoid any process where a registrar is compelled
to initiate a TDRP that they believe is without merit,
-and- be forced to pay for the proceedings.
Thanks—
J.
*From:*Mike O'Connor <mike@xxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:mike@xxxxxxxxxx>>
*Date:*Tuesday, December 3, 2013 at 10:09
*To:*Volker Greimann <vgreimann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:vgreimann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
*Cc:*"gnso-irtpd@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:gnso-irtpd@xxxxxxxxx>" <gnso-irtpd@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:gnso-irtpd@xxxxxxxxx>>
*Subject:*Re: [gnso-irtpd] here's the little summary of
that sequence of events i rattled off on the call just
now -- registrant role in TDRP
hi Volker,
i'm trying to remedy the situation where a registrar is
either in violation of the IRTP themselves (refusing to
allow the registrant to transfer out) or is
presumptively denying the registrant due process in a
dispute between registrars. this was recognized as an
oversight in the policy back in the misty past when this
series of IRTP PDPs was launched.
i don't care how this happens. registrars are probably
in the best position to figure out the best way to get
this done and i'm happy to leave that discussion up to
them. i like James' "put pressure on Registrars to
comply" approach since that seems like a lighter/simpler
one but i can live with anything that fixes that
problem. what i'm not keen on the idea of leaving
registrants in their current situation where these
decisions get made "for them" by registrars with no
recourse for trapped registrants except worldwide courts.
On Dec 3, 2013, at 9:51 AM, Volker Greimann
<vgreimann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:vgreimann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Hi Mike,
you are assuming that registrants should be
beneficiaries of the TDRP. They are not. Therefore a
registrar not initiating a TDRP is not blocking the
registrants access as they do not have such an access in
the first place.
If you want to give the registrant a way to force a
registrar to initiate a proceeding against another
registrar, that is another story, but that way needs to
include an obligation of the registrant to pay the costs
and a right of a registrar to charge for this service
(to cover the work needed to handle the process).
Volker
i think the key distinction i want to draw is with
your sentence "give registrants access to" the
TDRP. that's not the intent. the intent is to
ensure that registrants are not blocked from that
process by their registrar. the hope here is to
provide an appeal mechanism in those cases where
registrar and registrant disagree on whether a TDRP
is warranted. but i'm fine setting the bar for that
appeal pretty high.
On Dec 2, 2013, at 11:47 AM, Volker Greimann
<vgreimann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:vgreimann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
I still feel that giving registrants access to the
TDRP process dilutes its purpose as an
inter-registrar dispute process designed to deal
with process violations and will turn it into a
transfer dispute process between registrants,
dragging registrars and registries into a civil
conflict between two parties. This will result in
increased costs and work for contracted parties.
If a registrar is violating transfer processes,
there will be sufficient incentive for affected
registrars to call them out and if necessary invoke
the current process.
What we need to look at instead is if creating an
alternate process between registrant and former
registrant regarding the ownership of a domain name
makes sense.
I am also a big fan of the line "He who wants to
hear the music should pay for the band!", i.e. if a
registrant wants a process to be invoked, he should
be prepared to pony up the fees, just as with the
UDRP. Adding a "loser pays" clause makes sense to
me, but in that case it will remain the risk of the
complainant that the respondent cannot pay/is
unreachable/etc...
Volker
Provide the ability for the registrant to
trigger the TDRP process in cases when they
disagree with their registrar over an IRTP issue
·In general, registrars initiate TDRP when they
can't resolve matters between themselves
In the case of disagreement between registrar
and registrant as to whether to initiate a TDRP,
provide a path for the registrant to take the
issue to Compliance
Build minimum documentation requirements for
registrants into the policy as a filter to
prevent frivolous filings
If Compliance agrees with registrant, TDRP
proceeds as normal, with fees paid by
registrars, as normal
If Compliance disagrees with registrant, that's
it -- it's off to court if the registrant wants
to proceed.
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