http://udrpwallofshame.com HIghlighting egregious UDRP domain name decisions Sat, 24 Apr 2010 22:39:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Cut-and-paste UDRP decisions citing facts from unrelated cases. This reflects the lack of care and consideration with which some NAF panelists treat the responsibilities to which they have been entrusted. Andrew Allemann reports on his discovery at http://domainnamewire.com/2010/04/23/seriously-wooot-the-hell/ George Kirikos demonstrates that the practice of cut-and-past decision ... http://udrpwallofshame.com/naf-shenanigans/ The UDRP Wall of Shame highlights questionable decisions under the Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP).  The ten decisions chosen for the 2009 UDRP Wall of Shame have contributed the most to undermining the rights of domain name owners over the past year.  A panel composed of ... http://udrpwallofshame.com/2009-udrp-wall-of-shame-announced/ The cases selected for the 2009 UDRP Wall of Shame will be announced Friday at the WIPO Reviews session at TRAFFIC Las Vegas.  A five-person panel composed of Andrew Allemann, Brett Lewis, Mike Berkens, Paul Keating, and Zak Muscovitch selected the UDRP decisions for inclusion on the Wall of Shame.  ... http://udrpwallofshame.com/2009-udrp-wall-of-shame-finalists-to-be-announced-at-traffic-las-vegas/ French domain <jambon-parme.com>, meaning "Parma Ham", lost to the Consortium of Prosciutto of Parma, in a WIPO decision issued January 6, 2010.French decision here. English translation here. The prosciutto consortium had Community Trade Marks for "PROSCIUTTO DI PARMA" (Italian) and "PARMA HAM" (English).  The sole panelist determined that a domain based ... http://udrpwallofshame.com/consorzio-del-prosciutto-di-parma-brings-home-the-bacon/ Emboldened panelists are discovering that they can disregard the clear language of the UDRP with impunity.   Like a perverse game of 'telephone', it begins when one panelist fudges the rules slightly.   Then in a subsequent case another panelist cites the first panelist's interpretation and adds his own twist ... http://udrpwallofshame.com/and-means-or-parvi-org-decision-undermines-domain-owner-rights-as-good-faith-registration-is-no-longer-a-defense/ Congratulations on owning your own domain name.   Now we'll show you how easy it is to lose that domain due to the Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy, or UDRP for short. Anyone can claim a right to your domain and file a UDRP complaint.   It will cost you thousands of ... http://udrpwallofshame.com/welcome-to-the-udrp-wall-of-shame/ TheDomains.com digs up a recent case involving the 811 phone number that has a strong claim to a place on the 2009 Wall of Shame.   The 811 number was established to reduce the risk that excavation operations will dig up buried utility wires, pipes or other important items that ... http://udrpwallofshame.com/analysis-of-811-decision-unearths-no-trademark/ DomainNameWire blogs about the Czech Arbitration Court's announcement that it will soon start charging 500 euros to file a UDRP, which is substantially cheaper than WIPO or the NAF charges. This could start a race to the bottom as the competing arbitration groups try to make themselves more attractive to Complainants. Aren't ... http://udrpwallofshame.com/the-cost-to-file-a-udrp-may-drop-to-500-euros/ WIPO celebrates the success of 10 years of UDRP.   Mike Berkens' blog post is here.   WIPO press release is here. http://udrpwallofshame.com/wipo-meeting-in-geneva-on-oct-12-to-review-udrp/ Further Reading The text of the UDRP and background documents can be found on this section of the ICANN web site ICANN for Beginners, a short history of ICANN with a discussion of governance and main issues of concern Rough Justice, An Analysis of ICANN's Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy, by Dr. Milton Mueller. ... http://udrpwallofshame.com/text-of-the-udrp/