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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=FR link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-27may11-en.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-27may11-en.htm</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=title><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Public Comment: Preliminary Issue Report on the Current State of the UDRP<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=docdate><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>27 May 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ICANN Staff is seeking comments on its </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/prelim-report-current-state-udrp-27may11-en.pdf"><span lang=EN-US>Preliminary Issue Report on the Current State of the Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy</span></a></span></em><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> [PDF, 2.25 MB]. The </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/public-comment/public-comment-201107-en.htm#prelim-report-udrp"><span lang=EN-US>public comment</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> period ends on <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>15 July 2011.</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p><h3><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Background<o:p></o:p></span></h3><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Created in 1999, the Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) has successfully offered parties a less expensive alternative to costly litigation for resolving disputes involving domain name cybersquatting. The UDRP has not been formally reviewed by the GNSO Council since its inception. This Report informs the GNSO Council of the current state of the UDRP in advance of the Council’s vote on whether to commence a policy development process (PDP) on this important policy.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Specifically, this Report addresses:<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>How the UDRP has addressed the problem of cybersquatting to date, and any insufficiencies or inequalities associated with the process. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Whether the definition of cybersquatting inherent within the existing UDRP language needs to be reviewed or updated. <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>This is an opportunity for the ICANN community to provide its views on the current state of the UDRP, and on whether a policy development process should be initiated to review the UDRP. This Report will be updated to reflect such feedback in the Final Issue Report to be presented to the GNSO Council after the closing of this public comment forum.<o:p></o:p></span></p><h3><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Additional Information:<o:p></o:p></span></h3><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For information on the GNSO’s activities related to the UDRP, please see: </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://gnso.icann.org/issues/udrp/"><span lang=EN-US>http://gnso.icann.org/issues/udrp/</span></a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For more information on the current state of the UDRP, please view the 10 May Webinar archived at: </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="https://community.icann.org/display/gnsoudrpdt/Webinar+on+the+Current+State+of+the+UDRP"><span lang=EN-US>https://community.icann.org/display/gnsoudrpdt/Webinar+on+the+Current+State+of+the+UDRP</span></a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>To participate in the Singapore session on the Current State of the UDRP, please see: </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://singapore41.icann.org/"><span lang=EN-US>http://singapore41.icann.org/</span></a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></span></li></ul><p><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Staff responsible</span></strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>: Margie Milam<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Glen de Saint Géry<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>GNSO Secretariat<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org">gnso.secretariat@gnso.icann.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://gnso.icann.org">http://gnso.icann.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>