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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org [mailto:gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>URS - Uniform Rapid Suspension System - MFSD<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 04, 2017 8:38 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> disenberg@gigalawfirm.com<br>
<b>Cc:</b> gnso-rpm-wg<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [gnso-rpm-wg] Largest URS Filing/Decision in History<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Every time I write about URS, I'm stopped that it's still not time to talk about it...<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I agree with Doug that an important factor when considering to choose between URS and UDRP is the low administrative fees.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The other one is that it is fast and the brand owners' first intention could be to obtain cessation of the infringement immediately.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">It is less used that it could be, also because there is a lack of information amongst the brand owners' when it applies (many requests of information if it can be use for .com domains) and which is the outcome/what happens when suspension
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<p class="MsoNormal">I think that the statistics, over 680 URS cases filed at the 3 URS Dispute Resolution Providers, shows that it is used and useful (over 95% of the disputed domain names suspended). When we will arrive at that point I am sure that ICANN
staff, Forum and ADNDRC will provide statistics how many successful URS cases turned into UDRP.<o:p></o:p></p>
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Il giorno 03 gen 2017, alle ore 20:41, Doug Isenberg <<a href="mailto:disenberg@gigalawfirm.com">disenberg@gigalawfirm.com</a>> ha scritto:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have no insights as to why this trademark owner chose the URS instead of<br>
the UDRP, but certainly the filing fee for this URS case (as I noted in my<br>
blog post) was much less than a UDRP complaint would have cost. At the<br>
Forum (where this URS complaint was filed -- and where the same trademark<br>
owner has filed previous UDRP cases), the filing fee for a URS case with<br>
more than 50 domain names is only $500; by comparison, the Forum doesn't<br>
even publish a fee schedule for UDRP cases with more than 16 domain names<br>
(and the UDRP filing fee for a complaint with 15 domain names is $2,250).<br>
Clearly, the UDRP filing fee would have been many times more expensive than<br>
for the URS case. Since trademark owners often consider costs when<br>
evaluating enforcement options, I suspect this may have been a factor.<br>
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Doug<br>
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-----Original Message-----<br>
From: <a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org">gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org</a> [<a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org">mailto:gnso-rpm-wg-bounces@icann.org</a>]<br>
On Behalf Of Jon Nevett<br>
Sent: Tuesday, January 3, 2017 2:31 PM<br>
To: Marc Trachtenberg <<a href="mailto:trachtenbergm@gtlaw.com">trachtenbergm@gtlaw.com</a>><br>
Cc: gnso-rpm-wg <<a href="mailto:gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org">gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org</a>><br>
Subject: Re: [gnso-rpm-wg] Largest URS Filing/Decision in History<br>
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Thanks for sharing Phil and Doug.<br>
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This case is an interesting data point of a brand holder deciding to use the<br>
URS over the UDRP. We developed the RPMs with the hope that brand holders<br>
would utilize the RPMs that made the most sense to them to protect their<br>
brands. The URS was developed for slam-dunk cases of infringement. We<br>
wanted to create a quicker and less costly way to take down infringing<br>
domain names. There was a deliberate distinction between the standard of<br>
proof and remedies with the URS and the UDRP. If these distinctions didn't<br>
exist, there would not have been a purpose for the URS. It would be<br>
interesting to understand why a brand holder like this one selected to use<br>
the URS over the UDRP -- and especially whether they understood the risk<br>
that Kiran mentioned.<br>
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Look forward to the discussion at the appropriate time.<br>
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Best,<o:p></o:p></p>
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