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    <p>All true, but UK courts have set different precedents. As they
      say: "In court and on the high seas..."</p>
    <p>Volker<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 21.11.2017 um 13:59 schrieb Paul
      Tattersfield:<br>
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      <div dir="ltr">UDRP is an administrative proceeding not
        arbitration it makes provisions for parties to resolve their
        differences by arbitration or court proceedings <br>
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        <div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 12:16 PM,
          George Kirikos <span dir="ltr"><<a
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                      <div>Jonathan,<br>
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                      My understanding is that these UK cases which
                      appear to deny the de novo review, which is at
                      odds with the "bargain" that was made when the
                      policies were adopted (i.e. that they were not
                      final, not binding arbitration at all), might have
                      started 5 years ago with a case between Toth and
                      Emirates Airlines, as mentioned in this article:<br>
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                      <a
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                    <div>(that was a DRS case under .uk, but then it
                      impacted some ICANN-regulated gTLD cases) <br>
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                    While you suggest that "the domain name holder
                    agrees with the registrar on binding arbitration", I
                    respectfully disagree. At some point we can go back
                    to the history of the development of these ADR
                    procedures (and it helps that folks like Kathy, J.
                    Scott, etc. were all around for the UDRP, and others
                    for the URS, and others for PDDRP, etc.), and they
                    can refer to the primary documents and discussions,
                    as to whether any of those policies were intended to
                    be the "final word" via binding arbitration, or
                    instead were lightweight procedures that were
                    subject to de novo review.<br>
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                  <div>Have a nice Thanksgiving holiday week.<br>
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                  Sincerely,<br>
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                George Kirikos<br>
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                  <div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 7:23
                    PM, Jonathan_agmon icann <span dir="ltr"><<a
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                            I think it is best to stick to the facts and
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                            As to the statements you refer to below I am
                            unclear what you propose. Clearly the
                            UDRP/URS were not designed to create an
                            appealate jurisdiction on a national level.
                            I believe that fhe fact that ACPA exists in
                            the US is an exception not the international
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                            As I wrote below, I believe amending the
                            UDRP/URS to provide a national appealate
                            jurisdiction would require an international
                            convention to be ratified by the member
                            states. I'm not sure this exercise is within
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                            Rebecca below says the ADR decision is
                            binding and she is correct because the
                            domain name holder agrees with the registrar
                            on binding arbitration. Again, I am unclear
                            whats wrong with that. This does not take
                            away any rights the parties already have.
                            The domain name holder can still use
                            whatever cause of action he has under
                            national law to bring suit against the TM
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                            Again, nothing in the decision prevents the
                            domain holder from filing oroceedings in UK
                            courts. I believe nothing cited below syas
                            otherwise. As with any national court a
                            plaintiff has to identify what is his cause
                            of action. In the yoyo.mail case the
                            Claimant failed to do so. This is not an
                            usual case in that respect. I think the few
                            articles that tried to make big news out of
                            a rather simple outcome cannot really change
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                                      Re: [gnso-rpm-wg] Availability of
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                                      challenging a URS decision --
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                                        Jonathan,<br>
                                        <br>
                                        I believe your reading of the
                                        case is inconsistent with how
                                        others<br>
                                        have analyzed it. In my initial
                                        post I linked to 3 separate
                                        articles<br>
                                        analyzing the decision. I didn't
                                        bother to quote from them, but
                                        let me<br>
                                        do so now:<br>
                                        <br>
                                        [1] <a
href="https://www.out-law.com/en/articles/2015/december/ruling-means-uk-courts-will-not-overturn-decisions-by-domain-name-dispute-resolution-panels-says-expert/"
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                                          https://www.out-law.com/en/art<wbr>icles/2015/december/ruling-mea<wbr>ns-uk-courts-will-not-overturn<wbr>-decisions-by-domain-name-<wbr>dispute-resolution-panels-<wbr>says-expert/</a><br>
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                                        "Ruling means UK courts will not
                                        overturn decisions by domain
                                        name<br>
                                        dispute resolution panels, says
                                        expert<br>
                                        ...<br>
                                        A UK court ruling that it did
                                        not have the jurisdiction to
                                        hear and<br>
                                        determine an appeal against a
                                        decision taken by domain name
                                        dispute<br>
                                        resolution panel will be
                                        welcomed by brand owners, an
                                        expert has said.<br>
                                        <br>
                                        Intellectual property law
                                        specialist Rebecca Mitton of
                                        Pinsent Masons,<br>
                                        the law firm behind Out-Law.com,
                                        said the High Court's judgment
                                        is<br>
                                        important as it means decisions
                                        taken in accordance with the
                                        Uniform<br>
                                        Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP)
                                        can be considered binding with
                                        no<br>
                                        right of appeal to UK courts.<br>
                                        ...<br>
                                        However, in a ruling seen by
                                        Out-Law.com, His Honour Judge
                                        Dight said<br>
                                        that there was no "cause of
                                        action" that Yoyo.email could
                                        cite under<br>
                                        the UDRP to justify its
                                        arguments being considered and
                                        that the policy<br>
                                        also did not "afford any
                                        jurisdiction" to the High Court
                                        to "act as an<br>
                                        appeal or review body" from the
                                        domain name dispute resolution
                                        panel's<br>
                                        decision in August 2014."<br>
                                        ....<br>
                                        "It is also significant in
                                        setting a clear precedent that
                                        decisions<br>
                                        made by UDRP panels through the
                                        WIPO procedure are not capable
                                        of<br>
                                        being challenged through the
                                        courts. This provides certainty
                                        for brand<br>
                                        owners who have achieved a
                                        positive result in such
                                        proceedings, safe<br>
                                        in the knowledge that the
                                        decision is not open to review
                                        or appeal<br>
                                        through the courts," she said.<br>
                                        <br>
                                        [2] <a
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                                        <br>
                                        "The High Court confirms that
                                        One in a Million is still good
                                        law,<br>
                                        despite alleged developments in
                                        internet knowledge, and the High
                                        Court<br>
                                        should not be used for appeals
                                        from domain name dispute panels<br>
                                        (Yoyo.email Limited v Royal Bank
                                        of Scotland Group Plc and others<br>
                                        [2015] EWHC 3509 (Ch))<br>
                                        ...<br>
                                        Issues<br>
                                        ...<br>
                                        2. whether decisions under the
                                        ICANN UDRP are open to review by
                                        the High Court.<br>
                                        ...<br>
                                        The decision on the second
                                        question surrounded the
                                        interpretation of a<br>
                                        clause in the UDRP, which stated
                                        as follows:<br>
                                        <br>
                                         “Availability of Court
                                        Proceedings. The mandatory
                                        administrative<br>
                                        proceedings requirements set
                                        forth in Paragraph 4 shall not
                                        prevent<br>
                                        you or the complainant from
                                        submitting the dispute to a
                                        court of<br>
                                        competent jurisdiction for
                                        independent resolution before
                                        such<br>
                                        mandatory administrative
                                        proceeding is commenced or after
                                        such<br>
                                        proceeding is concluded…”<br>
                                        <br>
                                        Dight HHJ held that, on the
                                        proper construction of the
                                        clause, it did<br>
                                        not give rise to a separate
                                        cause of action in favour of
                                        Yoyo, nor did<br>
                                        it afford any jurisdiction to
                                        the High Court to act as an
                                        appeal or<br>
                                        review body from the decision of
                                        the Panel. He also confirmed
                                        that<br>
                                        there would be no material
                                        difference in seeking an appeal
                                        as from the<br>
                                        Dispute Resolution Service
                                        Policy (the “DRS”) operated by
                                        Nominet in<br>
                                        the UK than under the UDRP.<br>
                                        <br>
                                        The judge therefore proceeded to
                                        strike the claim out."<br>
                                        ...<br>
                                        The decision provides a useful
                                        lesson that the UK courts should
                                        not be<br>
                                        used as an appeals court for
                                        domain dispute resolution
                                        already<br>
                                        decision under the DRS or the
                                        UDRP. The judgment reinforces
                                        that the<br>
                                        people appointed to the relevant
                                        panel are often experts in<br>
                                        determining these kinds of cases
                                        and it generally would not be<br>
                                        appropriate for the courts to
                                        make comment. It is also
                                        important for<br>
                                        parties to remember that seeking
                                        declaratory relief from the
                                        court<br>
                                        would also not change the rights
                                        in respect of the Domain Names,<br>
                                        therefore meaning that there is
                                        no practical utility in granting
                                        the<br>
                                        declarations."<br>
                                        <br>
                                        [3] <a
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                                        <br>
                                        "The High Court also clarified
                                        that it did not have
                                        jurisdiction to<br>
                                        hear appeals of uniform dispute
                                        resolution policy (UDRP) or
                                        Dispute<br>
                                        Resolution Service (DRS)
                                        decisions.<br>
                                        ...<br>
                                        In relation to the claimant's
                                        request for declaratory relief,
                                        the<br>
                                        court held that the UDRP did not
                                        "afford any jurisdiction" to the
                                        High<br>
                                        Court to "act as an appeal or
                                        review body" from the domain
                                        name<br>
                                        dispute resolution panel's
                                        decision in August 2014. The
                                        judge held<br>
                                        that clause 4k of the UDRP
                                        (which states that the parties
                                        are not<br>
                                        barred from taking the matter to
                                        court after its conclusion) did
                                        not<br>
                                        give rise to a separate cause of
                                        action in favour of the
                                        claimant, nor<br>
                                        give the court any jurisdiction
                                        to act as an appeal or review
                                        body in<br>
                                        relation to the UDRP decision.
                                        This is in line with the
                                        previous case<br>
                                        of 'Toth' which similarly held
                                        that the court did not have<br>
                                        jurisdiction to hear appeals of
                                        DRS policy decisions. (By way of<br>
                                        reminder, Nominet's DRS policy
                                        is applicable in relation to '.<a
                                          href="http://co.uk"
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                                          moz-do-not-send="true">co.uk</a>'<br>
                                        domain names whilst WIPO's UDRP
                                        is relevant to various other
                                        gTLDs,<br>
                                        such as '.email' in this case.)"<br>
                                        <br>
                                        Sincerely,<br>
                                        <br>
                                        George Kirikos<br>
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                                        <br>
                                        On Mon, Nov 20, 2017 at 2:44 AM,
                                        Jonathan_agmon icann<br>
<<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jonathan.agmon.icann@ip-law.l">jonathan.agmon.icann@ip-law.l</a><wbr>egal> wrote:<br>
                                        > George,<br>
                                        ><br>
                                        > My reading of the case is
                                        different. I don't think
                                        anything in the RBS decision
                                        (attached) interfere with
                                        existing legal rights of a TM
                                        holder or a domain name
                                        registrant. On the contrary, the
                                        court simply says that the UDRP
                                        does not of itself creates a
                                        cause of action to either party
                                        under English law. The court
                                        does not say that the parties
                                        cannot bring an action under
                                        available causes of action they
                                        have under English law. The
                                        Claimant simply didn't do so
                                        (with the URS/UDRP in existence
                                        or without it). Nothing in the
                                        decision prevented the Claimant
                                        or future claimants from filing
                                        proceedings in the UK to
                                        challenge a UDRP decision under
                                        existing causes of action.  The
                                        court actually says that UDRP
                                        does not replace or interfere
                                        with English law or the
                                        available causes of action.<br>
                                        ><br>
                                        > If you read the decision
                                        you should come at the
                                        conclusion that the court heard
                                        the parties de novo and stated
                                        that in view of its finding the
                                        application for declaratory
                                        judgment was rendered otiose
                                        {Par 31(5) which you didn't
                                        cite} and the application for
                                        summary judgment on behalf of
                                        the TM holder was accepted.
                                        Courts in the UK do not provide
                                        remedy when its application
                                        serves no practical utility. I
                                        have not read the Australian
                                        decision but I have not seen to
                                        date a decision which disturbs
                                        the assumptions that ADR
                                        mechanisms, which parties agree
                                        to interfere with existing legal
                                        rights (unless the parties
                                        agreed to such changes and local
                                        law allows such changes to be
                                        made). I am of course happy to
                                        review such, if they exist.<br>
                                        ><br>
                                        > I believe there was nothing
                                        for the claimant [Yoyo Mail] to
                                        appeal because it lost on the
                                        evidence. It is also important
                                        to note that the remedy the
                                        disputed domain name holder
                                        sought was one for declaratory
                                        judgment. It did not argue any
                                        other cause of action. In
                                        contrast, the TM holder RBS
                                        counterclaimed with trademark
                                        infringement and passing off.
                                        The court discuss at length the
                                        causes of action brought by the
                                        RBS, the trademark holder in the
                                        counterclaim and finds them well
                                        established and that "actionable
                                        passing off occurred at the
                                        point of registration of the
                                        Domain Names..." [at par. 17].
                                        The court goes on to state that
                                        misrepresentation cannot be
                                        corrected: "there is nothing in
                                        that first stage of the
                                        claimant's system which would
                                        neutralise or correct the
                                        misrepresentation and confusion
                                        which, in my judgment, would be
                                        created by registration of the
                                        Domain Names in the first
                                        place." [Par. 18]. The court
                                        reviewed evidence and even
                                        watched videos during the
                                        hearing. The court states that
                                        "[e]ven taking its evidence at
                                        its highest the claimant does
                                        not satisfy me that it has a
                                        realistic, as opposed, to
                                        fanciful prospect of
                                        successfully defending the
                                        counterclaim." [At par. 22] The
                                        Judge then accepts the
                                        counterclaim through the
                                        application for summary
                                        judgment. In other words the
                                        Claimant's case was heard and
                                        rejected.<br>
                                        ><br>
                                        > But even more importantly,
                                        the parties agreed that if the
                                        application for summary judgment
                                        is successful, the judge does
                                        not have to rule on the
                                        application for declaratory
                                        judgment. The court statement
                                        that the Claimant has no cause
                                        of action relates to the fact
                                        that he moved for a declaratory
                                        judgment that the court will
                                        state that the Claimant
                                        registered and used the disputed
                                        domain name in bad faith, but
                                        the Court refuses to do so
                                        because in view of the
                                        acceptance of the application
                                        for summary judgment, there is
                                        no practical utility in deciding
                                        that request. The result is a
                                        direct flow of the fact that the
                                        court accepted the application
                                        for summary judgment. The
                                        Claimant simply didn't state any
                                        other claim and the UDRP was not
                                        intended to nor does it provide
                                        new causes of action under UK
                                        law (or any other law for that
                                        matter). To have new causes of
                                        action you require the
                                        legislator to legislate.<br>
                                        ><br>
                                        > If you are suggesting a
                                        change to this situation
                                        (applying ACPA to other
                                        countries outside the US) you
                                        may be looking at enhancing the
                                        URDP/URS to the level of
                                        international treaties, which
                                        when accepted by countries would
                                        generate new causes of action
                                        (and this can be done according
                                        to the internal treaty
                                        implementation provisions of
                                        each member country).<br>
                                        ><br>
                                        > I do agree with you that
                                        Paul's suggestion that
                                        applicants should all file
                                        action in the US is impractical
                                        for many reasons and may at most
                                        times be impossible from a US
                                        law perspective.<br>
                                        ><br>
                                        > Jonathan<br>
                                        ><br>
                                        ><br>
                                        > -----Original Message-----<br>
                                        > From: gnso-rpm-wg [<a
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                                        On Behalf Of George Kirikos<br>
                                        > Sent: Monday, November 20,
                                        2017 6:50 AM<br>
                                        > To: gnso-rpm-wg <<a
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                                          moz-do-not-send="true">gnso-rpm-wg@icann.org</a>><br>
                                        > Subject: [gnso-rpm-wg]
                                        Availability of Court for Domain
                                        Name owners challenging a URS
                                        decision -- false assumption?<br>
                                        ><br>
                                        > Hi folks,<br>
                                        ><br>
                                        > I brought up this topic on
                                        Wednesday's RPM PDP call, and
                                        Kathy suggested that I put the
                                        issue in writing for the benefit
                                        of the broader working group
                                        that hadn't attended the call.<br>
                                        ><br>
                                        > There's been an implicit
                                        and fundamental assumption that
                                        the URS (and similarly, the
                                        UDRP) doesn't interfere with the
                                        existing legal rights of a TM
                                        holder or a domain name
                                        registrant, and that either
                                        party can bring an action in
                                        court, heard on a de novo basis,
                                        to challenge the outcome of a
                                        URS (or a UDRP), either before,
                                        during or after the ADR
                                        procedure devised by ICANN. The
                                        ADR was intended to complement
                                        existing law, and wasn't
                                        intended to interfere with or
                                        replace existing law.<br>
                                        ><br>
                                        > Is that assumption correct
                                        in all jurisdictions worldwide?
                                        If not, what must be done to
                                        correct the situation? (since
                                        this violates the fundamental
                                        "bargain" that led to the
                                        establishment of those policies
                                        in the first place)<br>
                                        ><br>
                                        > This is not some
                                        theoretical concern. Consider
                                        the Yoyo.email case, described
                                        at:<br>
                                        ><br>
                                        > <a
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                                        > <a
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                                        > <a
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                                        > <a
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                                        ><br>
                                        > "31. My conclusions on the
                                        application to strike out the
                                        Claim are:<br>
                                        ><br>
                                        > 1) adopting the reasoning
                                        of Ms Proudman in Patel drives
                                        me to hold that on a proper
                                        construction of the UDRP clause
                                        4k does not give rise to a
                                        separate cause of action in
                                        favour of the claimant;<br>
                                        ><br>
                                        > 2) nor does it afford any
                                        jurisdiction to this Court to
                                        act as an appeal or review body
                                        from the Decision;"<br>
                                        ><br>
                                        > While the Yoyo.email court
                                        complainant is not a sympathetic
                                        party to some, the above
                                        decision attacks the very
                                        foundation of the URS (and
                                        UDRP). This should be a high
                                        priority for remedial
                                        policymaking, as it was an
                                        unintended consequence that is
                                        now having real-world effects.<br>
                                        ><br>
                                        > While the above is in the
                                        context of a court challenge to
                                        a UDRP decision against a domain
                                        name registrant, the exact same
                                        analysis applies to the URS.
                                        Thus, now is the appropriate
                                        time to tackle the issue (and
                                        kill two birds with one stone).<br>
                                        ><br>
                                        > This jurisprudence appears
                                        limited to the UK, and perhaps
                                        Australia where apparently a few
                                        other cases may have encountered
                                        the same problem (as has been
                                        discussed in the IGOs PDP where
                                        I and a few other members of
                                        this RPM PDP first discussed the
                                        issue).<br>
                                        ><br>
                                        > The cause of the problem is
                                        easy to identify.<br>
                                        ><br>
                                        > If there was no URS (or
                                        UDRP) policy in place what would
                                        be the "law"<br>
                                        > and the procedural path to
                                        justice? Clearly, a trademark
                                        holder would have a "cause of
                                        action" under trademark law
                                        against a domain name
                                        registrant. The TM holder would
                                        file a lawsuit (as plaintiff)
                                        against the domain name
                                        registrant (as defendant).<br>
                                        ><br>
                                        > With the URS (or UDRP), the
                                        procedural path to justice is
                                        altered in the event a TM holder
                                        uses it and is successful under
                                        the ADR. To challenge the
                                        outcome of the ADR, the domain
                                        name registrant now has the role
                                        of the plaintiff in court, and
                                        the TM holder is the defendant.
                                        The parties have switched their
                                        prior positions as plaintiffs
                                        and defendants, and it turns out
                                        that might cause a significant
                                        problem in some jurisdictions.
                                        i.e. it might make a difference
                                        which party to the dispute files
                                        in court as plaintiff in some
                                        jurisdictions.<br>
                                        ><br>
                                        > That UK court is saying
                                        that ICANN can't simply conjure
                                        a "cause of action" out of thin
                                        air. If the domain name
                                        registrant brings a case in that
                                        UK court, that court is saying
                                        "you have no cause of action,
                                        ICANN can't create one for you,
                                        bye bye, case dismissed."<br>
                                        ><br>
                                        > Now, under the ACPA in the
                                        USA, there is a clear cause of
                                        action for domain name
                                        registrants that they can
                                        follow, so it's not a problem.<br>
                                        > And other courts in other
                                        jurisdictions have heard cases
                                        similarly brought by a domain
                                        name registrant challenging ADR
                                        procedures devised by ICANN.<br>
                                        ><br>
                                        > If we look at the language
                                        of URS itself:<br>
                                        ><br>
                                        > <a
href="http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/urs/procedure-01mar13-en.pdf"
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                                          http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/a<wbr>pplicants/urs/procedure-01mar1<wbr>3-en.pdf</a><br>
                                        ><br>
                                        > "13. Other Available
                                        Remedies<br>
                                        > The URS Determination shall
                                        not preclude any other remedies
                                        available to the appellant, such
                                        as UDRP (if appellant is the
                                        Complainant), or other remedies
                                        as may be available in a court
                                        of competent jurisdiction. A URS
                                        Determination for or against a
                                        party shall not prejudice the
                                        party in UDRP or any other
                                        proceedings."<br>
                                        ><br>
                                        > It's clear that in some
                                        jurisdictions, there appears to
                                        be that exact "prejudice" to the
                                        domain name registrant, who now
                                        becomes a "plaintiff with no
                                        cause of action". Without the
                                        procedure, they would have been
                                        a "defendant with available
                                        defenses to the cause of action
                                        brought by the trademark
                                        holder." The ADR procedure
                                        itself, by switching who becomes
                                        plaintiff and who becomes
                                        defendant in a lawsuit, is
                                        interfering with the rights
                                        those parties had before the
                                        policies were adopted by ICANN.<br>
                                        ><br>
                                        > What could be done to
                                        restore the proper balance?<br>
                                        ><br>
                                        > (1) the URS (and/or UDRP)
                                        could be eliminated entirely (or
                                        made optional for the domain
                                        name owner),<br>
                                        ><br>
                                        > or<br>
                                        ><br>
                                        > (2) in the event a court
                                        refuses to hear a case brought
                                        by the domain name owner
                                        challenging a URS (or UDRP)
                                        ruling, then the URS (or UDRP)
                                        decision needs to be set aside,
                                        and the TM owner can instead
                                        file a TM dispute themselves
                                        directly in real court if they
                                        want to take the dispute
                                        further.<br>
                                        ><br>
                                        > Paul McGrady suggested a
                                        third option on Wednesday,
                                        namely:<br>
                                        ><br>
                                        > (3) allowing all domain
                                        registrants to file actions in
                                        US courts<br>
                                        ><br>
                                        > which, I think would be
                                        problematic for obvious reasons
                                        (but I do applaud him for
                                        participating in the active
                                        discussions, thinking on his
                                        feet and helping to brainstorm
                                        during a live call). [Why should
                                        a Chinese registrant in a
                                        dispute with a Pakistani TM
                                        holder for a domain at an Irish
                                        TLD / registry operator and a
                                        German registrar be compelled to
                                        have the dispute heard in the
                                        USA?] We have to make policies
                                        that are robust to global law
                                        and international jurisdictions.<br>
                                        ><br>
                                        > I look forward to a
                                        productive discussion on this
                                        important topic.<br>
                                        ><br>
                                        > Sincerely,<br>
                                        ><br>
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