[Gnso-igo-ingo-crp] Follow up questions for IGO small group on sovereign immunity

[George Kirikos]

Hi folks,

I checked a few other ccTLDs, to see how they handle exposure to
courts for complainants:

1. .us (USA) -- http://www.neustar.us/ustld-dispute-resolution-policy/

Complainant must submit to a mutual jurisdiction (see section 3.c.xii).

2. .de (Germany) -- www.denic.de/en/faq-single/450/1/248.html

Does not have *any* dispute resolution procedure, so complainants must
go through the courts.

3. .ca (Canada) -- http://cira.ca/assets/Documents/Legal/Dispute/CDRPrules.pdf

Appendix A, Paragraph 5 (page 17) says complaints must submit to a
court jurisdiction.

4. .ru (Russia) -- http://cctld.ru/en/domains/domens_ru/registration.php

Like Germany for .de, there is no domain name dispute resolution
procedure for the .ru ccTLD, so complainants must go through the
courts.

These examples demonstrate that IGOs are not treated in a special
manner in these countries (or in the case of .eu, an entire
continent), when it comes to submission to a court's jurisdiction.

Sincerely,

George Kirikos
416-588-0269
http://www.leap.com/


On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 9:04 AM, George Kirikos <icann at leap.com> wrote:
> Don't the IGOs face identical
> issues of 'standing' and exposure to 'legal jurisdiction' in ccTLD
> disputes?
>
> For instance, in the ADR rules of the EU:
>
> http://eu.adr.eu/html/en/adr/adr_rules/eu%20adr%20rules.pdf
>
> paragraph B.1.(b)(14) says (on page 9):
>
> "State that the Complainant will submit, with respect to any
> challenges to a decision in the ADR Proceeding revoking or
> transferring the domain name, to the jurisdiction of the courts in at
> least one specified Mutual Jurisdiction in accordance with Paragraph
> A1"
>
> For the DRS procedure of .uk domain names, it states in section 3(c)(viii):
>
> http://www.nominet.org.uk/disputes/when-use-drs/policy-and-procedure/drs-procedure
>
> "state that the Complainant will submit to the exclusive jurisdiction
> of the English courts with respect to any legal proceedings seeking to
> reverse the effect of a Decision requiring the suspension,
> cancellation, transfer or other amendment to a Domain Name
> registration, and that the Complainant agrees that any such legal
> proceedings will be governed by English law;"