Re: [nc-udrp] In case anyone cares....

[Ethan Katsh <katsh@legal.umass.edu>]

         I think Louis Touton is the person to contact about this sort of 
thing. To add to the question of who is responsible for what, can I ask who 
is responsible for this task force? We had an election for a new Chair but 
do we need someone at ICANN or the Names Council or some other group to 
approve this? I have been asked more than once what is happening and it is 
an embarrassment.

Ethan Katsh
Professor and Co-director
Center for Information Technology
and Dispute Resolution
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003
tel. 413-545-5879


At 12:40 AM 9/26/02 -0400, John Berryhill wrote:


>As much as I hate to interrupt this lively discussion of various ideas that
>have been put on the table, does anyone know whether anyone at ICANN is
>responsible for UDRP provider compliance with the Rules?
>
>I have recently learned that the ADNDRC does not permit selection of
>panelist candidates from the rosters of other approved UDRP providers.  This
>is in complete non-compliance with UDRP Rule 5, which entitles parties to
>select their candidates from the list provided by any approved UDRP
>provider.
>
>The issue of providers making Supplemental Rules which run contrary to
>express provisions of the Policy and the Rules themselves has been raised
>here before but I seem to have missed any discussion of whether it should be
>addressed in any contemplated reform.  Clearly, there is no check on whether
>the Policy or Rules themselves may be effectively re-written by a provider's
>supplemental rules.
>
>Regards,
>
>John Berryhill