The UDRP: Is It Un-Fair.com?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday August 20, 2001 @07:51AM from the selling-to-the-stronger-bidder dept.

typecast writes "A study of more than 3,000 UDRP decisions by a Canadian law prof. suggests that ICANN's domain-dispute resolution process may be even more unfair than Slashdot types already believe. This article says the study confirms organizations such as WIPO and the National Arbitration Forum decide most cases in favor of trademark holders. But it also says it's clear that individual arbitrators with strong "anti-cybersquatting" records are the ones most likely to be handed UDRP cases. A copy of the study and a minimal database of UDRP-panelist stats can be found at Geist's own UDRPInfo Web site."

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51st state? by Xandu · 2001-08-20 08:05 · Score: 5, Funny

By Steven Bonisteel, Newsbytes
OTTAWA, ONTARIO, CANADA, U.S.A.,
20 Aug 2001, 8:12 AM CST

When did Canada become the 51st state? News to me!

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--Xandu
Mod this up by kypper · 2001-08-20 08:09 · Score: 3, Funny

It reminds me of someone who buys up all of the plywood before a hurricane and sells it for $100/sheet to his desperate neighbors.

A very apt analogy.