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The Uniform Domain-Name Dispute Resolution
Policy (UDRP) has been adopted by ICANN-accredited Registrars in
all gTLDs (.aero, .biz, .com, .coop, .info, .museum, .name, .net, .org,
.pro). The UDRP is a policy between a Registrar and its
customer and is included in registration agreements for all ICANN-accredited
registrars.
Through UDRP, dispute proceedings arising from alleged abusive registrations of
domain names (for example, cybersquatting) may be initiated by a holder of
trademark rights.
Reference
Terminology
- Complainant - means the party initiating
a complaint concerning a domain-name registration.
- ICANN - refers to the Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers.
- Mutual Jurisdiction - means a court
jurisdiction at the location of either (a) the principal office of the Registrar
(provided the domain-name holder has submitted in its Registration Agreement to
that jurisdiction for court adjudication of disputes concerning or arising from
the use of the domain name) or (b) the domain-name holder's address as shown for
the registration of the domain name in Registrar's Whois database at the time
the complaint is submitted to the Provider.
- Panel - means an administrative panel
appointed by a Provider to decide a complaint concerning a domain-name
registration.
- Panelist - means an individual appointed
by a Provider to be a member of a Panel.
- Party - means a Complainant or a
Respondent.
- Policy - means the Uniform Domain Name
Dispute Resolution Policy that is incorporated by reference and made a part of
the Registration Agreement.
- Provider - means a dispute-resolution
service provider approved by ICANN. A list of such Providers appears at
www.icann.org/udrp/approved-providers.htm.
- Registrar - means the entity with which
the Respondent has registered a domain name that is the subject of a complaint.
- Registration Agreement - means the
agreement between a Registrar and a domain-name holder.
- Respondent - means the holder of a
domain-name registration against which a complaint is initiated.
- Reverse Domain Name Hijacking - means
using the Policy in bad faith to attempt to deprive a registered domain-name
holder of a domain name.
- Supplemental Rules - means the rules
adopted by the Provider administering a proceeding to supplement these Rules.
Supplemental Rules shall not be inconsistent with the Policy or these Rules and
shall cover such topics as fees, word and page limits and guidelines, the means
for communicating with the Provider and the Panel, and the form of cover sheets.
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