Groups want moratorium on new UDRP providers until ICANN gets handle on them.

Both the ICANN Business Constituency and the Internet Commerce Association have asked ICANN to reject any applications from new UDRP providers until “ICANN implements a standard mechanism for establishing uniform rules and procedures and flexible means of delineating and enforcing arbitration provider responsibilities.”

The comments are in response to an application by Arab Center for Domain Name Dispute Resolution (ACDR) to become a UDRP provider for domain name disputes.

Internet Commerce Association Counsel Philip Corwin helped draft and work with the Business Constituency for its comments. ICANN has twice added the issue of control over UDRP providers to its board agenda. Nothing serious has come of it yet.

Additionally, ICA submitted its own comments specific to deficiencies in ACDR’s application.

The Intellectual Property Constituency also noted some deficiencies in ACDR’s application, although the majority of it is requests for ACDR to reduce some of its fees borne by complainants.

(Source from Domain News)

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