[ALAC] Lack of Enforcement of UDRP Decisions

Glenn McKnight mcknight.glenn at gmail.com
Thu Mar 20 20:13:32 UTC 2014


Hi  Everyone

I know that this is a important issue to all of us, especially to the
valuable work that  Garth and KNUJON is doing for consumer protection .   I
would suggest that we have a ALAC meeting to discuss this issue and come up
with a  ALAC statement

Thanks
Glenn

Glenn McKnight
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On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 4:03 PM, Garth Bruen <gbruen at knujon.com> wrote:

> Danke Wolf, wir sehen uns bald
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wolf Ludwig [mailto:wolf.ludwig at comunica-ch.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2014 8:13 PM
> To: Garth Bruen; ocl at gih.com; 'Alan Greenberg'; 'Evan Leibovitch'
> Cc: 'ALAC Working List'
> Subject: Re: [ALAC] Lack of Enforcement of UDRP Decisions
>
> Thanks Garth for this interesting and enlightening background information
> on
> the documented cases and the confusing or even alarming role of ICANN
> Compliance in this matter. From a user protection POV, this needs to be
> closely followed up by At-Large.
>
> Best,
> Wolf
>
>
> Garth Bruen wrote Wed, 19 Mar 2014 17:38:
> >Sorry to add insult to injury on this, but I imagine everyone has seen
> >this story posted by Dev:
> >http://domainnamewire.com/2014/03/19/registrar-suspends-all-domain-name
> >s-tra
> >nsferred-from-terminated-registrar/
> >
> >The domains sponsored by AB Systems were completely malicious. If
> >anyone had visited their website before they were de-accredited you
> >would have seen it was IMPOSSIBLE buy domains from them. They only sold
> >domains to themselves and they were all used for selling illicit and
> counterfeit pharmaceuticals.
> >From what I understand relevant regulatory bodies had directly informed
> >ICANN about the AB Systems operation.
> >
> >The first example in the report I sent last week concerns UDRP
> >non-enforcement going back several years at AB Systems. The domains
> >cited in these cases are the same as above. ICANN had all the
> >documentation and notice needed to look into AB Systems, yet they are
> allowed to persist.
> >Then, after being de-accredited ICANN allowed all the domains to be
> >sloughed off to another registrar who had to deal with the mess. Who is
> >running this show?
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Garth Bruen [mailto:gbruen at knujon.com]
> >Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 4:36 PM
> >To: ocl at gih.com
> >Cc: 'ALAC Working List'
> >Subject: Lack of Enforcement of UDRP Decisions
> >
> >Dear ALAC Chair Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond and ALAC Members,
> >
> >I am forwarding you the immediate results of an investigation into UDRP
> >Complaint handling by ICANN with a request for action.
> >
> >As everyone here knows, the UDRP is a critical component of Internet
> >compliance and ensuring the public trust. As sometimes happens,
> >registrars fail to cooperate with the process and it is up to ICANN to
> >enforce this component of the RAA. What you will see in the attached
> >memo is a number of cases where a UDRP provider reported to ICANN that
> >a registrar failed to comply with the process but ICANN did not issue
> enforcement on the matter.
> >In some cases, the domain was never transferred and is still held by
> >the registrant/registrar in violation of the UDRP. There are three
> >cases in particular which should be of great concern, domains potentially
> selling:
> >
> >*Illicit Pharmaceuticals
> >*Counterfeit Electronics
> >*Knockoff Cigarettes
> >
> >Please review the details in the attached document. I am requesting
> >that this document be forwarded to ICANN Compliance and that ALAC take
> >this matter up for inquiry. While it is late, I would like to see this
> >on the agenda while in Singapore. I will be distributing this
> >information widely myself, but I encourage you to share it with any
> interested party.
> >
> >As a representative of an Internet user community and an officer of
> >At-Large it is my duty to investigate and report on these matters. As
> >the At-Large community is our duty to advise ICANN on these specific
> issues.
> >
> >Sincerely, Garth Bruen
> >
> >
> >-------------------------------------
> >
> >Garth Bruen
> >gbruen at knujon.com
> >
> >617-947-3805
> >http://www.knujon.com
> >Chair of ICANN At-Large North America (naralo.org)
> >Twitter: @Knujon
> >Skype: gobruen
> >
> >"If history is deprived of the Truth, we are left with nothing but an
> >idle, unprofitable tale" -Polybius
> >
> >
> >
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