[At-Large] Fwd: ICANN News Alert -- Uniform Rapid Suspension System for New gTLDs: ICANN Seeks Service Providers for Uniform Rapid Suspension

Carlton Samuels carlton.samuels at gmail.com
Tue Sep 25 21:20:22 UTC 2012


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From: ICANN News Alert <communications at icann.org>
Date: Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 1:45 PM
Subject: ICANN News Alert -- Uniform Rapid Suspension System for New gTLDs:
ICANN Seeks Service Providers for Uniform Rapid Suspension
To: carlton.samuels at gmail.com


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http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-8-24sep12-en.htm
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 Uniform Rapid Suspension System for New gTLDs: ICANN Seeks Service
Providers for Uniform Rapid Suspension

Uniform Rapid Suspension or "URS" Service Providers

24 September 2012

ICANN is issuing today a Request for Information (RFI) to identify
potential Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) Service
Providers<http://www.icann.org/en/news/rfps/urs-24sep12-en.pdf>[PDF,
112 KB]. The URS is one of the mechanisms to address trademark
protection concerns in the New gTLD Program. The URS is expected to provide
trademark holders with a new, cost effective remedy in addition to those
available under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP)
and applicable law. The primary purpose of the URS is to provide for rapid
suspension of domain names on trademark infringement cases in which there
is no genuine contestable issue as to the infringement and abuse that has
taken place.

Candidates for operating the URS are expected to meet the requirements
outlined in the RFI, which include, for example, a demonstrated
understanding of the issues concerning global intellectual property rights
and the Internet, proceedings in an expedited online context, dispute
resolutions, UDRP proceedings, and serving as globally diverse and highly
qualified neutral panelist. ICANN seeks candidates with a proven ability to
manage and support processes in multiple languages, in addition to
fulfillment of the technical requirements.
 RFI activities schedule at a glance:   Request for information issued by
ICANN 24 September 2012  Respondents' Q&A – Teleconference On or about 23
October 2012  Written responses due 20 November 2012 (23:59 UTC)  Projected
URS providers published Not later than 28 February 2013

The deadline for responses is 20 November 2012 at 23:59 UTC. Responses
should be submitted to: urs-eoi at icann.org.



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