[ga] UDRP Forum Shopping

[Darrell Greenwood <darrell_greenwood@mindlink.net>]

From Executive Summary, An Analysis of ICANN's Uniform Dispute
Resolution Policy, Dr. Milton Mueller, at
http://dcc.syr.edu/roughjustice.htm,

>ICANN allows the challenger to select the dispute resolution service
>provider. There is statistical evidence that selection of dispute
>resolution service providers by challengers leads to forum shopping
>that biases the results. There are major differences among arbitration
>providers in the ratio of successful to unsuccessful challenges. In
>terms of decision outcomes, WIPO and NAF are the most
>complainant-friendly providers and eResolutions is the most defendant
>friendly. Both NAF and WIPO tend to interpret the UDRP in ways that
>favor trademark holders over other Internet users, whereas eResolutions
>decisions tend to adhere more closely to the strict language of the
>policy.
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