RE: [ga] UDRP study

["Ladi" <dnso@ladi.net>]

Continued coverage of Michael Geist's study (again, from today's BNA
ILN):

REACTION TO ICANN UDRP STUDY
The release of my study into the ICANN UDRP has resulted in additional
media coverage and reaction from NAF.  NAF argues that default cases are
responsible for their case allocation distribution.  The provider also
says that it will review its publicity practices.
http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/tech/073106.htm
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/169180.html

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Published today by Michael Geist in BNA Internet Law News:

UDRP STUDY RAISES BIAS CONCERNS
A study of 3094 ICANN UDRP cases that I am releasing today finds that
when providers control who decides a case (which they do for all single
panel cases), complainants win just over 83 percent of the time.  When
provider influence over panelists diminishes, which occurs in
three-member panel cases, the complainant winning percentage drops to 60
percent.  In addition to the dramatic difference in outcome between
single and three-member panels, the study finds that case allocation
appears to be heavily biased toward ensuring that a majority of cases
are steered toward complainant-friendly panelists. As of July 7, 2001,
an astonishing 53% of all NAF single panel cases (512 of 966) were
decided by only six people.  The complainant winning percentage in those
cases was an astounding 94%. WIPO, meanwhile, has failed to assign even
one of its 1629 single panel cases to at least two panelists perceived
to be pro-respondent.  Of the 104 WIPO panelists to have decided five or
more cases, all but one have complainants winning at least 50% of the
time. Study at http://aix1.uottawa.ca/~geist/geistudrp.pdf
Media coverage at
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AND NOW YOU CAN SEARCH THE DATA YOURSELF
In conjunction with the release of the Fair.com? An
Examination of the Allegations of Systemic Unfairness in the ICANN UDRP,
I have ported much of the data behind the study to the Web. Udrpinfo.com
features a searchable database of panelist UDRP records along with other
UDRP resources.  Beta site at http://www.udrpinfo.com

Apologies for the somewhat mutilated URLs, but I think this says quite a
bit about the way UDRB is (not) working.

~Ladi

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