Re: [ga] NAF knows it's not really arbitrating

["William S. Lovell" <wsl@cerebalaw.com>]

Andy Gardner wrote:

> http://www.arb-forum.com/domains/
>
> "These services are not governed by the Forum's Code of Procedure."
>
> Why is that, I wonder?
>
> Do they have a Code of Ethics? Betcha the UDRP services they provide fall
> outside that as well.

One would think so.  See this:

"Here you can find information about the services established
by the National Arbitration Forum for the resolution of disputes
arising out of abusive registration and use of Internet domain
names."

If the registration is presumed to be "abusive" at the outset,
what is there left to decide?  That pitch essentially says,
"Bring your complaint to us and we'll decide in your favor."

Bill Lovell

>
> --
> Andrew P. Gardner
> barcelona.com stolen, stmoritz.com stays. What's uniform about the UDRP?
> We could ask ICANN to send WIPO a clue, but do they have any to spare?
> Get active: http://www.tldlobby.com

The URLs for Best Practices:
DNSO Citation:
http://www.dnso.org/dnso/gaindex.html
(Under "Other Information Documents"; "August 2001:
Proposal for Best Practices for the DNSO GA")
Part I:
http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/20010813.GA-BestPractices.html
Part II:
http://www.dnso.org/dnso/notes/20010813.GA-BP-flowchart.pdf
(Access to the .pdf file requires installing the Adobe Acrobat
Reader, which is available for free down load at
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html.)


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