WIPO doubles the speed of UDRP cases (10.Viewing)

The World Intellectual Property Organization has introduced a new, more expensive tier of its UDRP service that can effectively halve the time each case takes to about 30 days.

WIPO said last month that it now offers an “expedited case processing” option, which reduces the time from filing to decision to one month, under certain circumstances, compared to the usual roughly 60 days.

The new option only applies to cases involving one to five domains registered to the same registrant, decided by a single-member UDRP panel, and relies upon third parties such as registrars sticking to their timing obligations under the policy.

The option costs complainants $4,000, compared to the usual $1,500. WIPO’s cut doubles from $500 to $1,000, with the remainder going to the panelist. Registrants are also able to request an expedited process for a cost of $2,500.

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The option costs complainants $4,000, compared to the usual $1,500. WIPO’s cut doubles from $500 to $1,000, with the remainder going to the panelist. Registrants are also able to request an expedited process for a cost of $2,500.

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Since the defendant usually pays the fee and since it depends on selecting a single panelist it looks like the defendant bears this burden yet again.

From my experience with John Berryhill we did everything possible to stretch it out not make it faster. Speed makes errors, we took out time and dotted every I and crossed every t.

Don't rush, thorough is everything if you want to win.

The headline of this thread had me confused at first.

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Registrants are also able to request an expedited process for a cost of $2,500.

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Why would anyone do this unless you had a pending sale for the domain.

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decided by a single-member UDRP panel

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Never really a good idea if you are the recipient of a UDRP.

FM said:

Why would anyone do this unless you had a pending sale for the domain.

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A lot of UDRPs are actually harassment claims against other companies, so as the domain is locked upon receipt of the UDRP, there are probably lots of deep-pocketed firms who would prefer to clear this up quick and kick these idiots to the curb. Looks like a business opportunity to me.

So the WIPO feeds their need for greed with speed.

It's insane how the UDRP process has been weaponized to easily allow competitors to lock active business domains just to cause mayhem. They always lose, eventually, but that was obviously never their end goal.

DomainRecap said:

as the domain is locked upon receipt of the UDRP

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A lock does not affect the function of the domain other than not being able to transfer it. It will continue to resolve and you won't be stopped from making changes to zonefile records on your nameserver etc.