Summary of CDRP Decisions
Executive Summary
Enclosed is a chart which provides a summary of decisions of the CIRA Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (CDRP) from the beginning of the CDRP in 2002 until May 1, 2010. The summary was created following a review of all the CDRP decisions on the CIRA website. The chart provides the following information:
- The name of the Complainant and Registrant, and the domain name at issue in each of the decisions
- The dispute number of each of the decisions, along with a link to the decision on the CIRA website
- The particular Service Provider (Resolution Canada or the British Columbia International Commercial Arbitration Centre) which handled the dispute
- Whether a response was filed by the Registrant in each of the cases
- The number of panellists which presided over each case
- The outcome of the decision (e.g. whether the domain name was transferred to the Complainant, or whether the complaint was dismissed)
- The date of the decision.
As of May 1, 2010, there have been 149 decisions. A breakdown of the number of decisions by year, as compared with the approximate total number of dot-ca domain name registrations that year, is set out as follows:
Year | Number of CDRP cases | Running total of CDRP cases | Approximate total number of dot-ca domain names | Approximate number of
Disputes per 100,000 dot-ca domain names |
|---|
| 2002 | 3 | 3 | 320,653 | 0.935 |
| 2003 | 10 | 13 | 389,081 | 3,341 |
| 2004 | 9 | 22 | 482,759 | 4.557 |
| 2005 | 26 | 48 | 627,444 | 7.650 |
| 2006 | 21 | 69 | 783,206 | 8.810 |
| 2007 | 21 | 90 | 954,372 | 9.430 |
| 2008 | 30 | 120 | 1,152,209 | 10.415 |
| 2009 | 23 | 143 | 1,336,945 | 10.696 |
| 2010 | 6 | 149 | 1,433,435 | 10.395 |
One decision out of the 149 decisions dealt with a costs order against the Complainant; the only such order against a Complainant. Of the remaining 148 decisions:
• The domain name was transferred in 116 decisions (approximately 78%). The complaint was dismissed in 32 decisions (approximately 22%).
• A three member panel was involved in 67 decisions (approximately 45%). A one member panel was involved in 81 decisions (approximately 55%).
• The Registrant failed to file a response in 92 of the cases (approximately 62%). In the 92 cases where a Registrant failed to file a response, the Complaint elected to proceed with a one member panel in 81 of the cases (approximately 88%). The Complaint elected to maintain the three member panel in 11 of the cases (approximately 12%).
• 93 decisions (approximately 63%) were handled by BCICAC. 55 decisions (approximately 37%) were handled by Resolution Canada.
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