The URS Also Applies to These Top-Level Domains
The Uniform Rapid Suspension System (URS) is often described as a domain name dispute policy that applies to the new gTLDs. While that's true, the URS is actually broader than that.
The URS (a quick and inexpensive policy that allows a trademark owner to obtain the temporary suspension of a domain name) applies to more than just the new gTLDs, that is, those top-level domains that are a part of ICANN's 2012 domain name expansion.
Indeed, the first URS case was not for a new gTLD but instead was for .pw, the country-code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the Republic of Palau, a group of islands in the North Pacific Ocean. The determination, for the domain name <facebok.pw>, was issued on September 27, 2013, almost five months before the first URS decision for domain names within new gTLDs (for <ibm.guru> and <ibm.ventures>).
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11 个月Dear whiz on all things Internet law and domain names aka Doug, Your article is very interesting. Do you happen to know if there is a definitive list of gTLDs and ccTLDs that use UDRP, URS or varieties thereof. It seems bizarre that one would not exist, yet I can't seem to track one down. I'd be curious about what you think. Joe