Dear ALAC Chair Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond and ALAC Members, I am forwarding you the immediate results of an investigation into UDRP Complaint handling by ICANN with a request for action. As everyone here knows, the UDRP is a critical component of Internet compliance and ensuring the public trust. As sometimes happens, registrars fail to cooperate with the process and it is up to ICANN to enforce this component of the RAA. What you will see in the attached memo is a number of cases where a UDRP provider reported to ICANN that a registrar failed to comply with the process but ICANN did not issue enforcement on the matter. In some cases, the domain was never transferred and is still held by the registrant/registrar in violation of the UDRP. There are three cases in particular which should be of great concern, domains potentially selling: *Illicit Pharmaceuticals *Counterfeit Electronics *Knockoff Cigarettes Please review the details in the attached document. I am requesting that this document be forwarded to ICANN Compliance and that ALAC take this matter up for inquiry. While it is late, I would like to see this on the agenda while in Singapore. I will be distributing this information widely myself, but I encourage you to share it with any interested party. As a representative of an Internet user community and an officer of At-Large it is my duty to investigate and report on these matters. As the At-Large community is our duty to advise ICANN on these specific issues. Sincerely, Garth Bruen ------------------------------------- Garth Bruen gbruen@knujon.com 617-947-3805 http://www.knujon.com Chair of ICANN At-Large North America (naralo.org) Twitter: @Knujon Skype: gobruen "If history is deprived of the Truth, we are left with nothing but an idle, unprofitable tale" -Polybius