Hello Phil, Paul and everyone,
On the procedural/substantive topic, please note that as part of the scoping exercise for a Policy Development Process (PDP) on a review of the UDRP in 2011, ICANN received a lot of information and community feedback regarding substantive and procedural matters related to the UDRP. The WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center and the National Arbitration Forum also assisted staff with a webinar to assess these issues, and provided input via a survey of the UDRP providers.
Although the GNSO Council eventually decided to NOT proceed with a review of the UDRP at the time, deciding instead to have a further Issue Report done in 2015 in respect of all the current rights protection mechanisms (RPMs), including those developed for the New gTLD Program (such as the URS), the comments and information received continue to be useful. In addition, the GAC also provided a statement at the time recommending a review take place only after some experience has been gleaned from the launch of New gTLDs.
Once again, I hope that this information is helpful.
Cheers
Mary
Mary Wong
Senior Policy Director
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN)
Telephone: +1 603 574 4892
Email: mary.wong@icann.org