All,
I’m pleased to report the motion passed at today’s Council meeting. Specifically,
During the 15 January 2026 GNSO Council meeting, the GNSO Council
confirms that the intent of the EPDP policy recommendations was to enable the respondent to a UDRP or URS dispute to voluntarily leverage alternative dispute resolution mechanisms at any time once the UDRP
or URS proceeding has been initiated, and the policy recommendations enabling the new arbitral proceeding should not be read to limit that ability. I doubt the resolution has been posted yet but see the link below in a few hours and it should be there.
You can find the GNSO Council meeting agenda here: https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/kIAtJ
GNSO Council Resolutions found here:
https://gnso.icann.org/en/council/resolutions/2020-current
Let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks,
Damon
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