[council] ICANN Appoints First URS Provide

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

https://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-20feb13-en.htm
ICANN Appoints First URS Provide
20 February 2013

The National Arbitration Forum<http://www.adrforum.com/> (FORUM) has secured 
the first appointment by ICANN to administer the Uniform Rapid Suspension 
System (URS). FORUM submitted an outstanding proposal demonstrating how it 
would meet all requirements presented in the 
RFI<https://www.icann.org/en/news/rfps/urs-24sep12-en.pdf> [PDF, 112 KB] and 
detailing its implementation approach. The company has a proven track record 
boasting resolution of over 19,000 claims in 12+ years of administering UDRP 
cases. Additionally, FORUM has already developed, and is currently operating a 
TLD-specific rapid relief system.

ICANN would like to thank everyone who responded to the RFI. FORUM will be one 
of multiple providers appointed to administer URS services. The process will be 
similar to that of appointing UDRP providers in which consideration is given to 
achieving competitive provisioning and geographical spread of providers.

URS is a rights protection mechanism for new gTLDs that facilitates rapid 
suspension of domain names in clear-cut cases of trademark infringement. It is 
intended to complement the existing Uniform Domain-Name Dispute Resolution 
Policy (UDRP) by offering a lower-cost, faster path to resolution.

Learn more about Uniform Rapid 
Suspension<http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/urs>


Glen de Saint Géry
GNSO Secretariat
gnso.secretariat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://gnso.icann.org