RDRP Response Filing Guidelines
RDRP Responses must be filed with all of the following (details provided below):
1) the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
2) the Complainant
Note: There is no need to send the Response to the concerned registrar(s).
Submit a Response to the Center
The Response must be submitted to the Center in electronic form and in hardcopy.
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In electronic form: Submit the Response and any annexes available in electronic
format. In order to facilitate electronic filing, the Center offers the option to download and
complete the RDRP
Model Response Form as a Word document to submit
as an attachment to an e-mail to
domain.disputes@wipo.int.
- In hardcopy: Send a signed original and four copies of the Response by express mail or courier service to (including any attachments not available in electronic format):
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WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
34 chemin des Colombettes
1211 Geneva 20
Switzerland
Tel.: (+41 22) 338 8247
Fax: (+41 22) 740 3700
Submit a Response to the Complainant
The Response must be submitted to the Complainant in electronic form and in hard copy.
- In electronic form: Copy the above e-mail submission to the Complainant in accordance with the contact details specified by the Complainant in the Complaint.
- In hardcopy: Send a copy of the Response and all attachments by express mail or courier service to the Complainant in accordance with the contact details indicated by the Complainant in the Complaint.
If the Respondent is required to make a payment and that payment is being submitted by check, the check should be sent to the Center with the hardcopies. If the payment is not being made by check, then the Respondent should inform the Center as to how payment is being made.
The following documents should be consulted in connection with preparing and filing a Response:
- Restrictions Dispute Resolution Policy for .BIZ (RDRP)
- Rules for Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP Rules)
- Supplemental Rules for Restrictions Dispute Resolution Policy for .BIZ (Supplemental RDRP Rules)
- WIPO Supplemental Rules for Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (WIPO Supplemental UDRP Rules)
Questions concerning the filing requirements may be sent by e-mail to arbiter.mail@wipo.int.
