(In effect as of December 1, 1999)
The following WIPO-produced checklist is intended to assist you as a registrar in implementing your responsibilities under ICANNs Dispute Policy and Rules:
- Ensure that your registration agreement contains a clause that properly implements the Dispute Policy, as well as the other requirements listed in ICANN's Statement of Registrar Accreditation Policy.
- Link to ICANN's list of accredited dispute resolution service providers ("Providers") on your web site. In this regard, please contact the WIPO Center and we can supply you with the WIPO logo should you wish to use it for this purpose.
- Ensure that the appropriate links are in place to enable a domain name registrant or a third-party complainant to access
(i) the ICANN Policy and Rules; and
(ii) a Providers Supplemental Rules (the WIPO Center's Supplemental Rules are online).
- Put in place an administrative framework to support the dispute resolution process, including procedures for
(i) recording when you first receive a Complaint and coordinating any claim numbering system you may develop with that of the relevant Provider;
(ii) confirming to a Provider that the domain name holder is the registrant of the domain name identified in the complaint (i.e., an exact match is required) and advising the Provider whether it has been given the correct contact details for the domain name holder (i.e., the respondent in the dispute). For these items, please let us know how you would like to establish a communications link with us (e.g., an email address to which we could send you questions for the above information)? A copy of an email that we would normally send to you with these questions is attached;
(iii) blocking any attempts to transfer the domain name to another registrar or to a third-party during a pending administrative proceeding (see Policy, paragraph 8);
(iv) tracking the status of a domain name that is the subject of a dispute during the course of an administrative proceeding;
(v) implementing Administrative Panel decisions, including making provision for the ten (10) day waiting period and the notification that you are required to issue to us after a decision is sent to you, concerning when you will implement the decision (see Policy, paragraph 4.k and Rules, paragraph 16); and
(vi) deciding what steps to take if you are contacted by a Respondent to suspend implementation of the decision or a Complainant to implement a suspended decision.