<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">David Olive <<a href="mailto:david.olive@icann.org">david.olive@icann.org</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">February 21, 2013 5:16:30 AM PST</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">"<a href="mailto:soac-infoalert@icann.org">soac-infoalert@icann.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:soac-infoalert@icann.org">soac-infoalert@icann.org</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[Soac-infoalert] ICANN Appoints First URS Provider | ICANN</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br><a href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-20feb13-en.htm">http://www.icann.org/en/news/announcements/announcement-2-20feb13-en.htm</a></div><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; "><br></div><div><div class="field field-name-field-ann-pubdate field-type-datetime field-label-hidden clearfix" style="zoom: 1; margin-bottom: 8px; "><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2013-02-20T17:15:00-08:00" style="margin-bottom: 10px; display: block; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">20 February 2013</span></span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden clearfix" style="zoom: 1; margin-bottom: 8px; "><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; "><font color="#000000"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="http://www.adrforum.com/" style="outline: none; text-decoration: none; ">The National Arbitration Forum</a> (FORUM) has secured the first appointment by<abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; ">ICANN</abbr> to administer the Uniform Rapid Suspension System (URS). FORUM submitted an outstanding proposal demonstrating how it would meet all requirements presented in the <a href="http://www.icann.org/en/news/rfps/urs-24sep12-en.pdf" style="outline: none; text-decoration: none; ">RFI</a> [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 <abbr title="Uniform Domain-Name Dispute Resolution Policy" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; ">UDRP</abbr>cases. Additionally, FORUM has already developed, and is currently operating a TLD-specific rapid relief system.</span></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><abbr title="Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; ">ICANN</abbr> 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 <abbr title="Uniform Domain-Name Dispute Resolution Policy" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; ">UDRP</abbr>providers in which consideration is given to achieving competitive provisioning and geographical spread of providers.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 8px; "><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">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 (<abbr title="Uniform Domain-Name Dispute Resolution Policy" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dotted; ">UDRP</abbr>) by offering a lower-cost, faster path to resolution.</span></p></div></div></div><br><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">Sent from my iPhone</span><div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; ">David A. 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