My apologies for all the typos
in the message below. I reread the message this morning and actually
laughed out loud. One should not try to send messages to a group of
exceptionally bright colleagues on a Sunday night with the children bickering
in the next room. Oh well, I hope you all can make out the meaning of
what must seem like some kind of arcane code. ;-).
The best of luck to
you.
J. Scott
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2002 7:10 PM
Subject: UDRP Survey Analysis Chart
Dear All:
They say that imitation is the
sincerest form of flattery. Accordingly, Katrina please consider
yourself flattered. I simply took Katrina's format and style of analysis
and applied it to my eight questions. ;-).
I do have some comments for the
group. First, Milton, Caroline, on a couple of the questions which
required the respondent to rank the choice, I received all choice equally
ranked as no. 1. Would this occur if the respondent failed to make any
choices? I only ask the because these two forms were only sparsely
completed. I just wonder about integrity here.
Second, I suggest that everyone
look to question seven first. Two my respondents identified themselves
as "complainants" and on question seven stated that they were counsel for the
complainant in a UDRP action. So much for clear
instructions.
My responses were only
surprising in that, overall, the respondents all seem to be rather happy with
the UDRP as it stands. There was a uniform call to amend 4(a)(iii) to
read "registered or used in bad faith." I was also surprised that the
majority of respondents did not want an appeals process built into the
UDRP. In addition, the majority of respondents felt that a complainant
shooed be able to reply to a response or amend a complaint if circumstance
warrant such steps. Equally, all seemed to feel that a respondent should
have some leeway to react to chaining circumstances.
Overall, I felt the results
were positive; however, you can review the chart I prepared and judge for
yourselves.
Hope all is well.
Regards.