Dispute Resolution Process Submission

From:	 	James Clark on behalf of WebAddress
Received:	23 February 2005


In the last eight months while working at WebAddress there have been 
no disputes. Prior to working for WebAddress I worked for another 
ISP/Registrar and there were no disputes there either. 

We are also curious as to what is causing these apparent disputes, 
is it the registration of trademarked (etc) domain names or disputes 
arising around the change of ownership of domain names, for example, 
when businesses change hands) ? Are certain Registrar's worse than 
others when looked at in disputes per thousand domains? 

Peter Belt has asked for the problem to be quantified, we support 
this request. 

Garth Piesse raises DENICs policy as an alternative for consideration, 
this should definitely be investigated. 

We support the status quo and the addition of a nominal fee paid to the 
DNC by the disputer to discourage nuisance disputes and help recover 
costs. 

Involvement of lawyers should be avoided until absolutely necessary, 
in most cases common sense should prevail before then!