UDRP suspended in Ukraine
The World Intellectual Property Organization has stopped accepting cybersquatting complaints against .ua domains due to the war in Ukraine.
WIPO has posted a note to its web site stating: “In consultation with the .UA Registry, the Center has determined that it is not in a position to accept new .UA filings under the .UA Policy until further notice.”
Hostmaster, the .ua registry, said: “The decision is due to the fact that Ukrainian registrars and registra[nts] may now be deprived of the opportunity to fully participate in arbitration proceedings.”
The service will resume following the end of martial law in the country, Hostmaster said.
Ukraine uses a variation of UDRP that has the same three basic criteria for a finding of cybersquatting, with the crucial difference that domains must be “registered OR used in bad faith”, rather than “registered AND used in bad faith”.
WIPO has been handling .ua disputes since 2019. About 60 cases have been processed so far.
Hostmaster has also suspended domain deletes until martial law is over, for pretty much the same reasons.
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