Alternative Dispute Resolution
The National Arbitration Forum recently issued a decision regarding the ownership and use of the Hillary Clinton web address. This decision was based on the facts presented to the National Arbitration Forum in lieu of a formal lawsuit. The choice to use arbitration as a means of dispute resolution is included in the contract terms provided by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). The National Arbitration forum hears thousands of cases each year under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy and has in fact created their own set of rules for making decisions on these matters (National Arbitration Forum, 2005).
On February 1, 2005 Hillary Clinton's lawyers filed a complaint with the National Arbitration asserting legal rights to the web address hillaryclinton.com. The complaint contended that the current owner of the domain name should not have the legal right to its use and was currently using it in bad faith.......
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