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==Final Report & Recommendations==
==Final Report & Recommendations==
The team submitted its final report to the GNSO Council on April 4, 2022.<ref name="finalrep">[https://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/active/specific-crp-igo-epdp Final Report, EPDP on Specific Curative Rights Protections for IGOs], April 4, 2022 (PDF)</ref><ref name="dashboard">[https://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/active/specific-crp-igo-epdp GNSO Workspace - EPDP for Specific Curative Right Protections for IGOs]</ref> The report made several recommendations to improve an IGO's ability to protect its name and related trademarks.
The team submitted its final report to the GNSO Council on April 4, 2022.<ref name="finalrep">[https://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/active/specific-crp-igo-epdp Final Report, EPDP on Specific Curative Rights Protections for IGOs], April 4, 2022 (PDF)</ref><ref name="dashboard">[https://gnso.icann.org/en/group-activities/active/specific-crp-igo-epdp GNSO Workspace - EPDP for Specific Curative Right Protections for IGOs]</ref> The report made several recommendations to improve an IGO's ability to protect its name and related trademarks.
# Clarify the UDRP and URS procedures to better define "IGO Complainants" and the eligibility requirements for such complainants to move forward with a complaint under those mechanisms.
# Remove the requirement that an IGO complainant submit to the jurisdiction of relevant courts; institute a notice procedure for respondents, explaining that a court may decline to hear an appeal of a UDRP or URS decision on grounds of the IGO Complainant's immunity from prosecution; offer binding arbitration as a separate means of appeal.
# Institute rules and procedures for arbitral review of UDRP decisions in cases involving IGO Complainants.
# Institute rules and procedures for arbitral review of URS decisions in cases involving IGO Complainants.
# Choice of law to be mutually agreed upon or, in the absence of agreement, may be either the registrar or registrant's principal address as listed in the relevant WHOIS database; as a last resort, arbitration panel may determine what law to apply.<ref name="finalrep" />
The recommendations were designed to address the "review gap" in UDRP and URS procedures that initiated the EPDP in the manner prescribed by the charter document.<ref name="finalrep">
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