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'''URS(S)''' is the abbreviation for '''Uniform Rapid Suspension (System)'''. It was designed exclusively to provide trademark owners with a quick and a low-cost process to take down websites infringing on their [[Intellectual Property|intellectual property]] rights.<ref name="thedomains">[http://www.thedomains.com/2009/06/01/hate-udrps-say-hello-to-something-much-worse-the-uniform-rapid-suspension-system-urs/ Hate UDRP’s: Say Hello To Something Much Worse, The Uniform Rapid Suspension System (URS): Get Ready To Lose Your Domains]. The Domains. Published 2009 June 1.</ref> The URSS was proposed by the trademark groups within [[ICANN]] in an endeavor to cut back the large number of trademark infringements, including [[cybersquatting]].<ref name="davezan">[http://davezan.com/the-uniform-rapid-suspension-system-proposal.html The Uniform Rapid Suspension System Proposal]. DaveZan.</ref><ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/udrp/udrp.htm UDRP]. ICANN.</ref>

'''URS(S)''' is the abbreviation for '''Uniform Rapid Suspension (System)'''. It was designed exclusively to provide trademark owners with a quick and a low-cost process to take down websites infringing on their [[Intellectual Property|intellectual property]] rights.<ref name="thedomains">[http://www.thedomains.com/2009/06/01/hate-udrps-say-hello-to-something-much-worse-the-uniform-rapid-suspension-system-urs/ Hate UDRP’s: Say Hello To Something Much Worse, The Uniform Rapid Suspension System (URS): Get Ready To Lose Your Domains]. The Domains. Published 2009 June 1.</ref> The URSS was proposed by the trademark groups within [[ICANN]] in an endeavor to cut back the large number of trademark infringements, including [[cybersquatting]].<ref name="davezan">[http://davezan.com/the-uniform-rapid-suspension-system-proposal.html The Uniform Rapid Suspension System Proposal]. DaveZan.</ref><ref>[http://www.icann.org/en/udrp/udrp.htm UDRP]. ICANN.</ref>

[[ICANN]] is currently in the process of searching for URS arbitrators in the price range of $300-$500/arbitration.<ref>[http://www.teltalk.org/t106-new-tlds-uniform-rapid-suspension-system-urs New TLDs: Uniform Rapid Suspension System (URS)]. TelTalk. Published 2012 May 24.</ref> They have reported that they are having trouble securing providers at that low of a price point. ICANN plans to have the system finalized by [[ICANN 45]] in Toronto, Canada.

[[ICANN]] began by searching for URS arbitrators in the price range of $300-$500/arbitration.<ref>[http://www.teltalk.org/t106-new-tlds-uniform-rapid-suspension-system-urs New TLDs: Uniform Rapid Suspension System (URS)]. TelTalk. Published 2012 May 24.</ref> They have reported that they had trouble securing providers at that low of a price point.

It was revealed in the budget for the 2013 fiscal year that ICANN plans to allocate $175,000 in order to host two summit sessions in order to bridge the gap between what the URSS protection is supposed to provide and the $300-500 per filing fee it has promised to the intellectual property community. They plan to redesign URS to arrive at a lower cost model.<ref>[http://internetcommerce.org/URS-Summits ICANN Budgets for Two URS Reconfiguration “Summits” to Satisfy Trademark Interest Goal of a “Lower Cost Model”]. Internet Commerce Association. Published 2012 May 3.</ref>

It was revealed in the budget for the 2013 fiscal year that ICANN plans to allocate $175,000 in order to host two summit sessions in order to bridge the gap between what the URSS protection is supposed to provide and the $300-500 per filing fee it has promised to the intellectual property community. They plan to redesign URS to arrive at a lower cost model.<ref>[http://internetcommerce.org/URS-Summits ICANN Budgets for Two URS Reconfiguration “Summits” to Satisfy Trademark Interest Goal of a “Lower Cost Model”]. Internet Commerce Association. Published 2012 May 3.</ref>