The National Arbitration Forum, (NAF) has just released its proposed Supplemental Rules for Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) , including complainant fees that range from $375 – $500 depending on number of domains involved.
The fee for the domain holder who gets hit with a URS is $400 if the complaint is for more than 16 domain names.
However all domain holders will have to pay for a re-evaluation of a negative URS decision and an appeal of a URS decision.
Here is a complete set of the proposed rules which have to be approved by ICANN:
These Supplemental Rules have not yet received final approval from ICANN and are subject to revision before July 1, 2013.
1. Definitions
(a) The Rules means the Rules for the Uniform Rapid Suspension System, approved by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).
(b)The URS Procedure means the Uniform Rapid Suspension System as approved by ICANN.
(c) The Forum means the National Arbitration Forum.
(d) Submit. In these Supplemental Rules or in a Forum or Panel Order, documents are deemed Submitted when received by the Forum via the submission method specified;
(e) Calendar Days means that all days, including weekends and international and national holidays, shall be counted in determining all deadlines and due dates.
Exceptions-Deadlines:
(i) In the event that a deadline falls on a United States federal holiday, as defined by 5 U.S.C. §6103, the deadline shall be extended to the following Calendar Day.
(ii) In the event that a Calendar Day deadline falls on a Saturday or Sunday, the deadline shall be extended to the following Calendar Day.
2. Scope
The Forum will apply the URS Rules, the URS Procedure, and the Forum’s Supplemental Rules in effect at the time a Complaint is Submitted. The Forum’s Supplemental Rules may be amended by the Forum in its sole discretion.
3. Communications
All communications must be directed to the Forum and not to the Examiner.
4. The Complaint
(a) The Complaint must include all elements listed in Paragraph 3(b) of the Rules and must be submitted via the Forum’s online complaint filing site at http://domains.adrforum.com.
(i) All supporting documents must be in a format as specified in Annex A to these Supplemental Rules, unless approved by the Forum in advance.…
