Originally from Journal of American Arbitration (JAA)

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I.  INTRODUCTION 

II.  THE INTERNET 

III.  DOMAIN NAME EXPLOITATION AND THE CREATION OF ICANN AND THE UDRP 

A. Creation of ICANN 

B. Forums 

IV.  WIPO AND THE UDRP 

V. WIPO’S DISPUTE RESOLUTION POLICY AND RULES 

VI. CELEBRITY CASE ANALYSIS 

A. Introduction 

B. Transferred Decisions 

1.  Celine Dion and Sony Music Entertainment (Canada) Inc.  v. Jeff Burgar 

2.  Madonna Ciccone v. Dan Parisi and “Madonna.com” 

3.  Backstreet Productions, Inc. v. John Zuccarini, Cupcake Party, Cupcake Real Video, Cupcake-Show and Cupcakes-First Patrol 

C. Denied Decisions 

1.  Gordon Sumner, p/k/a Sting v. Michael Urvan 

2.  Edward Van Halen v. Deborah Morgan 

3.  Bruce Springsteen v. Jeff Burgar and Bruce Springsteen Club 

D.  Evolution of the WIPO Panel Decisions 

VII. PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES OF THE UDRP PROCESS 

A.  Advantages 

B. Disadvantages 

VIII. CONCLUSION