Rules on appointment of UDRP adjudicator/expert

domaingenius · May 26, 2011

Does anyone know what the UDRP rules are about appointment of the adjudicator/expert who decides a case ?. Must he be visibly impartial and to what degree ?

DG

dvdrip · Jun 8, 2011

Well there is no "partly" impartial. Either the Panelist is or it isn't.
Is this a single member Panel?

domaingenius · Jun 8, 2011

Yes single panelist. He is stated as being from the UK on the WIPO website but is in fact 100% located in UAE and is Arab. The complainant is from UAE and has indirect connections to the Panelist.

DG

dvdrip · Jun 8, 2011

Centers select single member panels in favor of the Complainant.
Usually WIPO selects a Panelist from a country other than Complainant's and Respondent's. (Or if they are from the same country they select a Panelist from that country.)
But in your case they did both! You are screwed.