On Mon, 22 Sep 2003, Barbara Simons wrote: > It seems to me that the primary problem is that the complainant gets to > select the arbitrator, if there is only one, or two out of the three > arbitrators, if there are three. This is a fundamental inequity. > Regards, > Barbara Because they can select the arbitrators, they select the arbitrators favorable to them. Big companies, as a matter of course, will select the WIPO panel. Because big companies are usually the complainants, the WIPO panel generates a lot of business and the other arbitrators die. Finally, only one arbitrator will be alive. Guess who that will be? ************************************************************* * Horacio T. Cadiz | Open Source. No Gates. No Windows. * * hcadiz AT ph.net | It is Open. No Bill. It is Free. * *-----------------------------------------------------------* * Philippine Network Foundation, Inc (PHNET) * *************************************************************