-- "in pursuance of Article IV, Section 3(12) of the Bylaws, ICANN shall be responsible for bearing all costs of the IRP Provider. Each party shall bear its own attorneys' fees. Therefore, the administrative fees and expenses of the International Centre for Dispute Resolution, totaling $4,500.00, shall be borne entirely by ICANN, and the compensation and expenses of the Independent Review Panel, totaling $473,744.91, shall be borne entirely by ICANN. ICANN shall accordingly reimburse ICM Registry with the sum of $241,372.46, representing that portion of said fees and expenses in excess of the apportioned costs previously incurred by ICM Registry. Note the financial portion of the judgement. ICANN, which has already had a budget overrun, gets hit again, this time for nearly half a million dollars. .... http://www.circleid.com/posts/20100220_xxx_saga_continues/ Recent study indicated that over 70 of domains have wrong information. What does it mean for ICANN as regards the URS and Trademark Clearinghouse as currently stands? I hope now not widens ICANN's exposure to future trademark litigations? Glad to read that our STI team comments state we never supported either from the onset. http://forum.icann.org/lists/sti-report-2009/msg00070.html Below is bad news to consumers because in the end, they will bear the suits costs via increased fees to ICANN passed on to them translating to higher domain prices. The winners are trademarks litigants which is why I believe RFC 1591 had been written. Alex