Since 1999, every domain name registrant who loses a UDRP case has had the same safety net. If you file a lawsuit within ten business days, the registrar puts the transfer on hold until a court decides. ICANN’s proposed rules for disputes brought by intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) would remove that safety net in IGO cases.
On August 9, 2026, Leap of Faith Financial Services Inc. filed 105 pages of comments with ICANN on the proposed implementation. The issues are technical, so we’ve also made a short animated explainer that walks through some of them in under five minutes.
(The video’s narration uses a synthesized voice.)
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