If a Complainant duly commences an administrative proceeding regarding a .ph domain name, can the Complainant still go to courts in connection with the disputed ph domain name?
Article 4 (K) of the Policy states that The mandatory administrative proceeding requirements set forth inParagraph 4 shall not prevent either you or the complainant from submitting the dispute to a court of competent jurisdiction for independent resolution before such mandatory administrative proceeding is commenced or after such proceeding is concluded. If an Administrative Panel decides that your domain name registration should be canceled or transferred, we will wait thirty (30) business days (as observed in the Philippines) after we are informed by the applicable Provider of the Administrative Panel’s decision before implementing that decision. We will then implement the decision unless we have received from you during that thirty (30) business day period official documentation (such as a copy of a complaint, file-stamped by the clerk of the court) that you have commenced a lawsuit against the complainant in a jurisdiction to which the complainant has submitted under Paragraph 3(b)
