Will a Party against whom an administrative proceeding in regard to a gTLD is filed have recourse to the courts?
Paragraph 4(k) of the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) states that the administrative proceedings called for under the UDRP shall not prevent either a Complainant or a domain name holder (the Respondent) from submitting the dispute to a court of competent jurisdiction before the administrative proceeding is commenced or after the administrative proceeding is concluded. According to Paragraph 18 (b) of the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Rules of Procedure in the event that a Party initiates any legal proceeding during the pendency of an administrative proceeding in respect of the domain name which is the subject of the administrative proceeding, such Party shall promptly notify the Panel and the relevant Office of the ADNDRC. Paragraph 18 (a) of the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Rules of Procedure states that in the event that any legal proceeding is initiated prior to or during an administrative proceeding in respect of the domain name which is the
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