WIPO is being very economical with the truth. If you include the numbers from NAF, the other UDRP provider, cybersquatting has actually gone down. Furthermore, since WIPO routinely sides with complainants, while NAF is more judicious, complainants are switching to WIPO -- and hence the number of cases is up. Even if you just look at WIPO's numbers, though, the real story is not the one they're telling. Compared to domain name growth, cybersquatting cases at WIPO have gone down every year since the inception of the UDRP, and at this point amount to about one case per 200,000 names registered, or one two-hundredths of one per cent. They also neglect to include numbers on how many cases are thrown out because the UDRP panel decided there was an attempt at reverse hijacking -- a number that actually is growing. Unfortunately WIPO has decided to use its position of trust as a U.N. agency to make rhetorical points in the debate about new gTLDs by cherry-picking statistics and using them out of context. All the numbers and further detail at http://www.mindsandmachines.com/2009/03/wipo-cybersquatting-report-ignores-r... Antony On Mar 23, 2009, at 11:35 AM, Nick Ashton-Hart wrote:
I believe that this statistic is derived from a recent press statement by WIPO. You may wish to refer to the WIPO Arbitration Centre website for more information.
On 23/03/2009 15:07, "Evan Leibovitch" <evan@telly.org> wrote:
http://www.infoweek.ca/index.php/RESEARCH/Cybersquatting-hits-all-time-recor... . html?Itemid=0
I like this article because it's one of the few I've seen that bring ICANN issues into lay language. However, I wonder about the statement that 85% of UDRP claims are settled in favour of the complainant. Is that really because so many of the disputes are over clear cases of cybersquatting? Or are legitimate good-faith uses of trademark names as domains being trampled on?
- Evan
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