GigaLaw's Domain Dispute Digest, (Q3 2020): What About the URS?

The third quarterly issue of GigaLaw’s Domain Dispute Digest (Q3 2020) adds additional data to an already robust report about cybersquatting, with new statistics about the Uniform Rapid Suspension System (URS) in addition to the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP). It is available for download here.

Data published for the first time in GigaLaw’s Domain Dispute Digest show that only 49 decisions were notified in the third quarter of the year at the Forum and MFSD — compared with 1,382 decisions at the most popular UDRP service providers.

As I explained in episode #12 of my masterclass on domain name disputes, the URS is a domain name dispute policy that primarily applies to the new gTLDs (and not to .com and other legacy gTLDs) and allows a trademark owner to get a domain name temporarily suspended (not transferred, as is possible under the UDRP).

GigaLaw’s Domain Dispute Digest also includes detailed data about the UDRP, including:

  • Number of UDRP Decisions and Domain Names

  • WIPO Domain Name Cases by Year

  • UDRP Outcome

  • Largest UDRP Cases

  • Most Common gTLDs in UDRP Cases

  • Most Common ccTLDs in UDRP Cases

  • Most Active Trademark Owners (UDRP Cases)

  • Most Active Trademark Owners (Domain Names in UDRP)

Data in the report show a likely record year for the number of domain name disputes.

The GigaLaw Firm helps companies of all sizes protect their brands online, using domain name dispute policies – such as the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) – and other legal tools available to copyright and trademark owners on the Internet.