The first issue of GigaLaw’s Domain Dispute Digest — a 7-page quarterly report that tracks data and trends from the major providers of ICANN’s Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) — is now available to download.
The inaugural issue, launched during the global coronavirus pandemic, includes detailed data from the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the Forum, the two most active UDRP providers, which together historically account for about 95 percent of all disputes. Future issues may include data from the other UDRP providers: the Czech Arbitration Court, the Asian Domain Name Dispute Resolution Centre, the Arab Center for Dispute Resolution, and the Canadian International Internet Resolution Centre.
Why is GigaLaw launching this Domain Dispute Digest now, during a pandemic? Because now may be the most important time to address and better understand the cybersquatting problem – including how it harms companies and consumers – given two significant developments:
As numerous news reports make clear, cybersquatters and other online scammers are taking advantage of concerns about the coronavirus to prey on the public now more than ever, masquerading as banks, healthcare companies, technology providers, and more.
We have just ended the busiest year for domain name disputes, with more complaints filed in 2019 than ever before in the 20-year history of the UDRP.
GigaLaw’s Domain Dispute Digest provides new insights on the UDRP, the most important legal tool for trademark owners on the Internet. I welcome your thoughts and questions about this report.
