Doug Isenberg attended the annual meeting of WIPO domain name panelists in Geneva on October 14, 2022; and a virtual meeting of panelists hosted by the Forum on October 6, 2022.
Nearly 120 domain name panelists from 26 countries attended the WIPO meeting, the first to be held since 2019, due to the an interruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The meetings provide an opportunity for education and networking among panelists who decide cases under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP). As Doug has reported in GigaLaw’s Domain Dispute Digest, UDRP filings by trademark owners against cybersquatters are on track for a ninth-consecutive year of record increases.
