WIPO Reports Cybersquatting Cases Grew by 12% Reaching New Records in 2018

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WIPO Reports Cybersquatting Cases Grew by 12% Reaching New Records in 2018

By CircleID Reporter
March 18, 2019, 5:58 pm PDT Views: 13,559 Add Comment

According to a report from the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), trademark owners filed a record 3,447 cases under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) with WIPO’s Arbitration and Mediation Center in 2018.

— “WIPO’s 2018 caseload covered 5,655 domain names in total.” Disputes involving domain names registered in new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) accounted for some 13% of the total, with disputes most commonly found in .ONLINE, .LIFE, and .APP. Representing 73% of the gTLD caseload, .COM demonstrated the continuing popularity of the legacy gTLDs.

— The top three sectors of complainant activity were banking and finance (12% of all cases), biotechnology and pharmaceuticals (11%), and Internet and IT (11%).

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