UDRP
In the early years of the domain name system (DNS), trademark owners aggrieved about alleged cybersquatting had few options
to remedy the
problem. If they were serious, they were forced to wage a costly legal battle in the attempt to remove the disputed website. But in August 1999, that all changed. Te little-known Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) approved the snappy-sounding Uniform Domain- Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (UDRP) for resolving clashes between rights owners and website registrants. Tirteen years later, IP owners widely champion the policy as a cheaper and more efficient alternative to the courts.
As the leading UDRP arbitrator, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) knows the policy from top to bottom and inside out. WIPO’s Arbitration and Media Center, which picks from a list of panellists stretching from Canada to Croatia, has processed more than 24,000 cases and possesses a deep, probably unrivalled, institutional knowledge of the UDRP.
Since 2009, filings have risen by 40 per cent. In early 2012, the organisation published statistics showing that in 2011 it handled more cases (2,764) covering more domain names (4,781) than in any other year. Te workload is piling up.
“Managing this increase is a continuing challenge, which WIPO is well-positioned to meet,” says David Roache-Turner, head of Internet dispute resolution
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