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<h2 class="posttitle"> WIPO Reports Another Record In Cybersquatting
Disputes In 2012 </h2>
<small>Published on 28 March 2013 @ 8:24 pm</small>
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<p>By <a href="http://www.ip-watch.org/author/william/"
title="Posts by William New" rel="author">William New</a>,
Intellectual Property Watch</p>
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<p>It was another record year in 2012 for cybersquatting cases
filed at the World Intellectual Property Organization
Arbitration and Mediation Centre. In addition, WIPO announced
results of a survey that show that its mediation services could
benefit parties to technology-related disputes. <span
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<p>Trademark holders filed 2,884 cases covering 5,084 internet
domain names at the WIPO centre, a 4.5 percent increase over
2011, the previous record year, according to a press release.
WIPO is one of the global locations for filing cases under the
1999 Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP). Cases
involved generic top-level domains (gTLDs like .com), and
country-code top-level domains (ccTLDs like .ch for
Switzerland). </p>
<p>Cases filed at WIPO in 2012 were decided by 341 panellists from
48 countries, with proceedings in 13 different languages, the
top five being English, Spanish, Chinese, French and Dutch. The
top three areas of activity last year were retail, fashion and
banking/finance. Some 75 percent of all cases were in the .com
domain. One in five cases were settled, and in 91 percent of
cases, evidence of cybersquatting was found. </p>
<p>WIPO said it also has begun to see disputes filed in relation
to the new gTLDs being launched at the Internet Corporation for
Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). As of 13 March, there were
71 cases filed under the Legal Rights Objections procedure. </p>
<p>The WIPO centre also offers services for technology and other
intellectual property disputes, under mediation, arbitration and
expedited arbitration rules. As of December 2012, there had been
nearly 300 cases filed under these rules over the past five
years. Examples of areas of case filings include: patent
infringement, patent licences, information technology
transactions, distribution agreements for pharmaceutical and
consumer products, copyright issues, research and development
agreements, and media-related agreements. </p>
<p>Survey: Tech Disputes Could Benefit from ADR</p>
<p>WIPO today also announced the results of a survey of users of
alternative dispute resolution methods for technology-related
disputes. With nearly 400 respondents from more than 60
countries, it found that parties to technology agreements are
concerned about the cost and time of resolving formal disputes,
making WIPO’s alternative dispute resolution (ADR) services more
attractive. </p>
<p>“While court litigation remains the default path, survey
responses indicate that ADR offers attractive options in terms
of cost and time, as well as enforceability, quality of outcome,
and confidentiality,” WIPO Director General Francis Gurry said
in the release. </p>
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<p><em>William New may be reached at <a
href="mailto:wnew@ip-watch.ch">wnew@ip-watch.ch</a>.</em></p>
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