Domain Name Disputes Handled By WIPO Continue To Rise
DN Journal just noted that WIPO disputes have continued to increase over the past five years, linking to an article at pingdom.com. Pingdom notes that domain disputes have doubled since 2003 and that the United States is the origin of most of the domain name disputes handled by WIPO. Forty percent of the defendants are U.S.-based, despite the fact that the U.S. only has 15% of the world’s internet population. Here is the chart posted on Pingdom.
There is a great analysis concerning the countries involved in disputes and the industries that are most heavily involved as complainants.
Top 10 countries involved in disputes
There are approximately 220 million Internet users in the United States, which is 15% of the world’s Internet population. Therefore it is interesting that they are behind a full 40% of the domain name disputes in the world (as defendants, i.e. the person or company being accused), as shown in the second table below.
Top 10 countries for complainants
Country
Number of Cases
Percentage of Cases
United States of America
6421
43.87%
France
1559
10.65%
United Kingdom
1104
7.54%
Germany
835
5.71%
Switzerland
739
5.05%
Spain
673
4.60%
Italy
462
3.16%
Canada
287
1.96%
Australia
268
1.83%
Netherlands
264
1.80%
Top 10 countries for defendants
Country
Number of Cases
Percentage of Cases
United States of America
5799
39.62%
United Kingdom
1236
8.45%
China
731
4.99%
Canada
696
4.76%
Spain
671
4.58%
Republic
of
Korea
591
4.04%
France
462
3.16%
Australia
351
2.40%
Italy
219
1.50%
Netherlands
218
1.49%
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