Cybersquatting and the UDRP: The US and .com Lead the Way

UDRP Update:

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has issued a recent report concerning the number of filed cybersquatting complaints filed under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) over the last ten years.  According to an analysis done by CircleID Reporter titled “Latest Cybersquatting Stats from WIPO”, the U.S. ranked the highest at 43.81% out of the top 15 countries represented for having the greatest number of filed UDRP complaints in the last ten years.  From December 1999 to December 2008, approximately 14,663 UDRP cases have been filed involving more that 26,000 domain names. Of the domain names included in the report, .com domains was reported to be the most prevalent domain extension involved in cybersquatting claims filed under the UDRP. See the results of the report below: