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WIPO Reports Record Surge in Domain Name Disputes and IP ADR Cases in 2018

Trademark owners filed unprecedented cybersquatting complaints under UDRP, while mediation and arbitration cases also rose significantly

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In 2018, the World Intellectual Property Organization’s Arbitration and Mediation Center experienced a record volume of domain name dispute filings, with 3,447 cases submitted under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP). This marked a 12 percent increase over the previous year and involved over 5,60…
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WIPO Reports Record Surge in Domain Name Disputes and IP ADR Cases in 2018 In 2018, the World Intellectual Property Organization’s Arbitration and Mediation Center experienced a record volume of domain name dispute filings, with 3,447 cases submitted under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resol... Read the full IIPLA article: https://iipla.org/news/wipo-reports-record-surge-in-domain-name-disputes-and-ip-adr-cases-in-2018

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