[AfrICANN-discuss] WIPO Prepares for Launch of New gTLDs while Cybersquatting Cases Continued to Rise

[Anne-Rachel Inné]

WIPO Prepares for Launch of New gTLDs while Cybersquatting Cases Continued
to Rise

Geneva, March 6, 2012
PR/2012/704

In 2011, trademark holders filed a record 2,764 cybersquatting cases
covering 4,781 domain names with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center
(WIPO Center) under procedures based on the Uniform Domain Name Dispute
Resolution Policy (UDRP), an increase of 2.5% and 9.4% over the previous
highest levels in 2010 and 2009, respectively.  Meanwhile, with plans by
the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) for an
expansion in the number of new generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs) underway
in 2012, the WIPO Center recently rolled out resources for pre-emptive
measures to prevent the abusive use of trademarks as gTLDs.  Full Press
Release <http://www.wipo.int/pressroom/en/articles/2012/article_0002.html>.
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