Thread: NAF: 2008 domain dispute stats

The National Arbitration Forum has released statistics relating to the NAF domain name dispute resolution for 2008:

* In total, there were 1,770 cases filed.
* Nearly all cases filed (98&#37 involved UDRP domain names, like .com and .org; the rest involved usDRP domain names with the .us extension.
* Panelists heard and decided 1,477 cases; parties worked together to settle many of the rest.
* By the end of 2008, over 10,600 disputes were filed with the National Arbitration Forum.
* Panelists resolved 9,470 of those cases, while the parties settled many of the rest.

Notable 2008 decisions involved trademarks such as American Girl, Anheuser-Busch, Canadian Television, Patrick Dempsey, We The People LLC, and YouTube.

Interesting stats. Looks like .us is far more litigious than .in. That sounds like about 35 .us cases and there were only 23 .in cases.