WIPO shares some facts about 2017 UDRP filings

[JulienJ]

It seems that UDRP filings have been increasing every year, and 2017 was no different. The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is the largest UDRP provider. Yesterday evening, WIPO published a reportabout UDRP filings in 2017, and I wanted to share some of the facts with you.

2017 WIPO UDRP Facts:

• 3,074 UDRP filings
• Three industries (Banking / finance, fashion, and internet / IT) accounted for nearly one-third of all cybersquatting disputes.
• .Store, .Site, and .Online were the most frequently disputed new gTLD extensions.
• The US had the most UDRP filings.
• Philip Morris filed the most UDRP disputes
• Since 1999, there have been over 39,000 UDRP filings encompassing over 73,000 domain names.

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