Increase in Domain Disputes
An article in ITWorldCanada reports on recently released statistics by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) which indicate a recent rise in disputes over .com domain names. Such increase may be indicative of more companies trying to gain a web presence and the decreasing availability of good, available domain names.
In contrast, the number of .CA domain name disputes appears to have plateaued since 2005. The author hypothesizes that this may be due to a perception that .CA domain names are not always as important to businesses as .com domain names. In addition, the narrow definition of what constitutes bad faith under the Canadian Internet Registration Authority Dispute Resolution Policy (CDRP), the availability of more established trade-mark remedies and the relative cost vs. benefit of such proceedings, may dissuade some would be complainants.
Regardless of the statistics, this article underlines the fact that it is far easier to register a domain name as a defensive measure than it is to attempt to get a domain back once it is registered by a third party.
This entry was posted by Karen Monteith on Wednesday, January 16th, 2008 at 3:21 pm and is filed under Domain Name Disputes. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
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