National Arbitration Forum Releases 2008 Domain Name Dispute Resolution Totals

[Sir Regalot]

National Arbitration Forum Releases 2008 Domain Name Dispute Resolution Program Totals

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/03/prweb2219064.htm

Examples

http://domains.adrforum.com/decision.aspx

 

[Kenny]

In total, there were 1,770 cases filed.
Nearly all cases filed (98%) 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.

Great share! Thanks :tu:

 

[Brujah]

Are any stats available showing a % of wins for the Complainant and for the Respondent?

 

[Seabass]

Are any stats available showing a % of wins for the Complainant and for the Respondent?

I don't have the link but it is close to 70% won by the complainants. However, that's b/c many of the Resondents never responded to b/c the registrant was a TM buyer and knew he would lose. No need to drop 3K to 5K for a losing battle.

What I would like to know is the % won when the Respondent fights the Complainant.

There were 1,805 cases in 2007 and 1,658 in 2006 (just NAF) This does not include WIPO cases

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[bmugford]

I think the win % is because the complaints being filed generally have merit. Most companies are not going to put up filing fees and legal expenses in a lost cause. For every ridiculous dispute like Hero.com / Tiger.com / Ashley.com there are hundreds of obvious TM infringing domains regged in bad faith.

Brad

I don't have the link but it is close to 70% won by the complainants. However, that's b/c many of the complaints are never responded to b/c the registrant was a TM buyer and knew he would lose. No need to drop 3K to 5K for a losing battle.

What I would like to know is the % won when the Respondent fights the Complainant.

There were 1,805 cases in 2007 and 1,658 in 2006 (just NAF) This does not include WIPO cases

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[IAmAllanShore]

How about they share the # of decisions that remain unimplemented months after the decision... :/

 

[Seabass]

How about they share the # of decisions that remain unimplemented months after the decision... :/

What do you mean by that? How is that possible?

They work directly with the registrars to freeze the domains and if the domain owner loses they simply transfer.....unless someone files a court motion to stop it.

 

[IAmAllanShore]

Not going to further enlighten any squatters, but if you ever get bored check 100 reported decisions and see how many of them are still in the name of the respondent months later...

WIPO and NAF need to behave responsibly and warn potential complainants in advance that certain names are guaranteed to never transfer and certain decisions never implemented based on factors that WIPO and NAF know and understand.

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[Seabass]

Not going to further enlighten any squatters, but if you ever get bored check 100 reported decisions and see how many of them are still in the name of the respondent months later...

WIPO and NAF need to behave responsibly and warn potential complainants in advance that certain names are guaranteed to never transfer and certain decisions never implemented based on factors that WIPO and NAF know and understand.

:td:

Wow. I thought it was an automatic transfer that could not be stopped.

Thanks for the head-up. Rep + .
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