The number of domain name cases resolved by the World
Intellectual Property Organisation has reached an all-time high,
according to recent statistics.
A total of 2,239 complaints were filed in 2008, 8% more than in
2007. Of these, 79% concerned .com domains, and 13% concerned
country-code top-level domains (up from 7% in 2007).
Approximately a third of all cases filed with WIPO in 2008 were
settled before the panel decision stage, and 85% of the remainder
were settled in favour of the complainant.
The number of domain name disputes heard in Poland is also
increasing. Since it was set up in 2003, the Arbitration Court at
the Polish Chamber of IT and Telecommunications (PIIiT) has
received only 419 claims relating to .pl domain names where one or
both parties were Polish. Of these, 62 were resolved by mediation
(4 in 2008) and 357 were referred to arbitration.
