UDRP Turns Six

I failed to post this a few weeks ago, but the UDRP turned six on October 24. The first UDRP decision was World Wrestling Federation Entertainment Inc. v. Michael Bosman, WIPO Case D99-0001 (Jan. 14, 2000), for the domain name WorldWrestlingFederation.com. The domain name directs visitors to the World Wrestling Entertainment website, WWE.com.

I don’t have accurate numbers, but my best guess is that there have been over 16,000 UDRP cases in the past 6 years. Cybersquatting has not gone away either.