The WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center, one of the primary domain name
dispute resolution forums, reports that the number of UDRP filings submitted
during the first four months of this year exceeds all previous records. In
2008, WIPO recorded its highest number of domain name filings in a single
year. The number of filings in the same period for this year outstrips 2008
by 40 filings. The numbers also show a 21% increase in the number of
filings relative to the same period in 2009. Erik Wilbers, Director of the
Center, attributes the trend at least in part to WIPO’s introduction of the
eUDRP, which for the first time has allowed for paperless UDRP filings.