An international mediator of Web address squabbles reported Wednesday that it presided over a total of 1,805 domain name disputes in 2007, up from 1,658 disputes in 2006. Cases filed with the National Arbitration Forum are heard and decided by independent panelists with specialized domain name, trademark, copyright and/or e-commerce experience.
According to the group, domain names with common extensions like .com, .net, and .org accounted for 1,775 filings and Web addresses with the .us extension accounted for 30 filings. Of the 1,805 disputes, panelists heard 1,391 cases; parties worked together to settle many others, officials said.
"Our dispute resolution program is available to deal quickly with the core problem: a domain name registered and being abused by a party who cannot claim legitimate rights to it," NAF's Kristine Dorrain said. Since the forum began taking cases in 1999, there have been 9,916 domain name complaints filed.
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