Observations on the WIPO Interim Report: Criticism #1: The Interim Report�s presentation of evidence and anecdotes is selective and biased ======================================================== * The report ignores clear statistical evidence that the number of trademark-domain name conflicts is declining rapidly. In footnote 124 (p. 91), WIPO notes that of the 3.4 million domain names registered by NSI in the open gTLDs, NSI has �received approximately 5,400 trademark-related complaints resulting in the application of the its Dispute Resolution Policy in approximately 2,600 instances.� If these statistics are compared to earlier NSI statistics published in the Green Paper and the Syracuse University study, it is possible to prove that the number of complaints per domain name registration has fallen precipitously. Trademark complaints have fallen from one in every 600 NSI names registered to one in every 1000 names registered; dispute resolution procedures have declined from one in every 1000 names registered to one in every 2,600 names registered. These declines took place over a period of only 6 months. WIPO�s failure to compute these facts indicate that it is more interested in advocacy than in objective exploration of the nature of the problem. __________________________________________________ To receive the digest version instead, send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To SUBSCRIBE forward this message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNSUBSCRIBE, forward this message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Problems/suggestions regarding this list? Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___END____________________________________________
