Here is firm evidence that the claims of the trademark contingent - that cybersquatting is a major and ever-increasing problem, and that they therefore should have a constituency in the DNSO in order to fight it - are wholly exaggerated and unfounded. The volume of domain name registrations has greatly increased over the time frame for which data are given, yet the number of requests for invocation of the dispute policy that were implemented by NSI not only has not increased, but actually diminished during the last period, when the rate of increase in registrations has been the highest. ............................................................ Objet: [ifwp] NSI Domain Name Dispute Stats la date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 13:48:50 -0500 De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] R�pondre-A: [EMAIL PROTECTED] A: IFWP Discussion List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Per the request of Michael Sondow, the following data is provided in response to the question "how many times did NSI invoke its Domain Name Dispute Policy?" During the slightly more than 5 months between the end of July 1995 and the end of the year, we invoked the Policy 166 times. During 1996 we invoked the Policy 745 times. During 1997 we invoked the Policy 905 times During 1998 we invoked the Policy 838 times. .................................................................. Chuck Gomes Vice President, Customer Programs Network Solutions, Inc.
