<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">Hello Everyone!</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">As I mentioned on the call, here are those interesting 2021 UDRP statistics compiled by UDRP attorney Howar Neu. </span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">At WIPO...</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><i>In spite of the pandemic, or maybe because of it, there were 2,021 (UDRP) complaints heard by WIPO panelists in the past 6 months, and over 4,000 for the year 2021.  Of those, 88% were default cases without response from the domain registrants. Interestingly enough, however, 17 of those default cases were denials and 2 of them decided by Tony Willoughby were found to be Reverse Domain Name Hijacked (RDNH). <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)"> Of the 234 contested cases, 100 of them were denied (43%) with 13 finding RDNH.</span></i></span></div></blockquote><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">At the FORUM...</font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div></div></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><i>In fact, for the last 6 months, the FORUM deliberated over 1,120 cases, of which 1,022 (91%) were default cases with no response from the registrants. <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)">Of the 98 contested cases where Responses had been filed, 44 were denied and 8 were guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH).</span> That means that if the Respondent contested the claim, he had a 45% chance of keeping the domain. Interestingly enough, of the default cases, 15 were denied (1.5%).</i></span></div></div></div></blockquote><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div>Takeways...</div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">-Most UDRPs are uncontested and the complainant wins 9/10 times in such situations, aka bad actors don't fight back.  So again, very rare situation where a case may be contested; and </span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">-<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)">Good faith, legitimate registrants do exist :) </span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Here's the link to the full reports:</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a href="http://neusnews.com/2022/01/wipo-case-and-panelists-annual-report/">http://neusnews.com/2022/01/wipo-case-and-panelists-annual-report/</a><br clear="all"></font><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:13.6364px"><a href="http://neusnews.com/2022/01/forum-case-and-panelist-annual-report/">http://neusnews.com/2022/01/forum-case-and-panelist-annual-report/</a></span><br></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:13.6364px"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:13.6364px">Have a great week!</span></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:13.6364px"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="#000000" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:13.6364px">Sincerely,</span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="border-collapse:separate;font-family:Helvetica;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><span style="border-collapse:separate;font-family:Helvetica;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><span style="border-collapse:separate;font-family:Helvetica;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px"><span style="border-col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