Safenames examines some of the history of the UDRP, offer 10 tips on best practices and speculates on future changes in Managing IP Magazine.
Due to the increase in global Internet usage and the huge number of registered domains (over 200 million), the number of cases filed through the UDRP has grown signicantly as have the escalating complexity of issues surrounding the Internet. Over the past decade, however, the formal provisions outlined in the UDRP have changed very little. The UDRP has seen its share of increasingly arduous cases and the formal provisioning system is struggling to stay ahead of the issue it is ultimately responsible for resolving.