by Traverse Legal, reviewed by Enrico Schaefer - September 3, 2007 - i. ICANN, Domain Name & UDRP Updates
VeriSign has published its second quarter 2007 Domain Name Industry Brief where it reports that the number of new domain name registrations have hit an all time high in the second quarter of 2007 with 14.5 million new registrations, exceeding the previous high mark hit in the fourth quarter of 2006. Of course, this means more potential for domain name theft, abuse and other cybersquatting disputes. As previously reported, the number of cybersquatting and domain name trademark arbitrations continues to climb.
From the report: "At the midpoint of 2007, the total base of domain name registrations worldwide was 138 million across all of the Top Level Domain Names (TLDs). This represents a 31 percent increase over the same quarter last year and an eight percent increase over the first quarter 2007…"
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