In recent years there has been a fast increase in the number of arbitration cases filed all over the world .In 2010,a total of 2,177 domain name cases were filed only with the National Arbitration Forum .
This means that every day people fight to get the domain name back from its current owners.
Therefore,who won what lately :
- Nike has added the domain name NikeColombia.com to its collection of domains.Nike won the domain through an arbitration case filed against nikecolombia with National Arbitration Forum .
- Microsoft submitted three complaints to the National Arbitration Forum,asserting rights over 7 domain names:microsoft-tag.info,xboxpointsonsale.com, xboxpoints-online.com, xboxpointsonline.com, psnxboxnorton.com,microsofttagmaster.com and mstagmaster.com.The company won all three arbitration cases .
- State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance submitted a complaint with the National Arbitration Forum asserting legal rights over the domain name StateFarmMutalFunds.com .State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance won the case.
- Victoria's Secret won the domain name VictoriaSecretDiet.com in arbitration .
- AT&T added two other domain names to its collection of domain names : attconfirm.com and crmatt.com .The respondent in this case was Janelle Churilla .
- Facebook also filed a complaint with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center asserting legal rights over 21 domain names .The Panel decided that all 21 disputed domain names to be transferred from the respondent to the complainant .The domain names won by Facebook are as follows : aboutfacebook.com,facebookbabes.com,facebookcheats.com,facebookclub.com,facebookdevelopment.com,facebookfest.com,facebookintegration.com,facebookjournal.com,facebookking.com,facebookland.com,facebooksafety.com,facebookstudio.com,facebookstuff.com,freefacebookapps.com,friendsonfacebook.com,fundraisingwithfacebook.com,joinusonfacebook.com,killfacebook.com,moneyfromfacebook.com,moneywithfacebook.com and newfacebookapplication.com .
- Hermes also won a domain name case covering two domains: HermesPascher.com and hermessacspascher.com .
- The American Automobile Association won also the domain name AAAMetroCars.com in arbitration .