Names added and subsequently deleted during the 5 day AGP declined from 17.6M in June 2008 to 2.8M in July 2008. Of the 2.8M AGP deletes in July, approx 2.6M were subject to the registrar-level transaction fee defined by the provision.

On the UDRP side of things. We have markel.com, decal.com, signsupnow.com, hero.com, my-life.com. Obviously decal is for stickers. In my-life the complainant didn’t have a business, he was launching one next year.

• Domain name is a dictionary term being used for a generic purpose
• Domain name registration pre-dates acquisition of trademark
• No “idiot defense” if complainant is represented by counsel.
• UDRP panelists have reached a tolerance limit for bad claims.

One significant point John made is that UDRP decisions factor in archive.org results. As such its recommended:

• Determine whether your PPC provider permits archives
• Periodically allow crawls
• Store a snapshot whenever you receive an inquiry
• Be aware of the active content issue.

At the end John elluded to the issue that archive.org can serve up content by filename. As such, it might be possible to change old content that has already been archived!