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Cybersquatting Hits Record Level, WIPO Center Rolls out New Services
Francis Gurry

During a press conference at the Palais des Nation WIPO Director General Francis Gurry sais that in 2010, trademark holders filed 2,696 cybersquatting cases covering 4,370 domain names with the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center (WIPO Center) under procedures based on the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP), an increase of 28% over the 2009 level and of 16% over the previous record year, 2008 (annex 1). Parties took advantage of user-friendly online facilities such as the WIPO-initiated…

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INSPIRING ENTREPRENEURSHIP ACROSS THE WORLD Interview with Fiorina Mugione, Chief, Entrepreneurship Section, Enterprise Development Branch, Division on Investment and Enterprise United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, (UNCTAD)

In these times of economic turmoil, governments and other agencies are reflecting on ways to develop the economy and put it back on track. Statistics show that it is not principally through big companies that jobs are created, but rather through small and medium-sized companies. However, before reaching that point, we tend to forget that behind each company there is a man or a woman who has spent time developing a business idea, pursuing a dream, creating something ……

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