WIPO World Intellectual Property Organization [to 19 March 2016]
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Mar 17, 2016 PR/2016/789
Cybersquatting Cases Up in 2015, Driven by New gTLDs
Amid the roll-out of hundreds of new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) such as .GURU, .NINJA and .NYC, trademark owners filed 2,754 cases under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) with WIPO in 2015, an increase of 4.6 % over the previous year.

Mar 16, 2016 PR/2016/788
U.S. Extends Lead in International Patent and Trademark Filings
The United States of America (U.S.) extended its long-standing position as the top source of international patent applications via WIPO amid another strong year of worldwide intellectual property (IP) filing growth, as an electronics manufacturer displaced a watch maker as the leading depositor of international industrial design applications.