WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization)

WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) is the United Nations agency responsible for global intellectual property policy, and its Arbitration and Mediation Center is the world's most active provider of UDRP dispute resolution for domain names. When a trademark owner believes a domain was registered in bad faith to exploit their brand — a practice known as cybersquatting — they can file a UDRP complaint with the WIPO Center rather than pursuing costly court litigation. WIPO appoints one or three independent panelists who review written submissions from both parties and issue a binding decision, typically within 45–60 days, that can result in the domain being transferred or cancelled. WIPO handles thousands of cases annually across a broad range of gTLDs and country-code TLDs. For holders of tokenized domains, a WIPO ruling that orders a transfer must ultimately be executed at the registrar and registry level, highlighting why Namefi maintains compliant traditional DNS infrastructure alongside on-chain ownership — so that dispute outcomes can be honored without disrupting the token record. Source: WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center, domain disputes.