The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the recipient of over 50% of domain name disputes world wide, reports that the total number of complaints filed under Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) in 2009 decreased by 9.5% as compared to the previous year. However, the organization also said that the complaints filed in 2009 covered the highest number of individual domain names in a given year as compared to combined filings. \"To address concerns about preventing intellectual property rights infringers online, WIPO proposed a \'pre-delegation\' procedure so that trademark owners can seek to protect their rights before ICANN approves a new domain,\" Catherine Saez and William New of the Intellectual Property Watch report.
