January 9th, 2017
ANNUAL TOP 10 PANELISTS AT WIPO FOR DOMAINERS

This is our Annual Report of those panelists who have Denied more Complaints than the other Panelists at WIPO in 2016. 68 different Panelists denied one or more claims in the last 6 months.  22 Panelists found the Claimant guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH). That is DOUBLE the number of panelists in 2015.  Our analysis consists of 3 lists that we have compiled for your use. The first list is the TOP 10 Panelists for the past 6 months. The second list is the TOP Panelists for the past 12 months. The third list is the TOP 10 ALL TIME PANELISTS at WIPO.

THE WIPO TOP 10 PANELISTS FOR THE LAST 6 MONTHS

1.(5) RICHARD LYON (5 decisions – 4 RDNH)
1.(1) HON. NEIL BROWN (5 decisions – 2 RDNH)
1.(2) JOHN SWINSON (5 decisions – 1 RDNH)
1.(-) MATTHEW HARRIS (5decisions – 1 RDNH)
1.(-) WARRICK ROTHNIE (5 decisions)
1.(11) CHRISTOPHER GIBSON (5 decisions)
7.(-) SCOTT BLACKMER (4 decisions – 1 RDNH)
7.(11) DAVID BERNSTEIN (4 decisions – 1 RDNH)
7.(-) ANDREW LOTHIAN (4 decisions – 1 RDNH)
7.(2) TONY WILLOUGHBY (4 decisions – 1 RDNH)
7.(-) GABRIELA KENNEDY (4 decisions – 1 RDNH)
4 Panelists had 3 decisions each with 2 RDNH
19 Panelists had 2 decisions each with 7 RDNH

THE WIPO TOP 10 PANELISTS FOR THE PAST 12 MONTHS

1.(1) HON. NEIL BROWN (14 decisions – 4 RDNH)
2.(4) RICHARD LYON (9 decision – 7 RDNH)
3.(-) MATTHEW HARRIS (9 decisions – 1 RDNH)
4.(11) LUCA BARBERO (9 decisions )
5.(6) WARWICK ROTHNIE (8 decisions – 1 RDNH)
6.(-) NICK GARDNER (7 decisions – 2 RDNH)
7.(-) GABRIELA KENNEDY (7 decisions)
8.(2) JOHN SWINSON (7 decisions – 1 RDNH)
9.(-) ANDREW LOTHIAN (6 decisions – 1 RDNH)
10.(3) ROBERT BADGELY (6 decisions)
4 Panelists had 5 decisions each with 2 RDNH

TOP 10 ALL-TIME WIPO PANELISTS

1.(1) HON. NEIL A. BROWN – 79 DECISIONS
2.(2) TONY WILLOUGHBY – 54 DECISIONS
3.(3) RICHARD LYON – 53 DECISIONS
4.(4) JOHN SWINSON – 47 DECISIONS
5.(-) LUCA BARBERO – 39 DECISIONS
6.(5) ALISTAIR PAYNE – 38 DECISIONS
7.(7) ROBERT BADGELY – 37 DECISIONS
8.(9) WARWICK ROTHNIE – 37 DECISIONS
9. (6) BRIGETTE JOPPICH – 33 DECISIONS
10. (-) FREDERICK ABBOTT – 33 DECISIONS
11.(10) WILLIAM TOWNS – 28 DECISIONS

If you wish to obtain information on any of the other Panelists, send us an email at Howard@NeuLaw.com.

Thanks for “listening”

HOWARD