January 20th, 2023
THE FORUM 2022 REPORT CARD

In our last blog, we reported that out of 1,261 total cases decided by the FORUM in the past 6 months, only 29 Panelists filed Decisions with RICHARD HILL Deciding and reporting almost one case per day. For the 12 months ended December 31, 2022, Mr. HILL alone decided and reported 308 cases of which 300 resulted in the transfer of the subject domain name. How he could read Complaints and some Responses, analyze the the claims, and write decisions for that many cases in one year is truly a puzzle.

So for the year ended 12/3/122, the FORUM reported 2,381 total Decisions of which 2,285 (96%) were transferred to the Complainant Trademark Holder. For Contested cases, The FORUM reported 144 cases in which 93 (64.5%) were transfers, 51 denials with 10 findings of RDNH. That amounts to about ⅓ of the contested cases being denied. Still not a great percentage. The individual Panelists are listed below in rank of Denials.

FORUM PANELISTS WHO HAVE DENIED THE MOST CLAIMS FOR THE 6 MONTHS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2022

1. DEBRETT LYONS – 7 Denials, 1 RDNH
2. RICHARD HILL – 6 Denials
3. NICHOLAS SMITH – 5 Denials
4. ALAN LIMBURY – 4 Denials, 1 RDNH
5. SANDRA FRANKLIN – 3 denials, 1 RDNH
6. HON. NEIL BROWN – 3 Denials
7. STEVE LEVY – 2 Denials
8. PAUL DICICCO – 2 Denials
9. GERALD LEVINE – 2 Denials, 2 RDNH
10. TERRY PEPPARD – 2 Denials, 1 RDNH
11. CHARLES KEUCHENMEISTER – 2 Denials

FORUM PANELISTS WHO HAVE DENIED THE MOST CLAIMS FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2022

1. RICHARD HILL – 9 Denials
2. TERRY PEPPARD – 8 Denials, 3 RDNH
3. DEBRETT LYONS – 8 Denials
4. ALAN LIMBURY – 6 Denials, 2 RDNH
5. NICHOLAS SMITH – 6 Denials
6. GERALD LEVINE – 5 Denials, 3 RDNH
7. DAVID SORKIN – 5 Denials, 1 RDNH
8. JEFFREY NEUMAN – 4 Denials, 1 RDNH
9. STEVE LEVY – 4 Denials, 1 RDNH
10. JAMES BRIDGEMAN – 3 Denials
11. DENNIS FOSTER – 3 Denials
12. HO HYUN NAHM – 2 Denials, 1 RDNH

FORUM PANELISTS ALL TIME DENIAL DECISIONS

1. DEBRETT LYONS 131
2. HON. NEIL BROWN 101
3. DAVID SORKIN 69
4. DARRYL WILSON 56
5. JAMES CARMODY 54
6. SANDRA FRANKLIN 53
7. KARL FINK 51
8. TERRY PEPPARD 49
9. ALAN LIMBURY 47
10. MICHAEL ALBERT 42
11. PAUL DICICCO 37
12. DIANE CABELL 35
13. STEVE LEVY 25

NEXT: there are some surprises by the panelists at WIPO.