In 2012, luxury fashion brand Gucci has been forced to report six cases to win control of more than 100 domains, while Austrian luxury brand Swarovski alone has brought, and won, 32 cases since 2010.
John Olsen, partner at law firm Edwards Wildman, and editor of Domain Names: Global Practice and Procedure, said the main reason for the increase in squatters and disputes was because of the amount of business shops now do online.
"As online retail becomes more profitable, household name brands are taking the defence of their domain names much more seriously.
"They are doing all that they can to protect their revenue streams - domain names are the key to the door of online retail."
He added: "Domain name squatting can affect high-profile individuals too. Just last month, Paris Hilton won a dispute over a domain that used her name. Boris Johnson won a case when he lost his campaign website to a squatter. Domain name cases have also been brought by many other celebrities, such as Madonna, Wayne Rooney, and Pamela Anderson."
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