More than 8,000 web addresses were suspended by Nominet during the year up to the end of October 2016, more than double the number suspended in the previous 12 months, the internet registry for '.uk' domain names has said.
According to Nominet's latest criminality report, more than 99% requests for domain name suspensions were granted on request last year, and only 13 suspensions were reversed. The Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) made 7,617 requests for .uk web addresses to be suspended during the period, it said.
Read MoreUnder the scheme, Nominet can order domain name registrants to transfer ownership of their domain name to rights holders where the rights holders can show that they have rights in the name or in a similar mark and that the registered owner's registration or use of the domain name was abusive because it took unfair advantage of those rights...
