1.   Already, hundreds of trademark disputes have been submitted for mediation.

2.   Already, hundreds of applicants have filed challenges with the World Intellectual Property Organization in Switzerland, a nonprofit group that settles trademark disputes.

3.   Both companies are trying to avoid new trademark disputes.

4.   Current rules have led to trademark disputes, such as the one involving pokey.org.

5.   East African Breweries turned around and is trying to sell Tusker in South Africa, but has become embroiled in a trademark dispute there.

6.   In addition, each new domain spawns a new cascade of trademark disputes.

7.   Intel sued AMD and Cyrix Corp. in Federal District Court in Delaware last month after negotiations between the companies failed to resolve the MMX trademark dispute.

8.   It has already approved rules for assigning trademark disputes to international arbitration centers.

9.   Other claims, like standard trademark disputes or cases involving different companies with the same names, would still be resolved in traditional courts.

10.   Pogdom has not been a pleasant place since the trademark dispute began.