Reporter Sheri Qualters asked several trademark practitioners to come up with a list of the most significant issues facing trademark owners right now and how they would advise lawyers to handle them. Here, in no particular order, are the top 10.

#1 DOMAIN-NAME EXPLOSION

Generic top-level domain names are poised to increase exponentially next year, from 22 now, such as .com and .biz, plus many country-specific domains, to almost any word in almost any language.