I would never pay a cybersquatter $2,000, nor recommend anyone do it. That's ridiculous. Maybe a couple of hundred bucks just to avoid a nuisance, but once it hits four digits the UDRP is always a better case, especially in something as clear cut as this... assuming, of course, that Panasonic itself files for the arbitration.
Anyone with official ties to Panasonic and authorization to use it could easily get Panasonic to file it. That's going to be the simplest way to deal it in any case.