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# The current registrant uses the domain name in "bad faith"
# The current registrant uses the domain name in "bad faith"
The following are the three major circumstances of bad faith domain name registrations:
* domain names are registered for the primary purpose of selling, renting or transferring the domain names registration to a complainant (trademark owner or competitor) for a huge amount of money
* domain names are registered for the primary purpose of selling, renting or transferring the domain names registration to a complainant (trademark owner or competitor) for a huge amount of money
* domain names are registered in order to damage the business of a competitor
* domain names are registered in order to damage the business of a competitor
* domain names are used to intentionally confuse and attract consumers to your website or other websites for commercial gains
* domain names are used to intentionally confuse and attract consumers to your website or other websites for commercial gains
==UDRP Filing Trends and Statistics==
Based on the latest filing trends and statistics released by the [[WIPO]], 22,500 UDRP based cases involving 40,500 domain names (gTLD & ccTLD) were filed since the implementation of the UDRP in 1999. In 2011, the WIPO Center received 2,764 cybersquatting cases filed by trademark owners involving 4,781 domain names. [[cybersquatting]] cases increased by 2.5% compared with the number of cases filed in 2010.<ref>[http://www.domainnews.com/en/wipo-released-2011-cybersquatting-stats-2764-udrp-cases-covering-4781-domain-names-in-2011.html WIPO Released 2011 Cybersquatting Stats ! 2,764 UDRP cases covering 4,781 domain names in 2011]</ref>
==Reversed UDRP Cases==
==Reversed UDRP Cases==