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Legislation to Prevent Cybersquatting/Cyberpiracy (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date May 1, 2000
Report Number RS20367
Report Type Report
Authors Henry Cohen, American Law Division
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
Summary:

The Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act is Title III of S. 1948, 106th Congress, the Intellectual Property and Communications Omnibus Reform Act of 1999, which was incorporated into H.R. 3194 , 106th Congress, the Consolidated Appropriations Act for FY2000. S. 1948 was enacted as the final appendix to P.L. 106-113 (1999). The problem that this bill is intended to address is a "new form of piracy on the Internet caused by acts of 'cybersquatting,' which refers to the deliberate, bad-faith, and abusive registration of Internet domain names in violation of the rights of trademark owners."