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| − | The Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA)<ref>15 U.S.C. § 1125(d).</ref>prohibits anyone from registering or using "bad faith" intent in order to profit from an [[internet]] domain name that "is identical or confusingly similar to"<ref>15 U.S.C. § 1125(d)(1)(A)(i)(II)</ref> a distinctive trademark or [[internet]] domain name owned by someone else.<ref>15 U.S.C. § 1125(d)(1)(A)(i).</ref> | + | The '''Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act''' (ACPA)<ref>15 U.S.C. § 1125(d).</ref> prohibits anyone from registering or using "bad faith" intent in order to profit from an [[internet]] domain name that "is identical or confusingly similar to"<ref>15 U.S.C. § 1125(d)(1)(A)(i)(II)</ref> a distinctive trademark or [[internet]] domain name owned by someone else.<ref>15 U.S.C. § 1125(d)(1)(A)(i).</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 01:48, July 13, 2016
The Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA)[1] prohibits anyone from registering or using "bad faith" intent in order to profit from an internet domain name that "is identical or confusingly similar to"[2] a distinctive trademark or internet domain name owned by someone else.[3]
This Act became law in 1999.