Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act: Difference between revisions
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'''ACPA | '''ACPA''' ('''Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act''') was legislated by the United States Congress and signed into law by President [[Bill Clinton]] as '''Title III of P.L.106-113''' <ref>[http://www.kenyon.com/Resources/35USC/HTMLHelp/!SSL!/WebHelp/35usc1/P_L__106_113.htm P.L. 106-113 signed into law by President Clinton]</ref> to protect the service or trademarks of individuals and businesses in the United States against [[cybersquatting]], an act of abusively, deliberately and in bad faith registering domain names that are confusingly identical or similar to certain trademarks and taking advantage of the good will of the legal owners of the trademark to gain profit. | ||
==Legislative History== | ==Legislative History== |