Changes

2. Amendments to the Trademark Act of 1946 would clarify the rights of a trademark owner to provide for adequate remedies and to deter cyberpiracy and cybersquatting.

2. Amendments to the Trademark Act of 1946 would clarify the rights of a trademark owner to provide for adequate remedies and to deter cyberpiracy and cybersquatting.

Section 3 of Senate Report 106-140 introduced the Cyberpiracy Prevention, an amendment of Section 43 of the Trademark Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1125) by inserting the factors that will be considered by a court to determine if a domain name is registered in bad faith. Sen. Brownback also filed an amendment S.AMDT.1609 to clarify the rights of domain name registrants and Internet users with respect to lawful uses of Internet domain names, and for other purposes. The bill passed the Senate on unanimous consent on August 5, 1999.

Section 3 of Senate Report 106-140 introduced the Cyberpiracy Prevention, an amendment of Section 43 of the Trademark Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1125) by inserting the factors that will be considered by a court to determine if a domain name is registered in bad faith. Sen. Brownback also filed an amendment S.AMDT.1609 to clarify the rights of domain name registrants and Internet users with respect to lawful uses of Internet domain names, and for other purposes. The bill passed the Senate with unanimous consent on August 5, 1999.

On September 8, 1999, the House of Representatives received S.1255. On October it was referred to the House Committee on Judiciary and House Sub-committe on Courts and Intellectual Property. On October 26, the House inserted similar provisions to the bill from H.R. 3028 and it was agreed without objection.<ref>[http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d106:23:./temp/~bdIkZz:@@@L&summ2=m&#status Bill Summary and Status S.1255 106th Congress]</ref>

On September 8, 1999, the House of Representatives received S.1255. In October, it was referred to the House Committee on Judiciary and House Sub-committe on Courts and [[Intellectual Property]]. On October 26, the House inserted similar provisions to the bill from H.R. 3028 and it was agreed to without objection.<ref>[http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d106:23:./temp/~bdIkZz:@@@L&summ2=m&#status Bill Summary and Status S.1255 106th Congress]</ref>

The Anticybersquatting Protection Act is '''Title III of S. 1948, 106th Congress, the Intellectual Property and Communications Omnibus Reform Act of 1999.'''<ref>[http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/F?c106:1:./temp/~c106XL7the:e80238: S. 1948]</ref> It was enacted as final appendix to '''Public Law 106-113''', <ref>[http://homepages.law.asu.edu/~dkarjala/cyberlaw/ACPA-PL106-113.html]P.L.106-113]</ref> which was signed into law by President [[Bill Clinton]] on November 29, 1999.<ref>[http://democrats.rules.house.gov/archives/98-714.pdf CRS Report for Congress]</ref>

The Anticybersquatting Protection Act is '''Title III of S. 1948, 106th Congress, the Intellectual Property and Communications Omnibus Reform Act of 1999.'''<ref>[http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/F?c106:1:./temp/~c106XL7the:e80238: S. 1948]</ref> It was enacted as final appendix to '''Public Law 106-113''', <ref>[http://homepages.law.asu.edu/~dkarjala/cyberlaw/ACPA-PL106-113.html]P.L.106-113]</ref> which was signed into law by President [[Bill Clinton]] on November 29, 1999.<ref>[http://democrats.rules.house.gov/archives/98-714.pdf CRS Report for Congress]</ref>