Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act in the United States

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On November 29, 1999, President Clinton signed into law the Anticybersquatting Consumer
Protection Act (ACPA). Generally, the ACPA is intended to protect the public from acts of
Internet “cybersquatting,” a term used to describe the bad faith, abusive registration of Internet
domain names. Section 3006 of the ACPA directed the Secretary of Commerce, in
consultation with the Patent and Trademark Office and the Federal Election Commission, to
study and recommend to Congress appropriate “guidelines and procedures for resolving
disputes involving the registration or use by a person of a domain name that includes the
personal name of another person, in whole or in part, or a name confusingly similar thereto.”

The Department of Commerce published on February 29, 2000, a Federal Register Notice and Request for Comments entitled “Abusive Domain Name Registrations Involving Personal Names; Request for Public Comments on Dispute Resolution Issues Relating to Section 3002(b) of the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act.” That notice sought comments from interested members of the public on the resolution of Internet domain name disputes involving personal names. By notice published in the Federal Register on April 6, 2000, the Department of Commerce extended the period for public comment until April 21, 2000.

Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act

See also the Trademark Act of 1946.

Resources

See Also

• Consumer Protection
• Consumer law concepts
• List of Anticybersquatting Cases
• Cybersquatting
• US 2000 Consumer Report Security Freeze Legislation Resources
• Consumer Product Safety Commission
• US 2001 Consumer Report Security Freeze Legislation Resources
• US Consumer Report Security Freeze State Laws Resources
• US 2002 Consumer Report Security Freeze Legislation Resources
• Electronic Commerce Law Concepts
• Anticircumvention
• Consumer Credit
• Consumer Price Index