Number: RS20367
Title: LEGISLATION TO PREVENT CYBERSQUATTING/CYBERPIRACY
Authors: Henry Cohen, American Law Division 
Abstract: 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."
Pages: 5
Date: Updated May 1, 2000