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- The Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA), 15 U.S.C. § 1125(d),(passed as part of Pub.L. 106–113 (text) (PDF)) is a U.S. law enacted in 1999 that established a cause of action for registering, trafficking in, or using a domain name confusingly similar to, or dilutive of, a trademark or personal name. The law was designed to thwart "cybersquatters" who register Internet domain names containing trademarks with no intention of creating a legitimate web site, but instead plan to sell the domain name to the trademark owner or a third party. Critics of the ACPA complain about the non-global scope of the Act and its potential to restrict free speech, while others dispute these complaints. Before the ACPA was enacted, trademark owners relied heavily on the Federal Trademark Dilution Act (FTDA) to sue domain name registrants. The FTDA was enacted in 1995 in part with the intent to curb domain name abuses. The legislative history of the FTDA specifically mentions that trademark dilution in domain names was a matter of Congressional concern motivating the Act. Senator Leahy stated that "it is my hope that this anti-dilution statute can help stem the use of deceptive Internet addresses taken by those who are choosing marks that are associated with the products and reputations of others". For example, in Panavision Int'l L.P. v. Toeppen, 141 F.3d 1316 (9th Cir. 1998), Dennis Toeppen registered the domain name Panavision.com. Panavision, the trademark owner, learned that Toeppen had registered its trademark when it attempted to register the trademark "Panavision" as a domain name. Toeppen was using the domain panavision.com to display photographs of Pana, Illinois, and, when asked to cease, he offered to sell the domain name to Panavision for $13,000. After Panavision refused to buy the domain name from Toeppen, he registered its other trademark, Panaflex, as a domain name. The Court held that the FTDA could be violated without the traditional tarnishing or blurring the courts had required. Rulings like this extended the FTDA substantially. (en)
- L'Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act è una legge federale degli Stati Uniti d'America, entrata in vigore il 29 novembre 1999 per contrastare la pratica del domain grabbing o cybersquatting. Essa fornisce ai titolari di marchi registrati delle soluzioni legali per difendersi contro coloro che, in mala fede, registrano nomi di domino identici ai marchi registrati o tali da ingenerare confusione. (it)
- ACPA (Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act) – amerykańska ustawa wprowadzona w życie 29 listopada 1999 r., wnosząca poprawkę do ustawy o znaku handlowym z 1946, której celem jest przeciwdziałanie praktyce cybersquattingu, czyli zajmowania domen internetowych, których nazwy odpowiadają już zarejestrowanym znakom handlowym innych firm i instytucji. Na mocy ustawy domena taka może być przekazana prawowitemu właścicielowi znaku handlowego. ACPA zabrania także rejestrowania domen, których nazwy odpowiadają nazwiskom żyjących osób indywidualnych będących osobami publicznymi (np. znanych artystów). (pl)
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- L'Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act è una legge federale degli Stati Uniti d'America, entrata in vigore il 29 novembre 1999 per contrastare la pratica del domain grabbing o cybersquatting. Essa fornisce ai titolari di marchi registrati delle soluzioni legali per difendersi contro coloro che, in mala fede, registrano nomi di domino identici ai marchi registrati o tali da ingenerare confusione. (it)
- ACPA (Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act) – amerykańska ustawa wprowadzona w życie 29 listopada 1999 r., wnosząca poprawkę do ustawy o znaku handlowym z 1946, której celem jest przeciwdziałanie praktyce cybersquattingu, czyli zajmowania domen internetowych, których nazwy odpowiadają już zarejestrowanym znakom handlowym innych firm i instytucji. Na mocy ustawy domena taka może być przekazana prawowitemu właścicielowi znaku handlowego. ACPA zabrania także rejestrowania domen, których nazwy odpowiadają nazwiskom żyjących osób indywidualnych będących osobami publicznymi (np. znanych artystów). (pl)
- The Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA), 15 U.S.C. § 1125(d),(passed as part of Pub.L. 106–113 (text) (PDF)) is a U.S. law enacted in 1999 that established a cause of action for registering, trafficking in, or using a domain name confusingly similar to, or dilutive of, a trademark or personal name. The law was designed to thwart "cybersquatters" who register Internet domain names containing trademarks with no intention of creating a legitimate web site, but instead plan to sell the domain name to the trademark owner or a third party. Critics of the ACPA complain about the non-global scope of the Act and its potential to restrict free speech, while others dispute these complaints. Before the ACPA was enacted, trademark owners relied heavily on the Federal Trademark Dilution Ac (en)
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