[20000501]RS20367_防止网络抢注网络盗版的立法.pdf

Order Code RS20367Updated May 1, 2000Legislation to PreventCybersquatting/Cyberpiracyname redactedLegislative AttorneyAmerican Law DivisionSummaryThe Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act is Title III of S. 1948, 106thCongress, the Intellectual Property and Communications Omnibus Reform Act of 1999,which was incorporated into H.R. 3194, 106th Congress, the ConsolidatedAppropriations 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 ofpiracy 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 rightsof trademark owners.”The Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act is Title III of S. 1948, 106thCongress, the Intellectual Property and Communications Omnibus Reform Act of 1999,which was incorporated into H.R. 3194, 106th Congress, the Consolidated AppropriationsAct for FY2000. S. 1948 was enacted as the final appendix to Public Law 106-113(1999). A previous version of this legislation was S. 1255, 106th Congress, which theSenate passed on August 5, 1999, and the House passed on