ACPA
Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act
A United States law from 1999 that lets trademark owners sue people who register domains in bad faith Intent to take unfair advantage of another's trademark through a domain name. Full definition of bad faith to profit from a mark. Courts can order the domain transferred and award damages. It applies through American courts, unlike the UDRP Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy ICANN's out-of-court process for trademark disputes over domain names. Full definition of UDRP.
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- Rights protection and disputes