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| | Senate Bill 1255 Passes House (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | 1255 was introduced in the Senate on June 21, 1999 by Spencer Abraham (R-MI). |
 | | The bill is intended to curb "cyberpiracy" or "cybersquatting" -- the practice of registering a commonly-known word or phrase (often a registered trademark) as an address on the world wide web with the sole intention of offering to sell ownership of the domain name to the trademark owner for an inflated sum. |
 | | 1255, as introduced in and passed by the Senate, would create a cause of action against anyone who, with a bad faith intent to profit, "registers, traffics in, or uses a domain name that is identical to, confusingly similar to, or dilutive of" a trademark or service mark. |
| www.cohnmarks.com /WhatsNews/S1255.htm (302 words) |
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