Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA)
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The Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA), enacted in the United States in 1999, provides a federal cause of action against individuals who register, traffic in, or use a domain name in bad faith with intent to profit from the goodwill of another's trademark. Unlike [[udrp]] proceedings, ACPA allows trademark owners to sue in US federal court and seek statutory damages of $1,000 to $100,000 per [[bad-faith-registration]], as well as court-ordered transfer of the infringing domain. The law also addresses [[cybersquatting]] by enabling in rem actions against the domain name itself when the registrant cannot be found or lacks US jurisdiction.
Example
A luxury brand successfully sued a cybersquatter under ACPA who had registered twenty variations of its trademark as domains, winning a $200,000 judgment and court-ordered transfer of all domains.