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By Nick Hurston Cybersquatters may violate federal law even if they aren’t the original registrants of the challenged domain, according to a ruling from the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. In a matter of first impression, the Fourth Circuit affirmed summary judgment against a Chinese company accused of violating the Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, ...

US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit joined Third and Eleventh Circuits in ruling re-registration of infringing domain name with bad faith intent to profit violates Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act ACPA. Prudential v. Shenzhen Stone Network.

The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit joined the Third and Eleventh Circuits in ruling that the re-registration of an infringing domain name with a bad faith intent to profit...