Trademark Law on the Internet - Mousetrapped : Shields v. Zuccarini, 89 F. Supp. 2d 634 (E.D. Pa. 2000)

Authors

• Regan Lane Williams, Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law

Abstract

Shields v. Zuccarini tells the story of an enormously profitable cyberopportunist who, with impunity, flouted the law created to protect trademark owners against conduct like his. In this case and others, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania fined John Zuccarini under the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act of 1999 ("ACPA"), which provides special trademark protection against a relatively new infringement scheme perpetrated on the Internet by Zuccarini and others. So far -at least as to Zuccarini -justice has not prevailed.

Recommended Citation

Regan Lane Williams, Trademark Law on the Internet - Mousetrapped : Shields v. Zuccarini, 89 F. Supp. 2d 634 (E.D. Pa. 2000), 6 Computer L. Rev. & Tech. J. 329 (2002)