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antideficiency legislation.See LEGISLATION. [Blacks Law 8th]

Anticybersquatting  Consumer  Protection  Act.Trademarks.  A 1999 federal law authorizing a trademark owner to obtain a federal-court order transferring ownership of a domain name from a cybersquatter  to  the  trademark  owner.  •  A  mark’s  owner  must  show  that  (1)  the  mark  and  the domain name are identical or confusingly similar; (2) the mark was distinctive when…

Anticounterfeiting  Consumer  Protection  Act.Copyright  &  trademarks.  A  federal  law  to discourage counter-feiting of trademarks and copyrighted merchandise such as computer programs, phonorecords,  and  motion  pictures.  •  The  law  imposes  criminal  liability  for  trafficking  in counterfeit  goods and services (18 USCA § 2318), provides for the seizure of counterfeit  goods (15 USCA § 1116(d)(9)), and provides…

anticontest clause.See NO-CONTEST CLAUSE. [Blacks Law 8th]

anticompetitive  conduct.Antitrust.  An  act  that  harms  or  seeks  to  harm  the  market  or  the process of competition among businesses, and that has no legitimate business purpose. [Blacks Law 8th]

anticircumvention  device.Copyright. An apparatus designed to  prevent bypassing, avoiding, removing,  deacti-vating,  or  impairing  a  technological  measure  that  controls  access  to  a  work protected by copyright; an apparatus in a media player or receiver, such as a DVD player or a TV satellite dish, designed to prevent unauthorized use or duplication of copyrighted material. [Blacks Law 8th]

anticipatory search warrant.See SEARCH WARRANT. [Blacks Law 8th]

anticipatory repudiation.See REPUDIATION. [Blacks Law 8th]

anticipatory replication.See REPLICATION. [Blacks Law 8th]

anticipatory offense.See inchoate offense under OFFENSE(1). [Blacks Law 8th]