AMENDMENT TO TITLE 17, UNITED STATES CODE.

SEC. 203. AMENDMENT TO TITLE 17, UNITED STATES CODE. Section 504(c) of title 17, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:“(3) (A) In a case of infringement, it shall be a rebuttable presumption that the infringement was committed willfully for purposes of determining relief if the violator, or a person acting in concert with the violator, knowingly provided or knowingly caused to be provided materially false contact information to a domain name registrar, domain name registry, or other domain name registration authority in registering, maintaining, or renewing a domain name used in connection with the infringement.“(B) Nothing in this paragraph limits what may be considered willful infringement under this subsection.“(C) For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘domain name’ has the meaning given that term in section 45 of the Act entitled ‘An Act to provide for the registration and protection of trademarks used in commerce, to carry out the provisions of certain international conventions, and for other purposes’ 118 STAT. 3917 approved July 5, 1946 (commonly referred to as the ‘Trademark Act of 1946’; 15 U.S.C. 1127).”.