US HB1683 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on March 12 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-05-03 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, And The Internet Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Modifies the bar against U.S. courts enforcing or validating trademarks that were confiscated by the Cuban government. The bill prohibits U.S. courts from enforcing or validating such confiscated trademarks if the mark had been used in connection with a confiscated business or asset. Currently, the prohibition applies only if the confiscated trademark is being asserted in the United States by a Cuban national. Under the bill, the prohibition shall not apply if the original trademark owner, or a successor, has expressly consented to the enforcement action. The prohibition shall apply only if the entity asserting the trademark rights knew or should have known, when it acquired the rights, that the mark was the same or substantially similar to one connected to a confiscated business or asset.

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Title

No Stolen Trademarks Honored in America Act

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History

DateChamberAction
2019-05-03HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
2019-03-12HouseReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2019-03-12HouseIntroduced in House

Same As/Similar To

SB756 (Same As) 2019-03-12 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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