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HR 5194 108th Congress House Commerce Advertising Government Operations and Politics Intellectual property Marketing Quality of products Service industries Signs and symbols Trade associations Trademarks

To clarify that service marks, collective marks, and certification marks are entitled to the same protections, rights, and privileges of trademarks.

Introduced: September 30, 2004 Introduced by: Simpson, Michael K. Republican · Idaho See on congress.gov
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Nov 5, 2004
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.
Sep 30, 2004
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Sep 30, 2004
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Trademark Act of 1946 to provide registered service marks, collective marks, and certification marks with the same protections, rights, and privileges as registered trademarks.

What's happening now November 5, 2004

Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5194: To clarify that service marks, collective marks, and certification marks are entitled to the same protections, rights, and privileges of trademarks.. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-5194/
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"H.R. 5194: To clarify that service marks, collective marks, and certification marks are entitled to the same protections, rights, and privileges of trademarks.." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-5194/.
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H.R. 5194, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-5194/.
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[H.R. 5194: To clarify that service marks, collective marks, and certification marks are entitled to the same protections, rights, and privileges of trademarks.](https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-5194/)
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