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HR 1103 111th Congress House Law Caribbean area Civil actions and liability Cuba Evidence and witnesses Intellectual property Jurisdiction and venue Latin America Property rights

To modify the prohibition on recognition by United States courts of certain rights relating to certain marks, trade names, or commercial names.

Introduced: February 13, 2009 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 16, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy.
Feb 13, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Feb 13, 2009
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Department of Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 to prohibit U.S. courts from recognizing, enforcing, or otherwise validating any assertion of rights by an individual (under current law, by a designated Cuban national) of a mark, trade name, or commercial name that was used in connection with a business or assets that were confiscated by the Cuban government unless the original owner of such mark or name, or such owner's bona fide successor, has expressly consented. Applies such prohibition only if the individual asserting the rights knew or had reason to know at the time of acquiring the rights asserted that the mark or name was the same or substantially similar to the mark or name used in connection with the business or assets that were confiscated.

What's happening now March 16, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy.

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