HR 3059
111th Congress
House
Commerce
Intellectual property
Manufacturing
Trade restrictions
Access to Repair Parts Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 25, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jun 25, 2009
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Access to Repair Parts Act - Makes it not an act of infringement of any design patent to make, use, offer to sell, sell, or import into the United States any article that is a component part of another article, if the sole purpose of the component part is for the repair of the article of which it is a part so as to restore its original appearance.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
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