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S 1234 111th Congress Senate

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

Introduced: June 11, 2009 See on congress.gov
Law Caribbean areaCivil actions and liabilityCubaEvidence and witnesses
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Intellectual propertyJurisdiction and venueLatin AmericaProperty rights
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Jun 11, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Jun 11, 2009
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 Latest action June 11, 2009

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

 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.

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Wicker, Roger F.
Mississippi · Nov 9, 2009
Burr, Richard
· Jun 11, 2009
Vitter, David
· Jun 11, 2009
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1234: A bill to modify the prohibition on recognition by United States courts of certain rights relating to certain marks, trade names, or commercial names.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1234/
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"S. 1234: A bill to modify the prohibition on recognition by United States courts of certain rights relating to certain marks, trade names, or commercial names.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1234/.
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S. 1234, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1234/.
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