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HR 6058 116th Congress House

SHOP SAFE Act of 2020

Official title: To amend the Trademark Act of 1946 to provide for contributory liability for certain electronic commerce platforms for use of a counterfeit mark by a third par… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Trademark Act of 1946 to provide for contributory liability for certain electronic commerce platforms for use of a counterfeit mark by a third party on such platforms, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 2, 2020 Introduced by: Nadler, Jerrold Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
Commerce Business ethicsBusiness recordsCivil actions and liabilityFraud offenses and financial crimes
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Intellectual propertyInternet and video servicesInternet, web applications, social mediaRetail and wholesale trades
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Mar 2, 2020
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 Latest action March 2, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Stopping Harmful Offers on Platforms by Screening Against Fakes in E-commerce Act of 2020 or SHOP SAFE Act of 2020

This bill establishes that an electronic commerce platform shall be liable for trademark infringement by a third-party seller of goods that implicate health and safety unless the platform takes certain actions.

Specifically, the platform may be contributorily liable if the seller uses a counterfeit mark in connection with selling, offering, or advertising such goods on the platform. The platform may avoid such liability by taking certain actions, including (1) requiring the seller to be available for service of process in the United States, (2) verifying the seller's identity and contact information, (3) requiring the seller to agree to not use counterfeit marks with goods sold on the platform, (4) implementing technical measures to prescreen listings on the platform and remove listings for goods being sold with a counterfeit mark, and (5) implementing policies to remove and ban repeat offenders.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 2 Republican 2
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Stanton, Greg
Arizona · Oct 9, 2020
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Steube, W. Gregory
Florida · Oct 9, 2020
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Cline, Ben
Virginia · Mar 12, 2020
Deutch, Theodore
· Mar 12, 2020
Collins, Doug
· Mar 2, 2020
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Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Mar 2, 2020
Roby, Martha
· Mar 2, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6058: SHOP SAFE Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6058/
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"H.R. 6058: SHOP SAFE Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6058/.
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H.R. 6058, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6058/.
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