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S 2987 116th Congress Senate

Counterfeit Goods Seizure Act of 2019

Official title: A bill to authorize U.S. Customs and Border Protection to seize imported merchandise that infringes a design patent, and for other purposes.

Introduced: December 5, 2019 Introduced by: Tillis, Thomas Republican · North Carolina See on congress.gov
Foreign Trade and International Finance Customs enforcementIntellectual propertyUser charges and fees
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Dec 5, 2019
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 Latest action December 5, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Counterfeit Goods Seizure Act of 2019

This bill authorizes the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to seize goods or packaging entering the United States that involve design patent infringement. Current law authorizes the CBP to seize only goods or packaging that involve copyright, trademark, or trade name infringement.

The CBP may impose a fee to cover the administrative costs of recording design patents. (Currently, rights owners may record their intellectual property with the CBP to assist with the CBP's intellectual property enforcement efforts.)

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Republican 1
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Cassidy, Bill
Louisiana · Dec 5, 2019
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Coons, Christopher A.
Delaware · Dec 5, 2019
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Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · Dec 5, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2987: Counterfeit Goods Seizure Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2987/
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"S. 2987: Counterfeit Goods Seizure Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2987/.
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S. 2987, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2987/.
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