S 2987
116th Congress
Senate
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Customs enforcement
Intellectual property
User charges and fees
Counterfeit Goods Seizure Act of 2019
Introduced: December 5, 2019
Introduced by:
Tillis, Thomas
Republican
· North Carolina
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In committee
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 5, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Dec 5, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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.)
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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