Amends the Federal criminal code to prescribe penalties for the unauthorized use of the name Visiting Nurse Association, Visiting Nurse Service, VNA, VNS, or any colorable imitation thereof, in commerce or in connection with any goods or services in such a manner as to cause confusion or to falsely suggest that the goods, services, person, or organization is associated in any way with a Visiting Nurse Association, Visiting Nurse Service, or Visiting Nurse Associations of America.
Specifies that the provisions of this Act shall not apply to any person or organization who used such names continuously for at least two years prior to the date of enactment of this Act.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Administration of Justice.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Committee on Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
Committee on Judiciary. Reported to Senate by Senator Biden with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. Without written report.
Committee on Judiciary. Reported to Senate by Senator Biden with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title. Without written report.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 950.
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Voice Vote.
Passed Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title by Voice Vote.
Received in the House.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
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Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Administration of Justice.