To modify the prohibition on recognition by United States courts of certain rights relating to certain marks, trade names, or commercial names.
No Stolen Trademarks Honored in America Act of 2023
This act modifies the bar against U.S. courts enforcing or validating trademarks that were confiscated by the Cuban government.
The act prohibits U.S. courts and executive branch agencies from enforcing or validating such confiscated trademarks if the mark has been used in connection with a confiscated business or asset. Currently, the prohibition is limited to U.S. courts and applies only if the confiscated trademark is being asserted in the United States by a Cuban national.
Under the act, the prohibition shall not apply if the original trademark owner, or a successor, has expressly consented to the enforcement action.
The prohibition shall apply only if the entity asserting the trademark rights knew or should have known, when it acquired the rights, that the mark was the same or substantially similar to one connected to a confiscated business or asset.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 118-232.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 188.
Mr. Issa moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5676-5677)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1505.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5676)
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5676)
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Enacted as Public Law 118-137
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Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6638)
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Became Public Law No: 118-137.
Became Public Law No: 118-137.