3.0.0 2227 2023-01-15T11:03:07Z 2023-01-15T11:03:07Z Senate S S 2004-03-23 108 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Discharged from 2004-12-09T02:25:13Z Referred to 2004-03-23T22:08:05Z Anticounterfeiting Act of 2004 108 2242 S 2004-03-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Identical bill CRS Intellectual Property Protection and Courts Amendments Act of 2004 108 3632 HR 2004-12-23 Became Public Law No: 108-482. Related bill House 2004-12-08 Senate Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S12028-12029) Floor 2004-12-08 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S12028-12029) Floor 17000 9 Library of Congress 2004-12-08 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S12028-12029) Discharge 2004-12-08 Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S12028-12029) Committee 14500 9 Library of Congress ssju00 Judiciary Committee 2004-03-23 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3002-3003) IntroReferral 2004-03-23 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3001-3002) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2004-03-23 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000444 Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] JOSEPH BIDEN D DE ROBINETTE N H000725 Sen. Hollings, Ernest F. [D-SC] ERNEST HOLLINGS D SC FREDERICK 2004-03-23 True M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2004-03-23 True S001142 Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR] GORDON SMITH R OR H. 2004-03-23 True A000121 Sen. Allen, George [R-VA] GEORGE ALLEN R VA F. 2004-03-23 True N000180 Sen. Nelson, Ben [D-NE] E. Nelson D NE Benjamin 2004-04-01 False H.R.3632 https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/house-bill/3632 Crime and Law Enforcement Arts, Culture, Religion Civil actions and liability Commerce Computer software Copyright Counterfeiting Damages Fines (Penalties) Government Operations and Politics Identification devices Intellectual property Labeling Law Legal fees Motion pictures Packaging Science, Technology, Communications Signs and symbols Sound recording and reproducing Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2004-03-23 Introduced in Senate 2004-04-17T15:02:05Z Authorizes a copyright owner who is injured by a violation of this Act or is threatened with injury to bring a civil action in an appropriate U.S. district court. Sets forth remedies for violations.]]> 82 2004-12-08 Passed Senate without amendment 2005-02-18T19:52:53Z (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Anticounterfeiting Act of 2004 - Amends the Federal criminal code to prohibit trafficking in an "illicit authentication feature." Defines that term to mean an authentication feature that: (1) has been tampered with or altered without authorization so as to facilitate the reproduction or distribution of a phono-record, a copy of a computer program, motion picture or other audiovisual work, or documentation or packaging, in violation of the rights of the copyright owner; (2) is genuine, but has been distributed or is intended for distribution without authorization; or (3) appears to be genuine but is not.

Authorizes a copyright owner who is injured by a violation of this Act or is threatened with injury to bring a civil action in an appropriate U.S. district court. Allows the court to: (1) grant temporary or permanent injunctions to prevent or restrain violations; (2) order the impounding of an article in the custody or control of the alleged violator that the court has reasonable cause to believe was involved in a violation; and (3) award to the injured party reasonable attorney fees and costs, actual damages and any additional profits of the violator, or statutory damages.

Authorizes: (1) the injured party to elect to recover, instead of actual damages and profits, an award of statutory damages of between $2,500 and $25,000 for each violation; and (2) the court to increase a damage award by three times the amount that would otherwise be awarded upon finding that a person has violated this Act within three years after a final judgment was entered for a previous violation.

Sets a three-year statute of limitations from discovery of the violation.]]>

Anticounterfeiting Act of 2004 Display Title Anticounterfeiting Act of 2004 Official Title as Introduced A bill to prevent and punish counterfeiting and copyright piracy, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Anticounterfeiting Act of 2004 Short Titles as Passed Senate Anticounterfeiting Act of 2004 S Senate Engrossed in Senate 2004-12-08T05:00:00Z Introduced in Senate 2004-03-23T05:00:00Z 2004-12-08 Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S12028-12029) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.