3.0.0 3499 2023-01-11T13:18:21Z 2023-01-11T13:18:21Z House H HR 2009-07-31 111 hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing Referred to 2009-07-31T13:13:46Z 2009-07-31 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2009-07-31 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-07-31 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M001171 Rep. Maffei, Daniel B. [D-NY-25] Daniel Maffei D NY B. 25 N Commerce Intellectual property Marketing and advertising Commerce 00 2009-07-31 Introduced in House 2009-12-02T22:21:13Z Trademark Protection Act - Amends the Trademark Act of 1946 to allow civil suits against persons who use trademarks that are misleadingly misdirective as to origin.

Defines "misleadingly misdirective as to origin" as referring to the use of a trademark, which has as an exclusive element the name of a state or municipality within a state, on or in connection with goods that are not or are no longer produced in whole or in part in such state or municipality or that do not contain a component produced in such state or municipality.

]]> Trademark Protection Act Display Title Trademark Protection Act Official Title as Introduced To amend the Trademark Act of 1946 to allow civil actions against persons who use trademarks that are misleading as to the origin of goods in certain cases. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Trademark Protection Act Introduced in House 2009-07-31T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr3499ih/xml/BILLS-111hr3499ih.xml 2009-07-31 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. 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.