3.0.0 3889 2022-03-02T05:13:14Z 2022-03-02T05:13:14Z House H HR 2012-02-02 112 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. ISSA:H.R. 3889.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8, Clause 8 of the Constitution[Page H440]]]> hsju00 Judiciary Committee House Standing hsju12 Over-Criminalization Task Force Subcommittee Hearings by 2012-08-01T15:09:44Z Referred to 2012-02-16T15:12:14Z Referred to 2012-02-02T15:02:50Z 2012-08-01 hsju12 Over-Criminalization Task Force Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Subcommittee Hearings Held. Committee 2012-02-16 hsju12 Over-Criminalization Task Force Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet. Committee 2012-02-02 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsju00 Judiciary Committee 2012-02-02 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2012-02-02 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress I000056 Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49] DARRELL ISSA R CA E. 49 N L000397 Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-16] ZOE LOFGREN D CA 16 2012-02-02 True C001075 Rep. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA-6] Bill Cassidy R LA 6 2012-05-07 False R000593 Rep. Ross, Dennis A. [R-FL-12] Dennis Ross R FL A. 12 2012-05-07 False J000255 Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3] WALTER JONES R NC B. 3 2012-05-15 False P000583 Rep. Paul, Ron [R-TX-14] RON PAUL R TX 14 2012-07-18 False Commerce Intellectual property Manufacturing Marketing and advertising Motor vehicles Trade restrictions Commerce 00 2012-02-02 Introduced in House 2012-03-12T18:57:11Z Promoting Automotive Repair, Trade, and Sales Act or the PARTS Act - Makes it not an act of infringement, with respect to a design patent that claims a component part of a motor vehicle as originally manufactured, to: (1) make, test, or offer to sell within the United States, or import into the United States, any article of manufacture that is similar or the same in appearance to the component part claimed in such design patent if the purpose of such article is for the repair of a motor vehicle to restore its appearance to as originally manufactured; and (2) use or sell within the United States any such same or similar articles for such restorations more than 30 months after the claimed component part is first offered for public sale as part of a motor vehicle in any country.

Specifies that an offer to sell includes any marketing of an article of manufacture to prospective purchasers or users and any pre-sale distribution.

Applies this Act to any patent issued, or application filed, before, on, or after the effective date of this Act.

]]> PARTS Act Short Titles as Introduced PARTS Act Short Titles as Introduced Promoting Automotive Repair, Trade, and Sales Act Display Title PARTS Act Official Title as Introduced To amend title 35, United States Code, to provide for an exception from infringement for certain component parts of motor vehicles. Introduced in House 2012-02-02T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr3889ih/xml/BILLS-112hr3889ih.xml 2012-08-01 Subcommittee Hearings Held. 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.