3.0.0 560 2023-01-11T13:28:18Z 2023-01-11T13:28:18Z Senate S 2015-02-25 114 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-02-25T19:19:10Z PARTS Act 114 1057 HR 2016-02-02 Subcommittee Hearings Held. Identical bill CRS 2015-02-25 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2015-02-25 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT N W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2015-02-25 True Commerce Intellectual property Manufacturing Marketing and advertising Motor vehicles Trade restrictions Commerce 00 2015-02-25 Introduced in Senate 2015-03-17T22:33:03Z Promoting Automotive Repair, Trade, and Sales Act of 2015 or the PARTS Act

Declares that it is 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, 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 as originally manufactured; or (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.

Defines: (1) "component part" as a component part of the exterior of a motor vehicle only (such as a hood, fender, tail light, side mirror, or quarter panel), excluding an inflatable restraint system or other component part located in the interior of a motor vehicle; and (2) "offer to sell" to include marketing or pre-sale distribution.

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

]]> Promoting Automotive Repair, Trade, and Sales Act of 2015 Display Title Promoting Automotive Repair, Trade, and Sales Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 35, United States Code, to provide for an exception from infringement for certain component parts of motor vehicles. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Promoting Automotive Repair, Trade, and Sales Act of 2015 Short Titles as Introduced PARTS Act Introduced in Senate 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s560is/xml/BILLS-114s560is.xml 2015-02-25 Read twice and referred to the 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.