[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[S. 1806 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1806

To restore to the judiciary the power to decide all trademark and trade 
name cases arising under the laws and treaties of the United States by 
  repealing the prohibition on recognition by United States courts of 
 certain rights relating to certain marks, trade names, and commercial 
  names and impediments to registration of such marks, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 17, 2007

   Mr. Leahy (for himself, Mr. Craig, Mr. Bingaman, and Mr. Roberts) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To restore to the judiciary the power to decide all trademark and trade 
name cases arising under the laws and treaties of the United States by 
  repealing the prohibition on recognition by United States courts of 
 certain rights relating to certain marks, trade names, and commercial 
  names and impediments to registration of such marks, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Judicial Powers Restoration Act of 
2007''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSE.

    The purpose of this Act is to restore to the judiciary the power to 
decide all trademark and trade name cases arising under the laws and 
treaties of the United States by repealing the prohibition on 
recognition by United States courts of certain rights relating to 
certain marks, trade names, and commercial names and impediments to 
registration of such marks.

SEC. 3. REPEAL.

    (a) In General.--Section 211 of the Department of Commerce and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained in section 
101(b) of division A of Public Law 105-277; 112 Stat. 2681-88) is 
repealed.
    (b) Regulations.--Not later than 30 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall issue such 
regulations as are necessary to carry out the repeal made by subsection 
(a), including removing or revoking any prohibition on transactions or 
payments to which subsection (a)(1) of section 211 of the Department of 
Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 applied.
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