[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Page 20921]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   AMENDING THE TRADEMARK ACT OF 1946

  Ms. COLLINS. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Judiciary Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. 2796 
and that the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk 
will report the bill by title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 2796) to clarify that service marks, collective 
     marks, and certification marks are entitled to the same 
     protections, rights, and privileges as trademarks.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Ms. COLLINS. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the bill 
be read a third time and passed, that the motion to reconsider be laid 
upon the table, and that any statements relating to the bill be printed 
in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The bill (S. 2796) was read the third time and passed, as follows:

                                S. 2796

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

     SECTION 1. PROTECTIONS, RIGHTS, AND PRIVILEGES OF SERVICE 
                   MARKS, COLLECTIVE MARKS, AND CERTIFICATION 
                   MARKS.

       The Act entitled ``An Act to provide for the registration 
     and protection of trade-marks used in commerce, to carry out 
     the provisions of certain international conventions, and for 
     other purposes'', approved July 5, 1946 (commonly referred to 
     as the Trademark Act of 1946) is amended--
       (1) in section 3 (15 U.S.C. 1053) in the first sentence, by 
     striking ``protection'' and inserting ``protections, rights, 
     and privileges''; and
       (2) in section 4 (15 U.S.C. 1054) in the first sentence, by 
     striking ``protection'' and inserting ``protections, rights, 
     and privileges''.

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