TRADEMARKS

Amendments

Crime: provide penalties for trafficking in counterfeit marks (H.R. 32), S1365, S1369 [15FE], H593 [7MR]

Bills and resolutions

Foreign aid: require recipients of U.S. foreign assistance to certify that the assistance will not be used to intentionally traffic in goods or services that contain counterfeit marks (see H.R. 5249), H1916 [27AP]

Intellectual property: protect globally (see S. Con. Res. 87), S2902 [5AP] (see H. Con. Res. 380), H1562 [5AP]

Patent and Trademark Office: allow waiver of statutory provisions governing patents and trademarks in certain emergencies (see H.R. 4742), H273 [14FE]

———conform certain filing provisions (see H.R. 5120), H1677 [6AP]

Remarks in House

Crime: provide penalties for trafficking in counterfeit marks (H.R. 32), H593-H596 [7MR]

Dept. of State: Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs intellectual property rights protection funding, H4731 [28JN]

Foreign aid: require recipients of U.S. foreign assistance to certify that the assistance will not be used to intentionally traffic in goods or services that contain counterfeit marks, H3678, H3679 [9JN]

Intellectual property: reduce digital piracy on college campuses, H1355 [30MR]

———reduce piracy in Vietnam, H4760 [28JN]

Remarks in Senate

Crime: provide penalties for trafficking in counterfeit marks (H.R. 32), S1124, S1125 [13FE], S1367-S1369 [15FE], S1829 [7MR]

Trademark Act: amend relative to dilution by blurring or tarnishment (H.R. 683), S1921, S1923 [8MR]

Reports filed

Anniversary of Bayh-Dole Act Amendments to Patent and Trademark Laws: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H. Con. Res. 319) (H. Rept. 109-409), H1561 [5AP]

Trademark Dilution Revision Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (H.R. 683), S1504 [27FE]

Waiver of Statutory Provisions Governing Patents and Trademarks in Certain Emergencies: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 4742) (H. Rept. 109-408), H1561 [5AP]

Texts of

H.R. 32, Stop Counterfeiting in Manufactured Goods Act, H593 [7MR]

H.R. 683, Trademark Dilution Revision Act, S1921-S1923 [8MR]

S. Con. Res. 87, protect intellectual property rights globally, S2919 [5AP]