TRADEMARKS

Articles and editorials

Indian Tribe Pushes for Washington Redskins Name Change as NFL Owners Gather, H6352 [8OC]

NFL To Meet Tribe Over Redskins Name, H6353 [8OC]

Washington Redskins Name—Washington Post Poll Finds Most D.C. Area Fans Support It, H4087 [27JN]

Bills and resolutions

Bureau of Customs and Border Protection: provide for gathering of copyright and trademark information on merchandise presented for examination (see H.R. 22), H28 [3JA]

Courts: modify the prohibition on recognition of certain rights relative to certain marks, trade names, or commercial names (see S. 647), S2146 [21MR] (see H.R. 778), H595 [15FE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: protect the phrases GI Bill and Post-9/11 GI Bill from inappropriate or misleading marketing by entities targeting veterans (see S. 1211), S4793 [20JN]

Marks: provide for registration of marks consisting of a flag, coat of arms, or other insignia of the U.S., or any State or local government (see S. 1816), S8771 [12DE] (see H.R. 3713), H8107 [12DE]

Native Americans: cancel existing and prohibit future trademarks using the word ‘‘redskin’’ in reference to Native Americans (see H.R. 1278), H1717 [20MR]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: establish position of Chief Innovation and Intellectual Property Negotiator (see S. 660), S2328 [22MR]

Patent and Trademark Office: end application of budget sequestration (see H.R. 2582), H4174 [28JN]

——— provide for permanent funding (see H.R. 3349), H6827 [28OC]

Telecommunications: support growth through deregulation, additional broadband deployment, commercial use of spectrum, high-speed data transmission, and intellectual property protection (see H. Res. 57), H413 [6FE]

Letters

Non-Disparagement of Native American Persons or Peoples in Trademark Registration Act: Jefferson Keel, National Congress of American Indians, H3261 [11JN], H6351 [8OC]

Press releases

NARF Applauds Sponsors of Proposed Legislation To Curtail Offensive ‘‘Redskin’’ Trademark: Native American Rights Fund (organization), H3260 [11JN]

Remarks in House

India: address actions that infringe upon U.S. intellectual property rights, H7170 [18NO], H7492 [4DE]

Native Americans: cancel existing and prohibit future trademarks using the word ‘‘redskin’’ in reference to Native Americans (H.R. 1278), H3259 [11JN], H3657 [17JN], H4087 [27JN], H4316 [10JY], H5095 [30JY], H6350 [8OC], E363 [21MR], E1469 [9OC]