TRADEMARKS

Bills and resolutions

China: prohibit certain Communist Party members from entering U.S. until government ceases theft of U.S. intellectual property (see H.R. 1016), H838 [14FE]

Consumers: establish contributory liability for online marketplace platforms when third party sells counterfeit products posing health or safety risk and require platforms to help prevent sale of such products (see S. 2934), S4678 [26SE]

Courts: modify prohibition on recognition by U.S. courts of certain rights relating to certain marks, trade names, or commercial names (see S. 746), S742 [9MR] (see H.R. 1505), H1248 [9MR]

Crime: allow owner of trade secret redress of theft of trade secrets extraterritorially (see H.R. 844), H709 [6FE]

Dept. of Commerce: provide for presumption of denial of licenses for export, reexport, or in-country transfer of technology to end users in China or Russia (see S. 2170), S2223 [22JN]

Dept. of Defense: allow trademarks owned or controlled by the Dept., to be combined with religious insignia on commercial ID tags (commonly known as ‘‘dog tags’’) and sold by lawful trademark licensees (see H.R. 392), H243 [17JA]

FAA: prohibit airport improvement grants funds from being used for contracts with entities that have violated intellectual property rights of U.S. entities (see S. 1965), S2096 [14JN]

National Anti-Counterfeiting Consumer Education and Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 325), S3758 [27JY]

Patent and Trademark Office: clarify that licensing of mark for use by related company does not establish employment relationship between owner of mark and that related company or its employees (see S. 2173), S2224 [22JN]

Pharmaceuticals: prohibit use of patents, trade secrets, or other intellectual property to inhibit competition (see S. 574), S567 [1MR] (see H.R. 4692), H3640 [17JY]

Remarks in House

Courts: modify prohibition on recognition by U.S. courts of certain rights relating to certain marks, trade names, or commercial names (H.R. 1505), H5676, H5677 [13NO], E1119 [21NO]

Remarks in Senate

National Anti-Counterfeiting Consumer Education and Awareness Month: designate (S. Res. 325), S3839 [27JY]

Reports filed

No Stolen Trademarks Honored in America Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1505) (H. Rept. 118–232), H4908 [29SE]

Texts of

H.R. 1505, No Stolen Trademarks Honored in America Act, H5676 [13NO]

S. Res. 325, National Anti-Counterfeiting Consumer Education and Awareness Month, S3771 [27JY]