[118th Congress Public Law 137]
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Public Law 118-137
118th Congress

                                 An Act


 
  To modify the prohibition on recognition by United States courts of 
  certain rights relating to certain marks, trade names, or commercial 
              names. <<NOTE: Dec. 1, 2024 -  [H.R. 1505]>> 

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, <<NOTE: No Stolen 
Trademarks Honored in America Act of 2023.>> 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``No Stolen Trademarks Honored in 
America Act of 2023''.
SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF PROHIBITION.

    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 amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(2)--
                    (A) by inserting ``or entity of the executive 
                branch'' after ``U.S. court'';
                    (B) by striking ``by a designated national''; and
                    (C) by inserting before the period ``that was used 
                in connection with a business or assets that were 
                confiscated unless the original owner of the mark, trade 
                name, or commercial name, or the bonafide successor-in-
                interest has expressly consented'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) by inserting ``or entity of the executive 
                branch'' after ``U.S. court''; and
                    (B) by striking ``by a designated national or its 
                successor-in-interest'';
            (3) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e);
            (4) by inserting after subsection (c) the following:

    ``(d) <<NOTE: Applicability.>>  Subsections (a)(2) and (b) of this 
section shall apply only if the person or entity asserting the rights 
knew or had reason to know at the time when the person or entity 
acquired the rights asserted that the mark, trade name, or commercial 
name was the same as or substantially similar to a mark, trade name, or 
commercial name that was used in connection with a business or assets 
that were confiscated.''; and

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            (5) in subsection (e), as so redesignated, by striking ``In 
        this section:'' and all that follows through ``(2) The term'' 
        and inserting ``In this section, the term''.

    Approved December 1, 2024.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--H.R. 1505:
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HOUSE REPORTS: No. 118-232 (Comm. on the Judiciary).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD:
                                                        Vol. 169 (2023):
                                    Nov. 13, considered and passed 
                                        House.
                                                        Vol. 170 (2024):
                                    Nov. 19, considered and passed 
                                        Senate.

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