I
111th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1103
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 13, 2009
Mr. Wexler (for himself, Mr. Issa, Mr. Engel, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Boyd, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Rothman of New Jersey, Mr. Klein of Florida, and Mr. Patrick J. Murphy of Pennsylvania) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To modify the prohibition on recognition by United States courts of certain rights relating to certain marks, trade names, or commercial names.
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—
in subsection (a)(2)—
by striking
by a designated national
; and
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
;
in subsection (b),
by striking by a designated national or its
successor-in-interest
;
by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e);
by inserting after subsection (c) the following:
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
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
.