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No Stolen Trademarks Honored in America Act

USA116th CongressS-756| Senate 
| Updated: 3/12/2019
Robert Menendez

Robert Menendez

Democratic Senator

New Jersey

Cosponsors (7)
Rick Scott (Republican)Mike Braun (Republican)Marsha Blackburn (Republican)Todd Young (Republican)Ted Cruz (Republican)Marco Rubio (Republican)Richard Burr (Republican)

Judiciary Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
No Stolen Trademarks Honored in America Act This bill modifies the bar against U.S. courts enforcing or validating trademarks that were confiscated by the Cuban government. The bill prohibits U.S. courts from enforcing or validating such confiscated trademarks if the mark had been used in connection with a confiscated business or asset. Currently, the prohibition applies only if the confiscated trademark is being asserted in the United States by a Cuban national. Under the bill, the prohibition shall not apply if the original trademark owner, or a successor, has expressly consented to the enforcement action. The prohibition shall apply only if the entity asserting the trademark rights knew or should have known, when it acquired the rights, that the mark was the same or substantially similar to one connected to a confiscated business or asset.
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Timeline
Mar 12, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Mar 12, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
May 3, 2019

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 116-1683
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
  • March 12, 2019
    Introduced in Senate


  • March 12, 2019
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.


  • May 3, 2019

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 116-1683
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.

Commerce

Related Bills

  • HR 116-1683: No Stolen Trademarks Honored in America Act
Caribbean areaCivil actions and liabilityCubaEvidence and witnessesIntellectual propertyJurisdiction and venueLatin AmericaProperty rights

No Stolen Trademarks Honored in America Act

USA116th CongressS-756| Senate 
| Updated: 3/12/2019
No Stolen Trademarks Honored in America Act This bill modifies the bar against U.S. courts enforcing or validating trademarks that were confiscated by the Cuban government. The bill prohibits U.S. courts from enforcing or validating such confiscated trademarks if the mark had been used in connection with a confiscated business or asset. Currently, the prohibition applies only if the confiscated trademark is being asserted in the United States by a Cuban national. Under the bill, the prohibition shall not apply if the original trademark owner, or a successor, has expressly consented to the enforcement action. The prohibition shall apply only if the entity asserting the trademark rights knew or should have known, when it acquired the rights, that the mark was the same or substantially similar to one connected to a confiscated business or asset.
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Timeline
Mar 12, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Mar 12, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
May 3, 2019

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 116-1683
Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
  • March 12, 2019
    Introduced in Senate


  • March 12, 2019
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.


  • May 3, 2019

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 116-1683
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
Robert Menendez

Robert Menendez

Democratic Senator

New Jersey

Cosponsors (7)
Rick Scott (Republican)Mike Braun (Republican)Marsha Blackburn (Republican)Todd Young (Republican)Ted Cruz (Republican)Marco Rubio (Republican)Richard Burr (Republican)

Judiciary Committee

Commerce

Related Bills

  • HR 116-1683: No Stolen Trademarks Honored in America Act
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Caribbean areaCivil actions and liabilityCubaEvidence and witnessesIntellectual propertyJurisdiction and venueLatin AmericaProperty rights