Madrid Protocol Implementation Act
Latest action · Oct 3, 2002 For Further Action See H.R.2215.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 27, 2001
- Passed HouseMar 14, 2001
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Authorizes the owner of a basic application for mark registration pending before, or of a basic registration granted by, the Patent and Trademark Office who is a U.S. national, is domiciled in the United States, or has a real and effective industrial or commercial establishment in the United States to file an international application with the Office. Requires the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks to certify that information contained in the international application corresponds to that in the basic application or registration and to transmit the application to the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization.
Authorizes holders of international registrations based on U.S. registrations to request extensions of protection from the International Bureau or the Office and entitles them to: (1) extensions of U.S. protection; and (2) a right of priority under the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, subject to certain conditions.
Bars protection: (1) for an international registration if the Office is the office of origin; and (2) to any mark not registrable on the Principal Register.
Sets forth provisions relating to extension of U.S. protection (including cancellation of such protection) for goods and services under an international registration that has been canceled or is not renewed, and concerning authorized holders of such registrations.
Authorizes extensions of protection only to persons who are nationals of, or have other specified connections to, a country that is a Contracting Party or a member of an intergovernmental organization that is a Contracting Party to the Protocol.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 27, 2001 to Mar 6, 2001, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Howard L. Berman | Original | Feb 27, 2001 |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Mar 6, 2001 |
Actions 15
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 3, 2002For Further Action See H.R.2215.
- Mar 15, 2001Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- Mar 14, 2001Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H889-893)
- Mar 14, 2001DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 741.
- Mar 14, 2001Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 407 | Madrid Protocol Implementation Act | Identical bill | Jun 14, 2002 |
| HR 2215 | 21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act | Procedurally related | Nov 2, 2002 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
- Administrative fees
- Administrative procedure
- Commerce
- Department of Commerce
- Economics and Public Finance
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Intellectual property
- International Affairs
- International agencies
- Law
- Trademark agreements
- Trademarks
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