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; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from 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 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Feb 27, 2001Markup Mar 8, 2001Reported Mar 13, 2001 |
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Mar 15, 2001 |
Actions 14
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, 2001Mr. Sensenbrenner moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- 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, 2001Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H889-891)
- Mar 14, 2001Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Mar 13, 2001Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 107-19.
- Mar 13, 2001Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 14.
- Mar 8, 2001Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Mar 8, 2001Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Feb 27, 2001Introduced in House
- Feb 27, 2001Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E213)
- Feb 27, 2001Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H889–H893Text printed H889–H891 | F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. R-WI, Howard Coble R-NC, Howard L. Berman D-CA, John Conyers, Jr. D-MI, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX | Mar 14, 2001 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E213 | Howard Coble R-NC | Feb 27, 2001 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Mar 13, 2001H.R. 741, Madrid Protocol Implementation Act<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on March 8, 2001</p>
- Mar 13, 2001H.R. 741, Madrid Protocol Implementation ActCost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on March 8, 2001
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 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Trademark Act of 1946 to provide for the registration and protection of trademarks used in commerce, in order to carry out provisions of certain international conventions, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Madrid Protocol Implementation Act
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Madrid Protocol Implementation Act
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
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 15, 2001Referred in Senate
- Mar 14, 2001Engrossed in House
- Mar 13, 2001Reported in House
- Feb 27, 2001Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
