To amend the Trademark Act of 1946 to correct an error in the provisions relating to remedies for dilution.
Latest action · Oct 5, 2012 Became Public Law No: 112-190.
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.
- IntroducedJul 26, 2012
- Passed HouseSep 11, 2012
- Passed SenateSep 22, 2012
- To the PresidentSep 25, 2012
- Became lawOct 5, 2012Public Law 112-190
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the House on September 11, 2012. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Amends the Trademark Act of 1946 to specify that ownership of a valid federal registration of a mark is a complete bar to an action with respect to the mark that: (1) is brought by another person under the common law or a statute of a state; and (2) seeks to prevent dilution (by blurring or by tarnishment) or asserts any claim of actual or likely damage or harm to the distinctiveness or reputation of a mark, label, or form of advertisement. (Removes any such federal-registration defense with respect to dilution claims under federal law and specifies that such a defense is only available in response to dilution claims under state law.)
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
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 Jul 26, 2012Markup Aug 1, 2012Reported Sep 10, 2012 |
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Sep 12, 2012Discharged Sep 22, 2012 |
Actions 19
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 5, 2012Signed by President.
- Oct 5, 2012Became Public Law No: 112-190.
- Sep 25, 2012Presented to President.
- Sep 24, 2012Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Sep 22, 2012Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR 9/21/2012 S6665)
- Sep 22, 2012Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR 9/21/2012 S6665)
- Sep 22, 2012Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
- Sep 12, 2012Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- Sep 11, 2012Mr. Smith (TX) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Sep 11, 2012Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5795-5796)
- Sep 11, 2012DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6215.
- Sep 11, 2012Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5795)
- Sep 11, 2012Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Sep 10, 2012Reported by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 112-647.
- Sep 10, 2012Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 465.
- Aug 1, 2012Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Aug 1, 2012Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Jul 26, 2012Introduced in House
- Jul 26, 2012Referred 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S6665 | Mark L. Pryor D-AR | Sep 21, 2012 |
| House | Debate and remarks H5795Text printed H5795 | Lamar Smith R-TX, Melvin L. Watt D-NC | Sep 11, 2012 |
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 estimate
- Aug 23, 2012H.R. 6215, a bill to amend the Trademark Act of 1946 to correct an error in the provisions relating to remedies for dilutionAs ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on August 1, 2012
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H5327.
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Trademark Act of 1946 to correct an error in the provisions relating to remedies for dilution.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
Text 5
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- —Enrolled Bill
- Sep 12, 2012Referred in Senate
- Sep 11, 2012Engrossed in House
- Sep 10, 2012Reported in House
- Jul 26, 2012Introduced 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.
