HR 1627 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

No Stolen Trademarks Honored in America Act

Introduced Mar 25, 2015 Originated House Sponsor Darrell Issa R-CA

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Apr 29, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.

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.

  1. IntroducedMar 25, 2015
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

No Stolen Trademarks Honored in America Act

Amends the Department of Commerce and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 to prohibit U.S. courts from recognizing, enforcing, or otherwise validating any assertion of rights by an individual (under current law, by a designated Cuban national) of a mark, trade name, or commercial name that was used in connection with a business or assets that were confiscated by the Cuban government unless the original owner of such mark or name, or such owner's bona fide successor, has expressly consented. Applies such prohibition only if the individual asserting the rights knew or had reason to know at the time of acquiring the rights asserted that the mark or name was the same or substantially similar to the mark or name used in connection with the business or assets that were confiscated.

Cosponsors 17

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 25, 2015 to Jun 9, 2016; 2 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-FLDebbie Wasserman SchultzOriginalMar 25, 2015
R-FLIleana Ros-LehtinenOriginalMar 25, 2015
R-VARobert J. WittmanMar 26, 2015
R-FLAnder CrenshawApr 14, 2015
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsApr 21, 2015
D-NYEliot L. EngelApr 21, 2015
D-FLFrederica S. WilsonApr 28, 2015
R-FLDennis A. RossMay 18, 2015
R-FLMario Diaz-BalartMay 18, 2015
D-FLTheodore E. DeutchMay 20, 2015
R-TNMarsha BlackburnJul 8, 2015
R-ILPeter J. RoskamJul 29, 2015
R-FLCarlos CurbeloOct 8, 2015
D-PRPedro R. PierluisiOct 8, 2015
R-FLBill PoseyNov 3, 2015
R-SCJeff DuncanNov 3, 2015
D-FLLois FrankelJun 9, 2016

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseJudiciary Committee
Referred Mar 25, 2015
Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet Subcommittee
Referred Apr 29, 2015

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Apr 29, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
  2. Mar 25, 2015Introduced in House
  3. Mar 25, 2015Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

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.

Constitutional authority

[Pages H2034-H2035] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] By Mr. ISSA: H.R. 1627. Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8, clause 3, ``to regulate Commerce with Foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;'' and Article 1, Section 8, clause 8, ``to promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Rights to their respective Writings and Discoveries,''

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 50, March 25, 2015, page H2035.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
Serial No. 114-62RESOLVING ISSUES WITH CONFISCATED PROPERTY IN CUBA, HAVANA CLUB RUM AND OTHER PROPERTY113 pagesJudiciary CommitteeFeb 11, 2016

CRS reports 1

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 1

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

ProductTitleKindPublished
R43926Cuba: Issues and Actions in the 114th Congress ArchivedReportJan 18, 2017

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 757No Stolen Trademarks Honored in America ActIdentical billMar 17, 2015
HR 1450No Stolen Trademarks Honored in America ActReintroduced BillMar 21, 2017

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To modify the prohibition on recognition by United States courts of certain rights relating to certain marks, trade names, or commercial names.
Short Titles as Introduced
No Stolen Trademarks Honored in America Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Law.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 25, 2015Introduced in House

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