105th Congress > House > Vote 1090

Date: September 28, 1998

Result: 245-167 (Failed)

Clerk session vote number: 470

Vote Subject Matter: Civil Liberties / Domestic Social Policy

Sponsor: GOODLATTE, Robert William (R-VA)

Bill number: HR3891

Question: Suspend the rules and pass, as amended

Description: Trademark Anticounterfeiting Act

Bill summary: Trademark Anticounterfeiting Act of 1998 - Amends the Trademark Act of 1946 (Lanham Act) and the Federal criminal code to declare unlawful unauthorized modification of product identification codes, including: (1) specified acts of tampering with the product identification code of any good; and (2) importing, exporting, distributing, or brokering goods whose product identification codes have been tampered with. Excludes from such proscription certain actions relating to repackaging for resale. Subjects violators to liability for: (1) civil and criminal penalties; (2) general and statutory damages; and (3) court costs and attorney's fees. Designates the Attorney General as the chief enforcement official.

Bill titles: To amend the Trademark Act of 1946 to prohibit the unauthorized destruction, modification, or alteration of product identification codes, and for other purposes.

Links for more info on the vote: congress.gov

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