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H.R. 1661, 105th Congress

Trademark Law Treaty Implementation Act

Originated in the House · Introduced May 20, 1997 · Commerce

Latest action

Jul 23, 1997

Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

CRS summary

As of Jul 22, 1997

Passed House amended

Trademark Law Treaty Implementation Act - Amends the Trademark Act of 1946 to revise trademark registration requirements.

Requires owners of trademarks and persons with bona fide intentions to use trademarks to include verifications attesting to the accuracy of facts in registration applications.

Prohibits the registration of any trademark until the applicant has met certain existing requirements with respect to: (1) amending an application for a bona fide intention to use a trademark to conform to requirements for using a trademark in commerce if the applicant has made use of the trademark; and (2) verifying statements that a trademark is used in commerce. Exempts trademarks subject to certain international conventions from such requirements.

Provides that failures to file extension requests for filing statements of use shall result in abandonment of registration applications unless shown to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks that a delay was unintentional.

Grants owners of registered trademarks a grace period to make certain affidavits in order to avoid early cancellations of registrations.

Revises registration renewal requirements and extends the period in which a renewal may be filed to one year (currently, six months) before the end of each successive ten-year period for which the registration was issued or renewed. Extends the grace period for filing renewals for expired registrations from three to six months after the end of such ten-year period, with payment of a surcharge.

Removes a requirement that an application for registration of a foreign trademark be accompanied by a certification or certified copy of the foreign registration. Requires the submission of such documents within such time period as the Commissioner prescribes.

Adds: (1) functional trademarks to the list of trademarks which may be cancelled at any time; and (2) functionality to the list of defenses to infringement in cases involving incontestable registrations.

Expands remedies for cases involving the willful dilution of famous trademarks to authorize the award of damages and the destruction of infringing articles for such violation.

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Roll-call votes

1 on record

Jul 22, 1997 · On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended

Full roll call

Passed (425–0)

313 of 434 recorded votes are not yet matched to a member profile.

Yea: 425 (68 D · 51 R · 1 I)

MemberPartyState
RAMSTAD, James—MN
McCOLLUM, Ira William, Jr.—FL
TRAFICANT, James A., Jr.—OH
DICKS, Norman DeValois—WA
HYDE, Henry John—IL
CASTLE, Michael Newbold—DE
WHITE, Richard Alan—WA
WELLER, Gerald C.—IL
SHADEGG, John B.—AZ
BARTLETT, Roscoe Gardner—MD
GEKAS, George William—PA
WISE, Robert Ellsworth, Jr.—WV
SKAGGS, David Evans—CO
McINNIS, Scott—CO
SCHAFFER, Robert W.—CO
ALLEN, Thomas H.—ME
PETERSON, John—PA
WATT, Melvin L.—NC
LEWIS, Charles Jeremy—CA
MCHALE, Paul F., Jr.—PA
ROUKEMA, Margaret Scafati—NJ
CANADY, Charles Terrance—FL
MCCRERY, James O., III—LA
STUMP, Robert Lee—AZ
BALLENGER, Cass—NC
LAHOOD, Ray H.—IL
LaTOURETTE, Steven C.—OH
PICKETT, Owen Bradford—VA
MORELLA, Constance A.—MD
GILLMOR, Paul Eugene—OH
COX, Charles Christopher—CA
BENTSEN, Kenneth E., Jr.—TX
RYUN, Jim—KS
BERMAN, Howard Lawrence—CA
EHLERS, Vernon James—MI
STARK, Fortney Hillman (Pete), Jr.—CA
PORTER, John Edward—IL
GOODE, Virgil H., Jr.—VA
GORDON, Barton Jennings—TN
GUTKNECHT, Gilbert W.—MN
GONZÁLEZ, Henry B.—TX
HOSTETTLER, John Nathan—IN
LINDER, John Elmer—GA
RILEY, Robert—AL
BUNNING, James Paul David—KY
JACKSON, Jesse L., Jr.—IL
ROTHMAN, Steven—NJ
CLEMENT, Robert Nelson—TN
FRANKS, Robert Douglas—NJ
BUYER, Stephen Earle—IN
KILPATRICK, Carolyn Cheeks—MI
WEXLER, Robert—FL
KASICH, John Richard—OH
ARMEY, Richard Keith—TX
MALONEY, James H.—CT
REYES, Silvestre—TX
BILBRAY, Brian P.—CA
OWENS, Major Robert Odell—NY
HAYWORTH, John D., Jr.—AZ
ROEMER, Timothy John—IN
SPENCE, Floyd Davidson—SC
CAMPBELL, Thomas J.—CA
FRANK, Barney—MA
DOOLITTLE, John Taylor—CA
McKINNEY, Cynthia Ann—GA
HOBSON, David Lee—OH
SCHAEFER, Daniel—CO
COMBEST, Larry Ed—TX
SAWYER, Thomas Charles—OH
OBEY, David Ross—WI
BONILLA, Henry—TX
HANSEN, James Vear—UT
ARCHER, William Reynolds, Jr.—TX
GREENWOOD, James Charles—PA
BONO, Sonny—CA
BARCIA, James A.—MI
LAMPSON, Nicholas V.—TX
KENNEDY, Joseph Patrick, II—MA
TAUSCHER, Ellen O'Kane—CA
ENSIGN, John Eric—NV
FAWELL, Harris W.—IL
BASS, Charles Foster—NH
SKEEN, Joseph Richard—NM
SOLOMON, Gerald Brooks Hunt—NY
FAZIO, Victor Herbert, Jr.—CA
SOUDER, Mark Edward—IN
KENNELLY, Barbara Bailey—CT
TANNER, John S.—TN
MARTÍNEZ, Matthew G.—CA
SHAYS, Christopher H.—CT
DAVIS, Thomas M., III—VA
TAUZIN, Wilbert Joseph—LA
BARR, Bob—GA
EVANS, Lane Allen—IL
COOKSEY, John—LA
NORTHUP, Anne Meagher—KY
DEUTSCH, Peter R.—FL
FLAKE, Floyd Harold—NY
WATKINS, Wesley Wade—OK
HUTCHINSON, Asa—AR
DANNER, Patsy Ann—MO
MANZULLO, Donald A.—IL
BARRETT, William E.—NE
LUTHER, William Paul—MN
BORSKI, Robert Anthony, Jr.—PA
INGLIS, Robert Durden—SC
SNOWBARGER, Vincent K.—KS
KUCINICH, Dennis—OH
PEASE, Edward Allan—IN
CLAYTON, Eva M.—NC
HOOLEY, Darlene—OR
RADANOVICH, George P.—CA
SISISKY, Norman—VA
KLUG, Scott L.—WI
MOLINARI, Susan—NY
TAYLOR, Gary Eugene—MS
KOLBE, James Thomas—AZ
LARGENT, Steve—OK
KIM, Jay C.—CA
ORTIZ, Solomon P.—TX
TURNER, Jim—TX
BOUCHER, Frederick C.—VA
WEYGAND, Robert A.—RI
PAPPAS, Michael James—NJ
KNOLLENBERG, Joseph—MI
RODRIGUEZ, Ciro D.—TX
CRANE, Philip Miller—IL
CLAY, William Lacy, Sr.—MO
DELLUMS, Ronald V.—CA
HILLEARY, Van—TN
OBERSTAR, James Louis—MN
COYNE, William Joseph—PA
BLILEY, Thomas Jerome, Jr.—VA
LaFALCE, John Joseph—NY
BOYD, F. Allen, Jr.—FL
LANTOS, Thomas Peter—CA
MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Juanita—CA
HOUGHTON, Amory, Jr.—NY
GANSKE, Greg—IA
HALL, Tony Patrick—OH
TOWNS, Edolphus—NY
HEFNER, Willie Gathrel—NC
TORRES, Esteban Edward—CA
McCARTHY, Karen—MO
STRICKLAND, Ted—OH
MURTHA, John Patrick, Jr.—PA
LAZIO, Enrico A.—NY
POMBO, Richard William—CA
DELAHUNT, Bill—MA
BLAGOJEVICH, Rod R.—IL
McHUGH, John Michael—NY
HILL, Rick—MT
DICKEY, Jay W., Jr.—AR
DREIER, David Timothy—CA
HINCHEY, Maurice Dunlea—NY
EHRLICH, Robert L., Jr.—MD
HARMAN, Jane L.—CA
FORD, Harold, Jr.—TN
POSHARD, Glenn—IL
BALDACCI, John Elias—ME
WOOLSEY, Lynn C.—CA
HORN, John Stephen—CA
GILCHREST, Wayne Thomas—MD
YOUNG, Charles William—FL
TAYLOR, Charles Hart—NC
JOHN, Christopher—LA
MEEHAN, Martin Thomas—MA
PACKARD, Ronald C.—CA
MOAKLEY, John Joseph—MA
BRYANT, Ed—TN
CHRISTENSEN, Jon Lynn—NE
DOOLEY, Calvin M.—CA
MINK, Patsy Takemoto—HI
FOWLER, Tillie Kidd—FL
PAUL, Ronald Ernest—TX
DeLAY, Thomas Dale—TX
JOHNSON, Nancy Lee—CT
BOSWELL, Leonard L.—IA
STENHOLM, Charles Walter—TX
STEARNS, Clifford Bundy—FL
WELDON, Wayne Curtis—PA
SKELTON, Isaac Newton, IV—MO
HEFLEY, Joel M.—CO
CANNON, Christopher B.—UT
HAMILTON, Lee Herbert—IN
ABERCROMBIE, Neil—HI
CUBIN, Barbara L.—WY
KELLY, Sue W.—NY
GIBBONS, James A.—NV
FOX, Jon D.—PA
FROST, Jonas Martin—TX
DAVIS, Jim—FL
HULSHOF, Kenny—MO
REGULA, Ralph Straus—OH
SANDLIN, Max A.—TX
PICKERING, Charles W. (Chip), Jr.—MS
VENTO, Bruce Frank—MN
KILDEE, Dale Edward—MI
COSTELLO, Jerry Francis—IL
ACKERMAN, Gary Leonard—NY
COOK, Merrill—UT
SABO, Martin Olav—MN
SPRATT, John McKee, Jr.—SC
BOEHLERT, Sherwood Louis—NY
THURMAN, Karen L.—FL
EVERETT, Robert Terry—AL
LEWIS, Ron—KY
KLECZKA, Gerald Daniel—WI
CRAMER, Robert E. (Bud), Jr.—AL
LIVINGSTON, Robert Linlithgow, Jr.—LA
HOLDEN, Thomas Timothy—PA
SCARBOROUGH, Charles Joseph—FL
RIGGS, Frank D.—CA
BATEMAN, Herbert Harvell—VA
BEREUTER, Douglas Kent—NE
SHUSTER, E. G.—PA
WAMP, Zachary Paul—TN
MEEK, Carrie P.—FL
COLLINS, Michael Allen—GA
CUNNINGHAM, Randall—CA
GEJDENSON, Samuel—CT
POMEROY, Earl Ralph, III—ND
DUNN, Jennifer Blackburn—WA
HOEKSTRA, Peter—MI
ETHERIDGE, Bobby R.—NC
STUPAK, Bart T.—MI
BILIRAKIS, Michael—FL
KENNEDY, Patrick Joseph—RI
NEUMANN, Mark W.—WI
ROGAN, James E.—CA
DIXON, Julian Carey—CA
EMERSON, Jo Ann—MO
CONDIT, Gary Adrian—CA
KANJORSKI, Paul E.—PA
SNYDER, Victor F.—AR
MYRICK, Sue—NC
JEFFERSON, William Jennings—LA
MINGE, David R.—MN
PAXON, L. William—NY
RIVERS, Lynn Nancy—MI
METCALF, Jack—WA
QUINN, John Francis—NY
SMITH, Nick H.—MI
THOMAS, William Marshall—CA
TALENT, James Matthes—MO
MATSUI, Robert T.—CA
SHAW, Eugene Clay, Jr.—FL
DEAL, John Nathan—GA
NEY, Robert William—OH
BONIOR, David Edward—MI
JENKINS, William Lewis—TN
BAESLER, Henry Scott—KY
BURTON, Danny Lee—IN
LEACH, James Albert Smith—IA
SMITH, Linda—WA
ENGLISH, Philip Sheridan—PA
WATTS, Julius Caesar, Jr.—OK
NORWOOD, Charles W., Jr.—GA
FILNER, Bob—CA
EDWARDS, Thomas Chester—TX
MILLER, Daniel—FL
LIPINSKI, William Oliver—IL
HASTERT, John Dennis—IL
BERRY, Robert Marion—AR
CAPPS, Walter Holden—CA
ANDREWS, Robert Ernest—NJ
STOKES, Louis—OH
BROWN, George Edward, Jr.—CA
GOSS, Porter J.—FL
DIAZ-BALART, Lincoln—FL
HILLIARD, Earl Frederick—AL
WALSH, James T.—NY
FOLEY, Mark A.—FL
BARRETT, Thomas M.—WI
REDMOND, William Thomas—NM
WELDON, David Joseph—FL
HERGER, Walter William—CA
OXLEY, Michael Garver—OH
McNULTY, Michael Robert—NY
GOODLING, William Franklin—PA
GALLEGLY, Elton W.—CA
GILMAN, Benjamin Arthur—NY
FORBES, Michael Patrick—NY
NUSSLE, James Allen—IA
KLINK, Ronald—PA
PAYNE, Donald Milford—NJ
SMITH, Robert Freeman—OR
WYNN, Albert Russell—MD
HUNTER, Duncan Lee—CA
NETHERCUTT, George R., Jr.—WA
CALLAHAN, Herbert Leon—AL
BAKER, Richard Hugh—LA
MANTON, Thomas J.—NY
ISTOOK, Ernest James, Jr.—OK
OLVER, John Walter—MA
PRYCE, Deborah D.—OH
EWING, Thomas W.—IL
SUNUNU, John E.—NH
CARSON, Julia May—IN
MASCARA, Frank R.—PA
SAXTON, Hugh James—NJ
FURSE, Elizabeth—OR
McINTOSH, David Martin—IN
TIAHRT, Todd—KS
CHENOWETH-HAGE, Helen P.—ID
Ed PastorDemocratAZ
Anna G. EshooDemocratCA
Brad ShermanDemocratCA
George MillerDemocratCA
Henry A. WaxmanDemocratCA
Loretta SanchezDemocratCA
Lucille Roybal-AllardDemocratCA
Maxine WatersDemocratCA
Nancy PelosiDemocratCA
Sam FarrDemocratCA
Xavier BecerraDemocratCA
Zoe LofgrenDemocratCA
Diana DeGetteDemocratCO
Rosa L. DeLauroDemocratCT
Alcee L. HastingsDemocratFL
Corrine BrownDemocratFL
John LewisDemocratGA
Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.DemocratGA
Bobby L. RushDemocratIL
Danny K. DavisDemocratIL
Luis V. GutiérrezDemocratIL
Peter J. ViscloskyDemocratIN
Edward J. MarkeyDemocratMA
James P. McGovernDemocratMA
John F. TierneyDemocratMA
Richard E. NealDemocratMA
Benjamin L. CardinDemocratMD
Elijah E. CummingsDemocratMD
Steny H. HoyerDemocratMD
Debbie StabenowDemocratMI
John Conyers, Jr.DemocratMI
John D. DingellDemocratMI
Sander M. LevinDemocratMI
Collin C. PetersonDemocratMN
Bennie G. ThompsonDemocratMS
David E. PriceDemocratNC
Mike McIntyreDemocratNC
Bill Pascrell, Jr.DemocratNJ
Frank Pallone, Jr.DemocratNJ
Robert MenendezDemocratNJ
Carolyn B. MaloneyDemocratNY
Carolyn McCarthyDemocratNY
Charles B. RangelDemocratNY
Charles E. SchumerDemocratNY
Eliot L. EngelDemocratNY
Jerrold NadlerDemocratNY
José E. SerranoDemocratNY
Louise McIntosh SlaughterDemocratNY
Nita M. LoweyDemocratNY
Nydia M. VelázquezDemocratNY
Marcy KapturDemocratOH
Sherrod BrownDemocratOH
Earl BlumenauerDemocratOR
Peter A. DeFazioDemocratOR
Chaka FattahDemocratPA
Michael F. DoyleDemocratPA
James E. ClyburnDemocratSC
Eddie Bernice JohnsonDemocratTX
Gene GreenDemocratTX
Lloyd DoggettDemocratTX
Rubén HinojosaDemocratTX
Sheila Jackson LeeDemocratTX
James P. MoranDemocratVA
Robert C. "Bobby" ScottDemocratVA
Adam SmithDemocratWA
Jim McDermottDemocratWA
Ron KindDemocratWI
Nick J. Rahall IIDemocratWV
Bernard SandersIndependentVT
Robert B. AderholtRepublicanAL
Spencer BachusRepublicanAL
Matt SalmonRepublicanAZ
Dana RohrabacherRepublicanCA
Edward R. RoyceRepublicanCA
Howard P. "Buck" McKeonRepublicanCA
Ken CalvertRepublicanCA
Ileana Ros-LehtinenRepublicanFL
John L. MicaRepublicanFL
Jack KingstonRepublicanGA
Saxby ChamblissRepublicanGA
Tom LathamRepublicanIA
Mike CrapoRepublicanID
John ShimkusRepublicanIL
Jerry MoranRepublicanKS
Ed WhitfieldRepublicanKY
Harold RogersRepublicanKY
Dave CampRepublicanMI
Fred UptonRepublicanMI
Roy BluntRepublicanMO
Roger F. WickerRepublicanMS
Howard CobleRepublicanNC
Richard BurrRepublicanNC
Walter B. JonesRepublicanNC
Christopher H. SmithRepublicanNJ
Frank A. LoBiondoRepublicanNJ
Rodney P. FrelinghuysenRepublicanNJ
Peter T. KingRepublicanNY
John A. BoehnerRepublicanOH
Rob PortmanRepublicanOH
Steve ChabotRepublicanOH
Frank D. LucasRepublicanOK
Tom CoburnRepublicanOK
Joseph R. PittsRepublicanPA
Lindsey GrahamRepublicanSC
Mark SanfordRepublicanSC
John ThuneRepublicanSD
John J. Duncan, Jr.RepublicanTN
Joe BartonRepublicanTX
Kay GrangerRepublicanTX
Kevin BradyRepublicanTX
Lamar SmithRepublicanTX
Mac ThornberryRepublicanTX
Pete SessionsRepublicanTX
Ralph M. HallRepublicanTX
Sam JohnsonRepublicanTX
Bob GoodlatteRepublicanVA
Frank R. WolfRepublicanVA
Doc HastingsRepublicanWA
F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.RepublicanWI
Thomas E. PetriRepublicanWI

Not Voting: 9 (1 R)

MemberPartyState
PARKER, Michael—MS
MOLLOHAN, Alan Bowlby—WV
McDADE, Joseph Michael—PA
FOGLIETTA, Thomas Michael—PA
SCHIFF, Steven Harvey—NM
YATES, Sidney Richard—IL
JOHNSON, Jay W.—WI
GEPHARDT, Richard Andrew—MO
Don YoungRepublicanAK

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