HR 2511 · 104th Congress · Crime and Law Enforcement
Anticounterfeiting Consumer Protection Act of 1996
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EnactedLatest: Laid on the table. See S. 1136 for further action.(1996-06-04)
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Anticounterfeiting Consumer Protection Act of 1995 - Makes the following predicate offenses under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act: (1) trafficking in counterfeit labels for phonorecords, computer programs or computer program documentation or packaging, and copies of motion pictures or other audiovisual works; (2) criminal copyright infringement; (3) trafficking in goods or services bearing counterfeit marks; and (4) interstate transportation of stolen property. (Sec. 3) Extends to computer programs and computer program documentation and packaging existing prohibitions and penalties applicable to trafficking in counterfeit labels affixed or designed to be affixed to phonorecords or copies of a motion picture or other audiovisual work. (Sec. 4) Requires the Attorney General to include in a report to the Congress, on a district by district basis, certain information on investigations, referred cases, and outcomes of prosecutions relating to criminal counterfeiting actions involving trafficking in counterfeit labels, criminal copyright infringement, and trafficking in goods or services bearing counterfeit marks. (Sec. 5) Amends the Lanham Act to: (1) authorize a …
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