HR 3891 · 105th Congress · Commerce
Trademark Anticounterfeiting Act of 1998
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EnactedLatest: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 245 - 167 (Roll No. 470).(1998-09-28)
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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; as well as (2) importing, exporting, distributing, or brokering goods whose product identification codes have been so tampered with. 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 and the Secretary of the Treasury as the chief enforcement officials. Grants Federal agency heads investigatory powers with respect to goods within their regulatory purview.…
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CBO Cost Estimate
Congressional Budget OfficeH.R. 3891, Trademark Anticounterfeiting Act of 1998
Jul 22, 1998Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on July 16, 1998
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