No Stolen Trademarks Honored in America Act of 2023
Also known as No Stolen Trademarks Honored in America Act
Where it stands
- Introduced3/9/23
- Passed HousePassed 11/13/23
- SenatePassed 11/19/24
- PresidentSigned 12/1/24
- LawPublic Law 118-137
Passed the House by voice vote on November 13, 2023. Passed the Senate by unanimous consent on November 19, 2024. Became Public Law 118-137 on December 1, 2024.
Passed by voice vote or unanimous consent — no individual positions were recorded.
No Stolen Trademarks Honored in America Act of 2023
This bill modifies the bar against U.S. courts enforcing or validating trademarks that were confiscated by the Cuban government.
The bill prohibits U.S. courts and executive branch agencies from enforcing or validating such confiscated trademarks if the mark has been used in connection with a confiscated business or asset. Currently, the prohibition is limited to U.S. courts and applies only if the confiscated trademark is being asserted in the United States by a Cuban national.
Under the bill, the prohibition shall not apply if the original trademark owner, or a successor, has expressly consented to the enforcement action.
The prohibition shall apply only if the entity asserting the trademark rights knew or should have known, when it acquired the rights, that the mark was the same or substantially similar to one connected to a confiscated business or asset.
What happens next
Became Public Law 118-137.
All actions (20)
- 3/9/23Introduced in House
- 3/9/23Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- 5/24/23Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- 5/24/23Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- 9/29/23Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. H. Rept. 118-232.
- 9/29/23Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 188.
- 11/13/23Mr. Issa moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- 11/13/23Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5676-5677)
- 11/13/23DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1505.
- 11/13/23Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5676)
- 11/13/23On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5676)
- 11/13/23Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- 11/14/23Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- 11/19/24Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
- 11/19/24Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- 11/19/24Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6638)
- 11/20/24Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- 11/21/24Presented to President.
- 12/1/24Signed by President.
- 12/1/24Became Public Law No: 118-137.