United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 1689 (101st)
To amend the Lanham Act to limit the defense against trademark infringement relating to geographic origin.
Introduced
5 April 1989
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Status
Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary.
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Summary
Amends Federal trademark law to limit the defense against trademark infringement relating to geographic origin to a defense on the ground that the allegedly infringing use is of a name, term, or device fairly used only to describe a country of origin.
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Introduced in House (text)
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Introduced in House · EN
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 5 April 1989
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/101st-congress/house-bill/1689
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/101/hr/1689