Trademark Anticounterfeiting Act of 1998

Summary

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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• Reported in House (text)

  Reported in House · EN · 28 July 1998

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• Reported in House (PDF)

  Reported in House · EN · 28 July 1998

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• Reported to House with amendment(s)

  summary · EN · 28 July 1998

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN · 19 May 1998

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  Introduced in House · EN · 19 May 1998

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 19 May 1998

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