Collectible Coin Protection Act - Amends the Hobby Protection Act to make it a violation of such Act for a person to provide substantial assistance or support to any manufacturer, importer, or seller if that person knows or consciously avoids knowing that such manufacturer, importer, or seller has engaged in any act or practice that violates requirements for plainly identifying imitation political items or imitation coins and other numismatic items. Provides that if such a violation also involves the unauthorized use of registered trademarks belonging to a collectibles certification service, the owner of such trademarks shall also have all rights provided under appropriate provisions of the Trademark Act of 1946.
[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5977 Introduced in House (IH)]
112th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5977
To amend the Hobby Protection Act to make unlawful the provision of
assistance or support in violation of that Act, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 20, 2012
Mr. Smith of Texas (for himself and Mr. Upton) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
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A BILL
To amend the Hobby Protection Act to make unlawful the provision of
assistance or support in violation of that Act, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Collectible Coin Protection Act''.
SEC. 2. PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE OR SUPPORT.
The Hobby Protection Act (15 U.S.C. 2101 et seq.) is amended--
(1) in section 2--
(A) in subsection (b), by inserting ``, or the sale
in commerce'' after ``distribution in commerce'';
(B) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection
(e) and inserting after subsection (c) the following:
``(d) Provision of Assistance or Support.--It shall be a violation
of subsection (a) or (b) for a person to provide substantial assistance
or support to any manufacturer, importer, or seller if that person
knows or consciously avoids knowing that the manufacturer, importer, or
seller is engaged in any act or practice that violates subsection (a)
or (b).''; and
(C) in subsection (e) (as so redesignated), by
striking ``and (b)'' and inserting ``(b), and (d)'';
(2) in section 3--
(A) by striking ``If any person'' and inserting
``(a) In General.--If any person'';
(B) by striking ``or has an agent'' and inserting
``, has an agent, transacts business, or wherever venue
is proper under section 1391 of title 28, United States
Code''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(b) Trademark Violations.--If the violation of section 2 (a) or
(b) or a rule under section 2(c) also involves unauthorized use of
registered trademarks belonging to a collectibles certification
service, the owner of such trademarks shall have, in addition to the
remedies provided in subsection (a), all rights provided under sections
34, 35, and 36 of the Trademark Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1116, 1117, and
1118) for violations of such Act.''; and
(3) in section 7, by adding at the end the following:
``(8) The term `collectibles certification service' means a
person recognized by collectors for providing independent
certification that collectible items are genuine.''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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