‘Stolen’ Cuba Trademark Ban Clears Senate, Sent to President (1)

The US Senate passed a bill Tuesday banning enforcement or validation of any trademark confiscated by Cuba’s government, joining the House and sending the bill to the White House.

The No Stolen Trademarks Honored Act of 2023—unanimously passed in both chambers—would expand the prohibition against US federal courts enforcing rights to trademarks confiscated by Cuba then asserted by Cuban nationals. The bill would also bar the US Patent and Trademark Office from recognizing, enforcing, or otherwise validating any assertion of rights to such marks.

The bill introduced by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) also removes “Cuban nationals” from the law’s restrictions ...