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HR 5638 IH
110th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5638
To amend title 35, United States Code, to create an exception from infringement for certain component parts used to repair another article of manufacture.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 13, 2008
Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
A BILL
To amend title 35, United States Code, to create an exception from infringement for certain component parts used to repair another article of manufacture.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EXCEPTION FROM INFRINGEMENT FOR CERTAIN COMPONENT PARTS.
(a) In General- Section 271 of title 35, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
`(j) It shall not be an act of infringement to make, use, offer to sell, or sell within the United States or import into the United States any article of manufacture that itself constitutes a component part of another article of manufacture, if the sole purpose of the component part is for the repair of the article of manufacture of which it is a part so as to restore its original appearance.'.
(b) Applicability- The amendment made by subsection (a) applies to acts done on or after March 13, 2008.
U.S. Congress - Text of H.R.5638 as Introduced in House To amend title 35, United States Code, to create an exception from infringement for cer...
