# No Stolen Trademarks Honored in America Act

This bill prevents the U.S. government from recognizing or protecting trademarks that were stolen or obtained through illegal means. In practical terms, if a company or individual steals a brand name, logo, or trademark from someone else—particularly from people in other countries—they can't use U.S. trademark law to protect their stolen property or stop others from using it.

The bill targets a real problem: sometimes people or companies illegally take trademarks that belong to others and try to register them in the United States. Once registered, they can use U.S. courts to sue anyone else who uses that trademark, essentially profiting from theft. This bill closes that loophole by saying the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office won't grant legal protection to stolen marks, and courts won't enforce rights based on them.

Who does this affect? Primarily, it protects legitimate trademark owners—both American businesses and foreign companies—from having their brands stolen and misused in the U.S. market. It also protects consumers by preventing counterfeiters and bad actors from using the legal system to enforce fake claims to brand names. For people trying to register trademarks legitimately, this shouldn't matter at all, since the bill only blocks stolen marks. The practical impact is that trademark theft becomes much less profitable, since thieves can't use U.S. courts to protect their illegal gains.

No Stolen Trademarks Honored in America Act

Menendez, Robert

No Stolen Trademarks Honored in America Act This bill modifies the bar against U.S. courts enforcing or validating trademarks that were confiscated by the Cuban government. The bill prohibits U.S. courts and executive branch agencies from enforcing or validating such confiscated trademarks if the mark has been used in connection with a confiscated business or asset. Currently, the prohibition is limited to U.S. courts and applies only if the confiscated trademark is being asserted in the United States by a Cuban national. Under the bill, the prohibition shall not apply if the original trademark owner, or a successor, has expressly consented to the enforcement action. The prohibition shall apply only if the entity asserting the trademark rights knew or should have known, when it acquired the rights, that the mark was the same or substantially similar to one connected to a confiscated business or asset.