S. 1843 · 117th Congress
SHOP SAFE Act of 2021
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Stopping Harmful Offers on Platforms by Screening Against Fakes in E-commerce Act of 2021 or SHOP SAFE Act of 2021
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · May 26, 2021
Stopping Harmful Offers on Platforms by Screening Against Fakes in E-commerce Act of 2021 or SHOP SAFE Act of 2021
This bill makes an electronic commerce platform liable for infringement of a registered trademark by a third-party seller of goods that implicate health and safety unless the platform takes certain actions.
Specifically, the platform may be contributorily liable if the seller uses a counterfeit mark in connection with selling, offering, or advertising such goods on the platform. The platform may avoid such liability by taking certain actions before the infringing act, including (1) requiring the seller to have a registered agent or a verified address for service of process in the United States, (2) verifying the seller's identity and contact information, (3) requiring the seller to agree to not use counterfeit marks with goods sold on the platform, (4) implementing technical measures to prescreen listings on the platform and remove listings for goods being sold with a counterfeit mark, and (5) implementing policies to remove and ban repeat offenders.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: SHOP SAFE Act of 2021
Also known as: Stopping Harmful Offers on Platforms by Screening Against Fakes in E-commerce Act of 2021
Latest action (May 26, 2021): Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Policy area: Commerce · Origin: Senate · Introduced: May 26, 2021
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.