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House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law

To modify the prohibition on recognition by United States courts of certain rights relating to certain marks, trade names, or commercial names.

H.R. 1103Introduced Feb 13, 2009Policy area: Law
Sponsor: Rep. Robert Wexler D-FL
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Where it went

Latest action: Mar 16, 2009 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

40 cosponsors — 21 Republicans, 19 Democrats

21 of 40 cosponsors (52%) are from the other party.

Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Jason Altmire (D-PA), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Allen Boyd (D-FL), Bruce Braley (D-IA), Ginny Brown-Waite (R-FL), Dan Burton (R-IN), Christopher Carney (D-PA), Howard Coble (R-NC), K. Conaway (R-TX), Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Phil Gingrey (R-GA), Alan Grayson (D-FL), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Wally Herger (R-CA), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Walter Jones (R-NC), Peter King (R-NY), Ron Klein (D-FL), Daniel Maffei (D-NY), Mike McIntyre (D-NC), Kendrick Meek (D-FL), John Mica (R-FL), Patrick Murphy (D-PA), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Pedro Pierluisi (D-PR) and 10 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 111th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Robert Wexler.

Sponsor’s state and district

Florida in Congress · FL-19 district

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Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.