House anticounterfeiting bill prohibits altering of drug, dietary supplement ID codes.
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
HOUSE ANTICOUNTERFEITING BILL: PRODUCT ID CODE ALTERING PROHIBITED for a variety of consumer products, including dietary supplements and pharmaceuticals, under Rep. Bob Goodlatte's (R- Va.) Trademark Anticounterfeiting Act. HR 3891 would amend the Lanham Act to make it unlawful for anyone other than the consumer or manufacturer of a product to "directly or indirectly alter, conceal, remove, obliterate, deface, strip or peel any product identification code affixed to or embedded in" that product. HR 3891 was introduced by Goodlatte May 19 and passed by the House Judiciary Committee by voice vote July 16. Floor debate has not been scheduled.