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Code · BILL · 119th Congress · S. 2153 (Introduced in Senate) — To promote competition and reduce gatekeeper power in the app economy, increase choice, improve quality, and reduce c... · Sec. 7

Sec. 7. Rule of construction

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Nothing in this Act may be construed— to limit— any authority of the Attorney General or the Federal Trade Commission under the antitrust laws (as defined in the first section of the Clayton Act ( 15 U.S.C. 12 )), the Federal Trade Commission Act ( 15 U.S.C. 41 et seq. ), or any other provision of law; or the application of any law; to require— a covered company to provide service under a hardware or software warranty for damage caused by third-party apps or app stores installed through means other than the app store of the covered company; or customer service for the installation or operation of third-party apps or app stores described in subparagraph (A); to prevent an action taken by a covered company that is reasonably tailored to protect the rights of third parties under section 106, 1101, 1201, or 1401 of title 17, United States Code, or rights actionable under sections 32 or 43 of the Act entitled An Act to provide for the registration and protection of trademarks used in commerce, to carry out the provisions of certain international conventions, and for other purposes , approved July 5, 1946 (commonly known as the Lanham Act or the Trademark Act of 1946 ) ( 15 U.S.C. 1114 , 1125), or corollary State law; to require a covered company to license any intellectual property, including any trade secrets, owned by or licensed to the covered company; to prevent a covered company from asserting preexisting rights of the covered company under intellectual property law to prevent the unlawful use of any intellectual property owned by or duly licensed to the covered company; or to require a covered company to interoperate or share data with any person or business user that— is on any list maintained by the Federal Government by which entities are identified as limited or prohibited from engaging in economic transactions as part of United States sanctions or export control regimes; is a foreign entity that has been identified by the Federal Government as a national security, intelligence, or law enforcement risk, including the Government of the People’s Republic of China or the government of a foreign adversary (as defined in section 8(c) of the Secure and Trusted Communications Networks Act of 2019 ( 473 U.S.C. 1607(c) )); or is engaged in illegal or fraudulent activity.
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