Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 15


   

U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Chapter 22 - Notes
                   SUBCHAPTER I - THE PRINCIPAL REGISTER               
    Sec.                                                     
    1051.       Application for registration; verification.           
                  (a)  Application for use of trademark.              
                  (b)  Application for bona fide intention to use
                        trademark.                                    
                  (c)  Amendment of application under subsection (b)
                        to conform to requirements of subsection (a). 
                  (d)  Verified statement that trademark is used in
                        commerce.                                     
                  (e)  Designation of resident for service of process
                        and notices.                                  
    1052.       Trademarks registrable on principal register;
                 concurrent registration.                             
    1053.       Service marks registrable.                            
    1054.       Collective marks and certification marks registrable. 
    1055.       Use by related companies affecting validity and
                 registration.                                        
    1056.       Disclaimer of unregistrable matter.                   
                  (a)  Compulsory and voluntary disclaimers.          
                  (b)  Prejudice of rights.                           
    1057.       Certificates of registration.                         
                  (a)  Issuance and form.                             
                  (b)  Certificate as prima facie evidence.           
                  (c)  Application to register mark considered
                        constructive use.                             
                  (d)  Issuance to assignee.                          
                  (e)  Surrender, cancellation, or amendment by
                        registrant.                                   
                  (f)  Copies of Patent and Trademark Office records
                        as evidence.                                  
                  (g)  Correction of Patent and Trademark Office
                        mistake.                                      
                  (h)  Correction of applicant's mistake.             
    1058.       Duration.                                             
                  (a)  In general.                                    
                  (b)  Affidavit of continuing use.                   
                  (c)  Grace period for submissions; deficiency.      
                  (d)  Notice of affidavit requirement.               
                  (e)  Notification of acceptance or refusal of
                        affidavits.                                   
                  (f)  Designation of resident for service of process
                        and notices.                                  
    1059.       Renewal of registration.                              
                  (a)  Period of renewal; time for renewal.           
                  (b)  Notification of refusal of renewal.            
                  (c)  Designation of resident for service of process
                        and notices.                                  
    1060.       Assignment.                                           
    1061.       Execution of acknowledgments and verifications.       
    1062.       Publication.                                          
                  (a)  Examination and publication.                   
                  (b)  Refusal of registration; amendment of
                        application; abandonment.                     
                  (c)  Republication of marks registered under prior
                        acts.                                         
    1063.       Opposition to registration.                           
    1064.       Cancellation of registration.                         
    1065.       Incontestability of right to use mark under certain
                 conditions.                                          
    1066.       Interference; declaration by Director.                
    1067.       Interference, opposition, and proceedings for
                 concurrent use registration or for cancellation;
                 notice; Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.            
    1068.       Action of Director in interference, opposition, and
                 proceedings for concurrent use registration or for
                 cancellation.                                        
    1069.       Application of equitable principles in inter partes
                 proceedings.                                         
    1070.       Appeals to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board from
                 decisions of examiners.                              
    1071.       Appeal to courts.                                     
                  (a)  Persons entitled to appeal; United States Court
                        of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; waiver of
                        civil action; election of civil action by
                        adverse party; procedure.                     
                  (b)  Civil action; persons entitled to; jurisdiction
                        of court; status of Director; procedure.      
    1072.       Registration as constructive notice of claim of
                 ownership.                                           
                 SUBCHAPTER II - THE SUPPLEMENTAL REGISTER             
    1091.       Supplemental register.                                
                  (a)  Marks registerable.                            
                  (b)  Application and proceedings for registration.  
                  (c)  Nature of mark.                                
    1092.       Publication; not subject to opposition; cancellation. 
    1093.       Registration certificates for marks on principal and
                 supplemental registers to be different.              
    1094.       Provisions of chapter applicable to registrations on
                 supplemental register.                               
    1095.       Registration on principal register not precluded.     
    1096.       Registration on supplemental register not used to stop
                 importations.                                        
                    SUBCHAPTER III - GENERAL PROVISIONS                
    1111.       Notice of registration; display with mark; recovery of
                 profits and damages in infringement suit.            
    1112.       Classification of goods and services; registration in
                 plurality of classes.                                
    1113.       Fees.                                                 
                  (a)  Applications; services; materials.             
                  (b)  Waiver; Indian products.                       
    1114.       Remedies; infringement; innocent infringement by
                 printers and publishers.                             
    1115.       Registration on principal register as evidence of
                 exclusive right to use mark; defenses.               
                  (a)  Evidentiary value; defenses.                   
                  (b)  Incontestability; defenses.                    
    1116.       Injunctive relief.                                    
                  (a)  Jurisdiction; service.                         
                  (b)  Transfer of certified copies of court papers.  
                  (c)  Notice to Director.                            
                  (d)  Civil actions arising out of use of counterfeit
                        marks.                                        
    1117.       Recovery for violation of rights.                     
                  (a)  Profits; damages and costs; attorney fees.     
                  (b)  Treble damages for use of counterfeit mark.    
                  (c)  Statutory damages for use of counterfeit marks.
                  (d)  Statutory damages for violation of section
                        1125(d)(1).                                   
    1118.       Destruction of infringing articles.                   
    1119.       Power of court over registration.                     
    1120.       Civil liability for false or fraudulent registration. 
    1121.       Jurisdiction of Federal courts; State and local
                 requirements that registered trademarks be altered or
                 displayed differently; prohibition.                  
    1121a.      Transferred.                                          
    1122.       Liability of United States and States, and
                 instrumentalities and officials thereof.             
                  (a)  Waiver of sovereign immunity by the United
                        States.                                       
                  (b)  Waiver of sovereign immunity by States.        
                  (c)  Remedies.                                      
    1123.       Rules and regulations for conduct of proceedings in
                 Patent and Trademark Office.                         
    1124.       Importation of goods bearing infringing marks or names
                 forbidden.                                           
    1125.       False designations of origin, false descriptions, and
                 dilution forbidden.                                  
                  (a)  Civil action.                                  
                  (b)  Importation.                                   
                  (c)  Remedies for dilution of famous marks.         
                  (d)  Cyberpiracy prevention.                        
    1126.       International conventions.                            
                  (a)  Register of marks communicated by international
                        bureaus.                                      
                  (b)  Benefits of section to persons whose country of
                        origin is party to convention or treaty.      
                  (c)  Prior registration in country of origin;
                        country of origin defined.                    
                  (d)  Right of priority.                             
                  (e)  Registration on principal or supplemental
                        register; copy of foreign registration.       
                  (f)  Domestic registration independent of foreign
                        registration.                                 
                  (g)  Trade or commercial names of foreign nationals
                        protected without registration.               
                  (h)  Protection of foreign nationals against unfair
                        competition.                                  
                  (i)  Citizens or residents of United States entitled
                        to benefits of section.                       
    1127.       Construction and definitions; intent of chapter.      
    1128.       National Intellectual Property Law Enforcement
                 Coordination Council.                                
                  (a)  Establishment.                                 
                  (b)  Duties.                                        
                  (c)  Consultation required.                         
                  (d)  Non-derogation.                                
                  (e)  Report.                                        
                  (f)  Funding.                                       
    1129.       Cyberpiracy protections for individuals.              
                    SUBCHAPTER IV - THE MADRID PROTOCOL                
    1141.       Definitions.                                          
    1141a.      International applications based on United States
                 applications or registrations.                       
                  (a)  In general.                                    
                  (b)  Qualified owners.                              
    1141b.      Certification of the international application.       
                  (a)  Certification procedure.                       
                  (b)  Transmittal.                                   
    1141c.      Restriction, abandonment, cancellation, or expiration
                 of a basic application or basic registration.        
    1141d.      Request for extension of protection subsequent to
                 international registration.                          
    1141e.      Extension of protection of an international
                 registration to the United States under the Madrid
                 Protocol.                                            
                  (a)  In general.                                    
                  (b)  If the United States is office of origin.      
    1141f.      Effect of filing a request for extension of protection
                 of an international registration to the United
                 States.                                              
                  (a)  Requirement for request for extension of
                        protection.                                   
                  (b)  Effect of proper filing.                       
    1141g.      Right of priority for request for extension of
                 protection to the United States.                     
    1141h.      Examination of and opposition to request for extension
                 of protection; notification of refusal.              
                  (a)  Examination and opposition.                    
                  (b)  Notification of refusal.                       
                  (c)  Notice to International Bureau.                
                  (d)  Designation of agent for service of process.   
    1141i.      Effect of extension of protection.                    
                  (a)  Issuance of extension of protection.           
                  (b)  Effect of extension of protection.             
    1141j.      Dependence of extension of protection to the United
                 States on the underlying international registration. 
                  (a)  Effect of cancellation of international
                        registration.                                 
                  (b)  Effect of failure to renew international
                        registration.                                 
                  (c)  Transformation of an extension of protection
                        into a United States application.             
    1141k.      Affidavits and fees.                                  
                  (a)  Required affidavits and fees.                  
                  (b)  Contents of affidavit.                         
                  (c)  Notification.                                  
                  (d)  Service of notice or process.                  
    1141l.      Assignment of an extension of protection.             
    1141m.      Incontestability.                                     
    1141n.      Rights of extension of protection.                    
                              EFFECTIVE DATE                          
      This chapter, act July 5, 1946, ch. 540, 60 Stat. 427, became
    effective one year from July 5, 1946, and repealed chapter 3 of
    this title as of that date. See notes under section 1051 of this
    title.
                                PRIOR LAWS                            
      The Trade-Mark Act of 1905 superseded the Trade-Mark Act of Mar.
    3, 1881, ch. 138, 21 Stat. 502, entitled "An Act to authorize the
    registration of trade-marks and protect the same," and also act
    Aug. 5, 1882, ch. 393, 22 Stat. 298, entitled "An Act relating to
    the registration of trade marks". Former section 109 of this title
    repealed all inconsistent acts and parts of acts, except so far as
    they might apply to certificates of registration issued under the
    Trade-Mark Act of Mar. 3, 1881, ch. 138, and act Aug. 5, 1882, ch.
    393.
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                   CHAPTER REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS               
      This chapter is referred to in section 1129 of this title; title
    18 section 2320; title 19 section 1337; title 36 section 220506;
    title 48 section 1643.
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