Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 15 : Section 1121


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 1121. Jurisdiction of Federal courts; State and local requirements that registered trademarks be altered or displayed differently; prohibition

      (a) The district and territorial courts of the United States
    shall have original jurisdiction and the courts of appeal of the
    United States (other than the United States Court of Appeals for
    the Federal Circuit) shall have appellate jurisdiction, of all
    actions arising under this chapter, without regard to the amount in
    controversy or to diversity or lack of diversity of the citizenship
    of the parties.
      (b) No State or other jurisdiction of the United States or any
    political subdivision or any agency thereof may require alteration
    of a registered mark, or require that additional trademarks,
    service marks, trade names, or corporate names that may be
    associated with or incorporated into the registered mark be
    displayed in the mark in a manner differing from the display of
    such additional trademarks, service marks, trade names, or
    corporate names contemplated by the registered mark as exhibited in
    the certificate of registration issued by the United States Patent
    and Trademark Office.



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