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TRADEMARK ACT OF 1946, AS AMENDED TITLE I - THE PRINCIPAL REGISTER § 1 (15 U.S.C. § 1051). Application for registration; verification § 2 (15 U.S.C. § 1052). Trademarks registrable on the principal register; concurrent registration § 3 (15 U.S.C. § 1053). Service marks registrable § 4 (15 U.S.C. § 1054).
The Lanham Act defines trademarks as words, names, symbols, or devices used to distinguish one person’s goods from those manufactured or sold by others. Trademarks are thus said to identify a good’s “source of origin.”
12.1 Trademark Principles. This chapter surveys the principles behind the trademark system and the substantive law governing trademark litigation. It also provides an overview of the trademark system and a starting point for researching trademark law.
Last updated in February 2016. Source Document Index | Word Index for Statute | Trademark Section of BitLaw. Subchapter I - The Principal Register. §1051 (Section 1 of the Lanham Act). Application for registration; verification §1052 (Section 2 of the Lanham Act).
The Lanham Act, codified under 15 U.S.C. §§ 1051-1129, 1141, prescribes how the owner of a trademark is to register such a trade-mark with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.1 Less popularly known as the Trademark Act of 1946, Congress enacted this statute to ensure consumer protection with the goal of organizing trademark laws alread...
The Lanham Act defines a trademark as a mark used in commerce, or registered with a bona fide intent to use it in commerce (15 U.S.C. § 1127). If a mark is not in use in commerce at the time the application for registration is filed, registration may still be permitted if the applicant establishes, in writing, a good faith intent to use the ...
A trademark is a brand name, logo, “trade dress” (that is, a product’s packaging or general appearance), or anything else that indicates a prod-uct’s source (i.e., that a given product comes from a given producer).6 The Lanham Act,7 the federal trademark statute, creates causes of ac-tion for trademark infringement and trademark dilution.
