§ 1055. Use by related companies affecting validity and registration

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1946

   Pub. L. 79–540 · 60 Stat. 427

   Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 1055

   July 5, 1946, ch. 540, title I, § 5, 60 Stat. 429

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   July 5, 1946, ch. 540, title I, § 5, 60 Stat. 429

2. 1988

   Trademark Law Revision Act of 1988

   Pub. L. 100–667 title I § 107 · 102 Stat. 3935

   Inserted · 15 U.S.C. § 1055

   Pub. L. 100–667 inserted at end “If first use of a mark by a person is controlled by the registrant or applicant for registration of the mark with respect to the nature and quality of the goods or services, such first use shall inure to the benefit of the registrant or applicant, as the case may be.”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 100–667 inserted at end “If first use of a mark by a person is controlled by the registrant or applicant for registration of the mark with respect to the nature and quality of the goods or services, such first use shall inure to the benefit of the registrant or applicant, as the case may be.”

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 107. USE BY RELATED COMPANIES. Section 5 (15 U.S.C. 1055) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: “If first use of a mark by a person is controlled by the registrant or applicant for registration of the mark with respect to the nature and quality of the goods or services, such first use shall inure to the benefit of the registrant or applicant, as the case may be”.

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 100–667 effective one year after Nov. 16, 1988, see section 136 of Pub. L. 100–667, set out as a note under section 1051 of this title.

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