§ 1070. Appeals to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board from decisions of examiners

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. § 1070

   July 5, 1946, ch. 540, title I, § 20, 60 Stat. 435

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   July 5, 1946, ch. 540, title I, § 20, 60 Stat. 435

2. 1958

   Pub. L. 85–609 § 1(b) · 72 Stat. 540

   1. Substituted · 15 U.S.C. § 1070

      Pub. L. 85–609 substituted “Trademark Trial and Appeal Board” for “Commissioner in person”

   2. Substituted · 15 U.S.C. § 1070

      Pub. L. 85–609 substituted “fee” for “fees”

   3. Struck · 15 U.S.C. § 1070

      Pub. L. 85–609 struck out “of interferences or” after “examiner in charge”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 85–609 substituted “Trademark Trial and Appeal Board” for “Commissioner in person” and “fee” for “fees”, and struck out “of interferences or” after “examiner in charge”.

3. 2020

   Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2021

   Pub. L. 116–260 § 228(a)(2) · 134 Stat. 1182

   Inserted · 15 U.S.C. § 1070

   Pub. L. 116–260, § 228(a)(2), inserted “The Director may reconsider, and modify or set aside, a decision of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board under this section.” at end

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 116–260, § 228(a)(2), inserted “The Director may reconsider, and modify or set aside, a decision of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board under this section.” at end.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 228. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to reduce the Coast Guard’s Operations Systems Center mission or its government-employed or contract staff levels.

   Effective date note
   Amendment by section 225(d)(1) of div. Q of Pub. L. 116–260 effective upon the expiration of the 1-year period beginning on Dec. 27, 2020, and applicable to any mark registered before, on, or after that effective date, see section 225(g) of div. Q of Pub. L. 116–260, set out as a note under section 1064 of this title.

4. 2020

   Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2021

   Pub. L. 116–260 § 225(d)(1) · 134 Stat. 1182

   Inserted · 15 U.S.C. § 1070

   Pub. L. 116–260, § 225(d)(1), inserted “or a final decision by an examiner in an ex parte expungement proceeding or ex parte reexamination proceeding” after “registration of marks”

   Target inherited from the preceding amendment note.

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 116–260, § 225(d)(1), inserted “or a final decision by an examiner in an ex parte expungement proceeding or ex parte reexamination proceeding” after “registration of marks”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 225. Without regard to the limitation as to time and condition of section 503(d) of this Act, after June 30, up to $10,000,000 may be reprogrammed to or from the Military Pay and Allowances funding category within “Coast Guard—Operations and Support” in accordance with subsection (a) of section 503 of this Act.

   Effective date note
   Amendment by section 225(d)(1) of div. Q of Pub. L. 116–260 effective upon the expiration of the 1-year period beginning on Dec. 27, 2020, and applicable to any mark registered before, on, or after that effective date, see section 225(g) of div. Q of Pub. L. 116–260, set out as a note under section 1064 of this title.

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