S. 199098th CongressSenate Bill

Trademark Clarification Act of 1983

Introduced in the SenateDead

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Trademark Clarification Act of 1983 - Amends the Lanham Trademark Act to state that a registered trademark has not become a generic (common descriptive name) and therefore cancellable because such mark is also used as a proper name or to identify a unique product or service. Makes the primary significance of the mark to the purchasing public rather than purchaser motivation the test for whether or not the mark has become a generic.

Introduced Oct 21, 1983
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Passed Senate
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Passed House
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Became Law

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Who introduced this

OH

Orrin Hatch

Republican

U.S. Senator · UT

Bipartisan — 15 cosponsors (5 D, 10 R)

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