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H.R. 1078 (97th)

A bill to amend the Lanham Act to provide that the Federal Trade Commission shall not have any authority to apply for the cancellation of a registered trademark under such Act solely on the ground that the trademark has become the common descriptive name of an article or substance.

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Introduced

22 January 1981

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Referred to Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice.

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Amends the Lanham Act to prohibit the Federal Trade Commission from making an application to cancel a registered trademark solely because such mark has become the common descriptive name of an article or substance.

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