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.

referredUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

24 April 1979

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Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summary

Prohibits the Federal Trade Commission from applying for the cancellation of a registered trademark under the Lanham Act solely on the ground that such trademark has become the common descriptive name of an article or substance.

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summary · EN · 24 April 1979
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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/house-bill/3685
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