United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 4460 (98th)
A bill to clarify the circumstances under which a trademark may be canceled or considered abandoned.
Introduced
17 November 1983
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Status
Clean Bill H.R.6285 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee in Lieu.
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Summary
Amends the Lanham Trademark Act to state that the exclusive test for determining whether a registered trademark has become a common descriptive name (generic) and therefore cancellable is whether a majority of the relevant public understands that the trademark is functioning as a mark rather than as a generic.
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summary · EN · 17 November 1983
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/house-bill/4460
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/98/hr/4460