United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 6285 (98th)
Trademark Amendments Act of 1984
Introduced
20 September 1984
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Status
Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
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Summary
Trademark Amendments Act of 1984 - 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 the relevant public understands that the trademark is functioning as a mark rather than as generic.
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summary · EN · 20 September 1984
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/house-bill/6285
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/98/hr/6285