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S. 1440 (98th)
A bill to clarify the circumstances under which a trademark may be canceled.
Introduced
9 June 1983
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Status
Referred to Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks.
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10 August 2026
Summary
Amends the Lanham Trademark Act to prohibit the cancellation of any registered trademark because it has become the common descriptive name (generic) of an article unless it is clear that the consuming public does not associate such mark with a particular quality or source.
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Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 9 June 1983
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/senate-bill/1440
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/98/s/1440