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Trademark Act of 1946, United States of America

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Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1051-1141n, amended up to Public Law No. 116-260

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Year of Version 2022 Dates Amended up to: December 27, 2020 Enacted: July 5, 1946 Type of Text Main IP Laws Subject Matter Trademarks

Available Texts Main text(s) Main text(s) English Trademark Act of 1946 PDF Related Text(s) Related Text(s) English U.S. Trademark Law: Rules of Practice & Federal Statutes (USPTO, Updated on January 1, 2023). Publication supplements the Trademark Act of 1946, and is provided for user convenience. PDF
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U.S. Trademark Law: Rules of Practice & Federal Statutes (USPTO, Updated on January 1, 2023) (US460)
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Trademark Modernization Act of 2020 (TM Act of 2020, Public Law No. 116-260, 134 Stat. 2200) (US457)
Act to Amend the Trademark Act of 1946 to Correct an Error in the Provisions Relating to Remedies for Dilution (Public Law 112-190, 126 Stat. 1436) (US247)
Trademark Technical and Conforming Amendment Act of 2010 (Public Law No. 111-146, 124 Stat. 66, 2010) (US208)
Intellectual Property Protection and Courts Amendments Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-482, 118 Stat. 3912) (US355)
Intellectual Property and Communications Omnibus Reform Act of 1999 (Public Law No. 106-113) (US448)
Anticounterfeiting Consumer Protection Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-153, 110 Stat. 1386) (US278)
Uruguay Round Agreements Act (Public Law 103-465, 108 Stat. 4809) (US260)
North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (Public Law No. 103-182, 107 Stat. 2057) (US290)
Trademark Law Revision Act of 1988, Title I & Satellite Home Viewer Act of 1988, Title II (Public Law 100-667, 102 Stat. 3935) (US294)
An Act to Authorize Appropriations to the Patent and Trademark Office in the Department of Commerce, and for other purposes (Public Law 97-247, 96 Stat. 317) (US327)
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Code of Federal Regulations, Title 37, Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights (Revised as of July 1, 2021) (US437)
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