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Title 15
Chapter 22
Subchapter III
§ 1120. Civil liability for fals...
§ 1121a. Transferred...
§ 1120. Civil liability for fals...
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Notes
§ 1121.
Jurisdiction of Federal courts; State and local requirements that registered trademarks be altered or displayed differently; prohibition
(a)
The district and territorial courts of the United States shall have original jurisdiction and the courts of appeal of the United States (other than the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit) shall have appellate jurisdiction, of all actions arising under this chapter, without regard to the amount in controversy or to diversity or lack of diversity of the citizenship of the parties.
(b)
No State or other jurisdiction of the United States or any political subdivision or any agency thereof may require alteration of a registered mark, or require that additional trademarks, service marks, trade names, or corporate names that may be associated with or incorporated into the registered mark be displayed in the mark in a manner differing from the display of such additional trademarks, service marks, trade names, or corporate names contemplated by the registered mark as exhibited in the certificate of registration issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
(
July 5, 1946, ch. 540
, title VI, § 39, formerly §§ 39 and 39a,
60 Stat. 440
;
Pub. L. 97–164, title I, § 148
,
Apr. 2, 1982
,
96 Stat. 46
;
Pub. L. 97–296
,
Oct. 12, 1982
,
96 Stat. 1316
;
Pub. L. 100–667, title I, § 131
,
Nov. 16, 1988
,
102 Stat. 3946
;
Pub. L. 105–330, title II, § 201(a)(10)
,
Oct. 30, 1998
,
112 Stat. 3070
.)
cite as:
15 USC 1121
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