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15 U.S.C. § 1054 — Collective marks and certification marks registrable
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Subject to the provisions relating to the registration of trademarks, so far as they are applicable, collective and certification marks, including indications of regional origin, shall be registrable under this chapter, in the same manner and with the same effect as are trademarks, by persons, and nations, States, municipalities, and the like, exercising legitimate control over the use of the marks sought to be registered, even though not possessing an industrial or commercial establishment, and when registered they shall be entitled to the protection provided in this chapter in the case of trademarks, except in the case of certification marks when used so as to represent falsely that the owner or a user thereof makes or sells the goods or performs the services on or in connection with which such mark is used. Applications and procedure under this section shall conform as nearly as practicable to those prescribed for the registration of trademarks.
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Subject to the provisions relating to the registration of trademarks, so far as they are applicable, collective and certification marks, including indications of regional origin, shall be registrable under this chapter, in the same manner and with the same effect as are trademarks, by persons, and nations, States, municipalities, and the like, exercising legitimate control over the use of the marks sought to be registered, even though not possessing an industrial or commercial establishment, and when registered they shall be entitled to the protection provided in this chapter in the case of trademarks, except in the case of certification marks when used so as to represent falsely that the owner or a user thereof makes or sells the goods or performs the services on or in connection with which such mark is used. Applications and procedure under this section shall conform as nearly as practicable to those prescribed for the registration of trademarks.
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**(a) Application for use of trademark**
(1) The owner of a trademark used in commerce may request registration of its trademark on the principal register hereby established by paying the prescribed fee and filing in the Patent and Trademark Office an application and a verified statement, in such form as may be prescribed by the Director, and such number of specimens or facsimiles of the mark as used as may be required by the Director.
(2) The application shall include specification of the applicant’s domicile and citizenship, the date of the applicant’s first use of the mark, the date of the applicant’s first use of the mark in commerce, the goods in connection with which the mark is used, and a drawing of the mark.
(3) The statement shall be verified by the applicant and specify that—
(A) the person making the verification believes that he or she, or the juristic person in whose behalf he or she makes the verification, to be the owner of the mark sought to be registered;
(B) to the best of the verifier’s knowledge and belief, the facts recited in the application are accurate;
(C) the mark is in use in commerce; and
(D) to the best of the verifier’s knowledge and belief, no other person has the right to use such mark in commerce either in the identical form thereof or in such near resemblance thereto as to be likely, when used on or in connection with the goods of such other person, to cause confusion, or to cause mistake, or to deceive, except that, in the case of every application claiming concurrent use, the applicant shall—
(i) state exceptions to the claim of exclusive use; and
(ii) shall 11 So in original. The word “shall” probably should not appear. specify, to the extent of the verifier’s knowledge—
(I) any concurrent use by othe
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No trademark by which the goods of the applicant may be distinguished from the goods of others shall be refused registration on the principal register on account of its nature unless it—
**(a)** Consists of or comprises immoral, deceptive, or scandalous matter; or matter which may disparage or falsely suggest a connection with persons, living or dead, institutions, beliefs, or national symbols, or bring them into contempt, or disrepute; or a geographical indication which, when used on or in connection with wines or spirits, identifies a place other than the origin of the goods and is first used on or in connection with wines or spirits by the applicant on or after one year after the date on which the WTO Agreement (as defined in [section 3501(9) of title 19](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title19-section3501/9&num=0&edition=prelim)) enters into force with respect to the United States.
**(b)** Consists of or comprises the flag or coat of arms or other insignia of the United States, or of any State or municipality, or of any foreign nation, or any simulation thereof.
**(c)** Consists of or comprises a name, portrait, or signature identifying a particular living individual except by his written consent, or the name, signature, or portrait of a deceased President of the United States during the life of his widow, if any, except by the written consent of the widow.
**(d)** Consists of or comprises a mark which so resembles a mark registered in the Patent and Trademark Office, or a mark or trade name previously used in the United States by another and not abandoned, as to be likely, when used on or in connection with the goods of the applicant, to cause confusion, or to cause mistake, or to deceive: Provided, That if the Director determines t
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A petition to cancel a registration of a mark, stating the grounds relied upon, may, upon payment of the prescribed fee, be filed as follows by any person who believes that he is or will be damaged, including as a result of a likelihood of dilution by blurring or dilution by tarnishment under [section 1125(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section1125/c&num=0&edition=prelim), by the registration of a mark on the principal register established by this chapter, or under the Act of March 3, 1881, or the Act of February 20, 1905:
(1) Within five years from the date of the registration of the mark under this chapter.
(2) Within five years from the date of publication under [section 1062(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section1062/c&num=0&edition=prelim) of a mark registered under the Act of March 3, 1881, or the Act of February 20, 1905.
(3) At any time if the registered mark becomes the generic name for the goods or services, or a portion thereof, for which it is registered, or is functional, or has been abandoned, or its registration was obtained fraudulently or contrary to the provisions of [section 1054 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section1054&num=0&edition=prelim) or of subsection (a), (b), or (c) of [section 1052 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title15-section1052&num=0&edition=prelim) for a registration under this chapter, or contrary to similar prohibitory provisions of such prior Acts for a registration under such Acts, or if the registered mark is being used by, or with the permission of, the registrant so as to misrepresent the source of the goods or service
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TITLE 15—COMMERCE AND TRADE
§ 1053
MARKS REGISTERED UNDER TEN-YEAR PROVISO OF
TRADE-MARK ACT OF 1905
Marks registered under the ‘‘ten-year proviso’’ of sec-
tion 5 of the act of Feb. 20, 1905, as amended, deemed to
have become distinctive of the registrant’s goods in
commerce under par. (f) of this section, see section
46(b) of act July 5, 1946, set out in note under section
1051 of this title.
Executive Documents
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
For transfer of functions of other officers, employees,
and agencies of Department of Commerce to Secretary
of Commerce, with certain exceptions, see Reorg. Plan
No. 5 of 1950, §§ 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64
Stat. 1263, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Govern-
ment Organization and Employees.
URUGUAY ROUND AGREEMENTS: ENTRY INTO FORCE
The Uruguay Round Agreements, including the World
Trade Organization Agreement and agreements an-
nexed to that Agreement, as referred to in section
3511(d) of Title 19, Customs Duties, entered into force
with respect to the United States on Jan. 1, 1995. See
note set out under section 3511 of Title 19.
§ 1053. Service marks registrable
Subject to the provisions relating to the reg-
istration of trademarks, so far as they are appli-
cable, service marks shall be registrable, in the
same manner and with the same effect as are
trademarks, and when registered they shall be
entitled to the protection provided in this chap-
ter in the case of trademarks. Applications and
procedure under this section shall conform as
nearly as practicable to those prescribed for the
registration of trademarks.
(July 5, 1946, ch. 540, title I, § 3, 60 Stat. 429; Pub.
L. 100–667, title I, § 105, Nov. 16, 1988, 102 Stat.
3938; Pub. L. 106–43, § 6(b), Aug. 5, 1999, 113 Stat.
220.
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