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 a majority of the relevant public understands that the trademark is functioning as a mark rather than as a generic.
Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.
Referred to Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice.
Executive Comment Requested from Patent & Trademark Office, Justice.
Executive Comment Requested from SBA.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Clean Bill H.R.6285 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee in Lieu.
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