Chapter 2081. To amend the laws of the United States relating to the registration of trade-marks
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CHAP. 2081.— An Act To amend the laws of the United States relating to the registration of trade-marks. May 4, 1906. [[H. R. 15911](/us/bill/34/hr/15911).] [[Public, No. 146](/us/pl/34/146).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Trade-marks.Extension of laws of, to interstate commerce. That section one of the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the registration of trade-marks used in commerce with foreign nations or among the several States or with 169Indian tribes, and to protect the same,” approved February twentieth, nineteen hundred and live, be, and is hereby, amended by inserting after the words “description of the trade-mark itself,” the words “only when needed to express colors not shown in the drawing,” so that the section, as amended, shall read as follows:
" “That the owner of a trade-mark used in commerce with foreignApplication requirements.Vol. 33, p. 724, amended.[R. S., sec. 4937, p. 955, amended](/us/rs/s4937/p955). nations, or among the several States, or with Indian tribes, provided such owner shall be domiciled within the territory of the United States or resides in or is located in any foreign country which, by treaty, convention, or law affords similar privileges to the citizens of the United States, may obtain registration for such trade-mark by complying with the following requirements:
First, by tiling in the Patent Office an application therefor, in writing, addressed to the Commissioner of Patents, signed by the applicant, specifying his name, domicile, location. and citizenship; the class of merchandise and the particular description of goods comprised in such class to which the trade-mark is appropriated; a description of the trade-mark itself, only whenDescription requirements limited. needed to express colors not shown in the drawing, and a statement of the mode in which the same is applied and affixed to goods, and the length of time during which the trade-mark has been used.
With this statement shall be tiled a drawing of the trade-mark, signed by the applicant, or his attorney, and such number of specimens of the trademark as actually used as may be required by the Commissioner of Patents. Second, by paying into the Treasury of the United States the sum of ten dollars, and otherwise complying with the requirements of this Act and such regulations as may be prescribed by the Commissioner of Patents.” " Sec. 2. That the Commissioner of Patents shall establish classes ofClasses of merchandise to be established, etc. merchandise for the purpose of trade-mark registration, and shall determine the particular descriptions of goods comprised in each class.
On a single application for registration of a trade-mark the trade-mark may be registered at the option of the applicant for any or all goods upon which the mark has actually been used comprised in a single class of merchandise, provided the particular descriptions of goods be stated. Sec. 3. That any owner of a trade-mark who shall have a manufacturingRights of trademarks used on products of American factories. establishment within the territory of the United States shall be accorded, so far as the registration and protection of trade-marks used on the products of such establishment are concerned, the same rights and privileges that are accorded to owners of trade-marks domiciled within the territory of the United States by the Act entitled “AnVol. 33. p. 724.
Act to authorize the registration of trade-marks used in commerce with foreign nations or among the several States or with Indian tribes, and to protect the same,” approved February twentieth, nineteen hundred and five. Sec. 4. That this Act shall take effect July first, nineteen hundredEffect and six. Approved, May 4, 1906.