Chapter 488. To change the title of the United States Court of Customs Appeals, and for other purposes
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Chap. 488: To change the title of the United States Court of Customs Appeals, and for other purposes. 1929-03-02 488 Chapter 45 Stat. 1475 70 2 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-01-24 public Chapter 488.— An Act To change the title of the United States Court of Customs Appeals, and for other purposes.
March 2, 1929.[[H. R. 6687](/us/bill/70/hr/6687).][[Public, No. 914](/us/pl/70/914).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the title ofCourt of Customs and Patent Appeals.Title of Court of Customs Appeals changed to. the United States Court of Customs Appeals, created by the Act approved August 5, 1909, is hereby changed to the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals. 1476 Sec. 2. Patent and trade mark appeals vested in new court.
(a)The jurisdiction now vested in the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia in respect of appeals from the Patent Office in patent and trade-mark cases is vested in the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.
(b)Appeals in patent and trade mark cases. [R. S. secs. 4911, 4912, 4915, p. 1336](/us/rs/s4911/4912/4915/p1336), amended.Sections 4911 (Forty-fourth Statutes, page 1336),4912 (section 60, title 35, United States Code), and 4915 (section 63, title 35, United States Code) of the Revised Statutes, as amended, and section 9 of the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the registration of trade-marks used in commerce with foreign nations’ or among the several States [U. S. Code, p. 1170](/us/usc/p1170).or with Indian tribes, and to protect the same,” approved February Vol. 33, p. 727, amended.U. S. Code, p. 364.Court of Customs and Patent Appeals substituted for District Court of Appeals.20, 1905 (United States Code, title 15, section 89), are amended by striking out the words “Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia” wherever they occur therein and inserting in lieu thereof the words “United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals” in each instance.
(c)Cases pending in Court of Appeals. Where before the effective date of this Act an appeal from the decision of the Patent Office has been filed with the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia—
(1)Continuance if hearing has been held, etc. If any hearing before said court has been held in the case, or if the case has been submitted for decision, then further proceedings in respect of the case shall be had in the same manner and with the same effect as if this Act had not been enacted.
(2)Transfer to Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, if no hearings, etc. If no hearing before said court has been held in the case, and the case has not been submitted for decision, then the appeal, together with the original papers, printed records, and record entries duly certified, shall, by appropriate orders duly entered of record, be transferred to the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, and further proceedings in respect of the case shall be had in the same manner and with the same effect as if the appeal had been filed in said court.
(d)Equity jurisdiction of District Court of Appeals not affected. Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed as affecting in any way the jurisdiction of the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia in equity cases. Sec. 3. Opinions filed as part of record, etc. The opinion of the Court of Customs and Patent Appeals in every case on appeal from the decision of the Patent Office shall be rendered in writing, and shall be filed in such case as part of the record thereof, and a certified copy of said opinion shall be sent to the Commissioner of Patents and shall be entered of record in the Patent Office. Sec. 4. Effective in 30 days. This Act shall take effect thirty days after its enactment. Approved, March 2, 1929.
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