§ 1122. Liability of United States and States, and instrumentalities and officials thereof
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(a)Waiver of sovereign immunity by the United States The United States, all agencies and instrumentalities thereof, and all individuals, firms, corporations, other persons acting for the United States and with the authorization and consent of the United States, shall not be immune from suit in Federal or State court by any person, including any governmental or nongovernmental entity, for any violation under this chapter.
(b)Waiver of sovereign immunity by States Any State, instrumentality of a State or any officer or employee of a State or instrumentality of a State acting in his or her official capacity, shall not be immune, under the eleventh amendment of the Constitution of the United States or under any other doctrine of sovereign immunity, from suit in Federal court by any person, including any governmental or nongovernmental entity for any violation under this chapter.
(c)Remedies In a suit described in subsection
(a)or
(b)for a violation described therein, remedies (including remedies both at law and in equity) are available for the violation to the same extent as such remedies are available for such a violation in a suit against any person other than the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof, or any individual, firm, corporation, or other person acting for the United States and with authorization and consent of the United States, or a State, instrumentality of a State, or officer or employee of a State or instrumentality of a State acting in his or her official capacity. Such remedies include injunctive relief under section 1116 of this title, actual damages, profits, costs and attorney’s fees under section 1117 of this title, destruction of infringing articles under section 1118 of this title, the remedies provided for under sections 1114, 1119, 1120, 1124 and 1125 of this title, and for any other remedies provided under this chapter.
(July 5, 1946, ch. 540, title VI, § 40, as added Pub. L. 102–542, § 3(b), Oct. 27, 1992, 106 Stat. 3567; amended Pub. L. 106–43, § 4(b), Aug. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 219.)
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- Public Law 106–43To amend the Trademark Act of 1946 relating to dilution of famous marks, and for other purposes
- Public Law 102–542To amend certain trademark laws to clarify that States, instrumentalities of States, and officers and employees of States acting in their official capacity, are subject to suit in Federal court by any person for infringement of trademarks, and that all the remedies can be obtained in such suit that
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- July 5, 1946, ch. 540
- Pub. L. 102–542, § 3(b)
- 106 Stat. 3567
- Pub. L. 106–43, § 4(b)
- 113 Stat. 219
- act July 5, 1946, ch. 540, title VI, § 40
- 60 Stat. 440
- act May 24, 1949, ch. 139, § 142
- 63 Stat. 109
- Pub. L. 106–43, § 4(b)(2)
- Pub. L. 106–43, § 4(b)(1)
- section 4 of Pub. L. 102–542
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§ 1122
Liability of United States and States, and instrumentalities and officials thereof
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ActJuly 5, 1946, ch. 540
Pub. L.Pub. L. 102–542, § 3(b)
Stat.106 Stat. 3567
Pub. L.Pub. L. 106–43, § 4(b)
Stat.113 Stat. 219
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