legislation: 98-s-1440
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| 98-s-1440 | 98 | s | 1440 | A bill to clarify the circumstances under which a trademark may be canceled. | Commerce | 1983-06-09 | 1983-06-13 | Referred to Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks. | Senate | Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] | UT | R | H000338 | 0 | Amends the Lanham Trademark Act to prohibit the cancellation of any registered trademark because it has become the common descriptive name (generic) of an article unless it is clear that the consuming public does not associate such mark with a particular quality or source. | 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z | https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/senate-bill/1440 |