legislation: 98-s-1990

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98-s-1990 98 s 1990 Trademark Clarification Act of 1983 Commerce 1983-10-21 1984-09-20 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 1213. Senate Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] UT R H000338 15 (Reported to Senate from the Committee on the Judiciary with amendment, S. Rept. 98-627) Trademark Clarification Act of 1983 - Amends the Lanham Trademark Act to state that a registered trademark has not become a generic (common descriptive name) and therefore cancellable solely because such mark is also used as a name of or to identify a unique product or service. Makes the primary significance of the mark to the relevant public rather than purchaser motivation the test for whether or not the mark has become a generic. Includes under trademark and service mark protection those marks which indicate the source of the goods, even if that source is unknown. Prohibits the use of purchaser motivation as a test for determining whether or not a mark has been abandoned. 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/98th-congress/senate-bill/1990

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