15 U.S.C. § 1120 - Civil liability for false or fraudulent registration

• Cite as: 15 U.S.C. § 1120

Any person who shall procure registration in the Patent and Trademark Office of a mark by a false or fraudulent declaration or representation, oral or in writing, or by any false means, shall be liable in a civil action by any person injured thereby for any damages sustained in consequence thereof.

Cite as 15 U.S.C. § 1120

Source: July 5, 1946, ch. 540, title VI, §38, 60 Stat. 440; Pub. L. 93-596, §1, Jan. 2, 1975, 88 Stat. 1949.

Notes from the Office of Law Revision Counsel

current through 7/7/2021

PRIOR PROVISIONS

Act Feb. 20, 1905, ch. 592, §25, 33 Stat. 730.

AMENDMENTS

1975- Pub. L. 93-596 substituted "Patent and Trademark Office" for "Patent Office".

EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1975 AMENDMENT