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[76 Stat. 774]
PUBLIC LAW 87-000—MMMM. DD, 1962
[76 Stat. 774]

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PUBLIC LAW 87-772-OCT. 9, 1962

Registered mark. 60 Stat. 438. 15 USC 1115.

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p. 771.

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15 USC 1117. International onventions. IS u s e 1126.

Definitions. 15 USC 1127,

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shall be liable in a civil action by the registrant for the remedies hereinafter provided. Under subsection (b) hereof, the registrant shall not be entitled to recover profits or damages unless the acts have been committed with knowledge that such imitation is intended to be used to cause confusion, or to cause mistake, or to deceive." Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section 32 is amended by striking the word "published" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "publisher". SEC. 18. Subsection (a) of section 33 is amended by striking therefrom the words "certificate of" in the first line, and changing "certificate", second appearance, to "registration". Subsection (b) of section 33 is amended by striking the word "certificate", first appearance, and inserting the word "registration" in lieu thereof and by striking therefrom the word "certificate", second appearance, and inserting in lieu thereof "affidavit filed under the provisions of said section 15". Paragraph (3) of subsection (b) of section 33 is amended by striking therefrom the words "has been assigned and"; and by striking therefrom the word "assignee" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "registrant or a person in privity with the registrant". Paragraph (5) of subsection (b) of section 33 is amended by striking therefrom the word "the" following the words "date prior to" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "registration of the mark under this Act or"; by striking therefrom " (a) or" following the word "subsection"; and by changing the jjeriod to "; or". Paragraph (6) of subsection (b) of section 33 is amended by inserting the words "registration under this Act or" after the word "the", second appearance; by striking therefrom " (a) or" following the word "subsection", first appearance; by striking from the proviso the words "only where the said mark has been published pursuant to subsection (c) of section 12 and shall apply"; by striking the words "the date of" following the words "prior to in said proviso and inserting in lieu thereof "such registration or such"; by striking therefrom the words "under subsection (a) or (c) of section 12 of this Act"; and by changing the period to "; or". SEC. 19. Section 35 is amended by striking "31(1)(b) " and inserting in lieu thereof "32". SEC. 20. Subsection (b) of section 44 is amended by striking said subsection in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof the following: " (b) Any person whose country of origin is a party to any convention or treaty relating to trademarks, trade or commercial names, or the repression of unfair competition, to which the United States is also a party, or extends reciprocal rights to nationals of the United States by law, shall be entitled to the benefits of this section under the conditions expressed herein to the extent necessary to give effect to any provision of such convention, treaty or reciprocal law, in addition to the rights to which any owner of a mark is otherwise entitled by this Act." Subsection (e) of section 44 is amended by inserting after the word "a" in the second sentence the words "certification or a"; and by striking from said second sentence the words "application for or". SEC. 21. Section 46 is amended as follows: The sixth paragraph of said section, relating to the definition of "applicant, registrant", is amended by changing "and", second appearance, to ", predecessors,". The ninth paragraph of said section, relating to the meaning of the terms "trade name" and "commercial name", is amended by inserting a comma between the words "commercial" and "agricultural". The eleventh paragraph of said section, being the definition of "service mark", is amended by striking the definition in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof: