**OFFICE OF**  **THE ATTORNEY** **GENERAL OF**  **TEXAS AUSTIN** 

Bononblo Ctrudo Imkll soor*tar$ of stat0 Austin, Tour Drrr Sir: 

### Atkntlonl Mr. J. L. 

### UOarit~ Oplnlon 

### No.0-684~ 

### ROI Whether tha sea



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### r88tmd, fly 

### outat raoh other. Thr nmam S-D-U bag. co.eOIi* GlOUda LrbOll, ;at:a2

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o oh @Mm of the boring fl~urom. with tha word8 V8t. A plied TOT* TM mm0 of 8 oompaay oompang'm rpprrant bum % 8 **pow0** on one 

### ml&o and muoh 088 Vorlan 

### thebmmo 

### or wo oden

l trlpm. in m&y@ on the 

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### go toy 

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maker rrrmtit 

### that mumh ham 

### beanuaodby 

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ppllomatminoo Jmnumrg 

### 1, 1960. Art. 651, 

### 3. C. s., 1925, prmrldem~ %vcry parmoo, l

mmmolatlmn ar union of uorkinepyn, inoorporatad or 

### unlnoorporatad, .~that hmm heratoforr or mhmll hereafter adopt l 

### lmbol,-%rado **Mrk** 

### daml&n,dorloo, ifqrint or 

### rorrp **0r** 

### adrortlmaaaat, l hmll 

### A0 the mane 

### in the oHIoa of tha ~ooratary of 5tata by lcarlng 

### two ~aomImIlo ooplam, with 

### theSmWOtOry oi 

### state, and maid iiooratarymhmll 

### return to much parron, amboolatlon or UCIM 00 rilinc th0 WO, one of mold feomlmilo ooplam along With and rttaohrd 

### to a duly attamtad oartlfIorto of th0 fllln& **0r** aann, r0r rhioh hk rho11 rsoolrr a **r00** 0r OAR dollar. Yuoh 0.rt1r10.t. or SIllrAgm&all In ml1 multm srd promaoutlonm uudar 

### ttim onaptar bo murrlolent ;Iroofor the adoption or much labml, trade nark, Camlgri, darIoa, Iaqrlnt or form or advartImaaant, and or tGe rIght or suoh parman, raooolatlon **or** union to **asum.** 120lmbol, 

### trmdo rmrk, darlga, damloo, rorm of rdv~ortlmameatrho11 be riled 08 rforama would probably be f? rtakaa 

### for a label, trade mnrk, daaI~, davioo,--~print Of iOi%ROf l dVartiOaW*nt Oh-60~ or r000rd. No parmon, or arrooIatlon l hmll ba permitted ta ~,ylatar mma label, trade aark, dealen, davloa, imprint or rorolof arltartlmaaeatMY 

### l rnblom,doalgn or ramamblanoo thorotm that ear bean adopted or umcsdby aIiJroharltmblo, benarolaat or rali&ioum BOOiOtr 

### or eamoolatlon, without 

### their oonmmnt,a
rho tern qtmdo nnrk* 

### 18 defined Fn Gorpum Jurlm 8a a ~nzz, sign, 

### l

ynbol or davloo which lr attached to good8 offered tar male in rhc 

### market M am 

### to dImtInguI@h than froci8laJlar goodm, aid to identify thaa with a **Hrti0ti.r tl-Od.r,**  **OF IUi-ts**  **Ai.** 8UOoommorm, mm ounerm of l yartloulrr buminomm, 

### l m.boln6 **made,** worked on, laportrd, 

### l olaotad, OartISlOd~ or 8016 **by** him 

### or them. 63 C. J. P. 308. *rmda 

### mark* hmm barn **defined** 

### ir. tclm stat0 am rollmaeon. Claude ImbalI, paem 3


### .A trade **arrk** 

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### dlmtlnotlrm nmam,rozd, Mr& 

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### d@vlo@umod 

### h lmwful oomaoroa 

### to **iadiomt0** orl uthaatlomta thr mouroo from rhlrh hmm 000a or **throu&** whloh &g p@@Od~ tha ohmttal 

### upon or 

### to whloh it 

### la rrfiua.* (xamton aroo. Co. 18. ~~frralli Brmg., 106 3, ?f.W), nrarmad on Other 

### ground@, 127 

### 3. it* 1018)

In mn 

### rarlyomma mtylad 

### chmrlrm.:&Lff -4 co. vm. i711118~ **hadam,**

### 77 Tax, 

### 530, daoldad la Jw, 16pQ; 

### the supania Court of Taxr38

### l IpTO88ly

**ZWOOgniZOd** 

### that rhat oonmtltutam a “trade amrp 

### la a puamtlon **0s** law 

### for t&a **oourtm. It**  w0rJa **tharofora** appear that with thr

l umotaont of the raglmtratlon mtatutam, the Laglglotura **warn not**  mttanptln& **to afrord**  p.rotaotlonto other thma whmt aould rmeaon~bly be ldantIflad azd raoordad aa a ntrada nitark’ by muoh OOIIUW~damorlptlvo t&ram 80 label, 

### daml~, darloa, imprint 

### or **form** of adrartimlng.

It 

### la 0T **aunt** ma **the rapuamt**  **thmt** your rafumal 

### 0s the apylloatlon,wam 0884 molmly upon th0 form 

### or make-up of the “toy 

### daml&uw

**am**pnoantad for fllins with the application.
Thara spgeara ta be asp18 authority to the ofrtot that the 8ubmtanoa or my uamrul 

### part or faatura of the l rtlolo ltmelf **oannot** be 

### appropriated **am**a 

### trade@ark. The lacdlq oaao of Goodyear Tim aEd hubbar Co

. vm. Robertron, 18 Fad. 26 

### 639, and oamea alted therain **mupportm** the above 

### pro 081t10tieno quota irOn 

### the Aobartmoa baa0 00 

### page6W. am 

### SO t OwmI
‘But the ohmttal ltmalf la 

### not and 

### oannot be the **trademark.** b;oraovar, while a mark othawlaa good oray ba l

o fmbriomtad with the coo48 em to **be** 02 intsgral part the-with, yet, 

## if it 

### rornm a umaful or runotlona~~~~tirt of the whole, it 

### la not a valid trade anrk and say not be ra~lmtarad. ctharwima 

### th0 Ow&ar **WOUU** naoura **not** manly the arolumlra right **to uma**  

### the**mark but**  l lmo tha arolumlvo r&ht **to** maka 

### the l rtLl0 itmalr, -4 would thU8 l

ooura aI!

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rpetuml 

### aonopo4 lrrampaotlra of patantab Ity.*
It 

### mtlrdm

to 

### roamon t&t if mn artlola or 

### OhOttO ltralf, whioh, am to 

### it8 phymloel l**truotura** or make-ug, oaaaot be a vrlld trade **mrk** or l**p roprl&ted**  am muoh, 

### mamawould bo outride the moopa of theabow raglmtrat**P**on **eta tuto.**  Tha vary 

### import or the mot or 

### rrglmtrotion, 

### tha ahlaf oonoarn **of t&la**  **@tOtut@,** rafutam 

### any. ldaa 0.1 tha jaontrrl of 

### ~tota baa a dapomltory 

### Of muoh artiotam or' ohmttala ruthar thmn 

### a 

### I%lOtTaT, namely, one who **raoordm** 

### or **an** orrlolel raoordar.non. Claude IaboU, pa,* 4
Asiawaring

your tirmt quaatlon, It 18 

### theopinion of thlm dagartmant 

### thattheSaorataryof atate 18 not required to 

### aooapt**for** ra~imtratlon mm a “tT848 mark’ under Artlola 851, H. C. 5.. 

### tho *toy damigna In the **form** mubmittad.

Am &o your **noon4** quomtlon, wa ooamldar **maria a**  praatura one of 

### l

b.lnlmtratlon, not properly before thlm dapartMIlti.
We are raturnInngherewith the *toy doaIgn* **am**raquaatad. Your8 very truly,