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 

ou Surthar ot8to 

bow attlts 8zv 10 ii~d to th0 ~0Umm 8trl 8 that rhon 

tbr rnd of maoh mtrlp 18 pulloil ln opporlta d P notlonm, 

baok and forth, the arma of thr holing fi@~@m, loomo4 

r88tmd, fly out at raoh other. Thr nmam S-D-U bag. co. 
eOIi* GlOUda LrbOll, ;at:a 2 

l pparm on l o o h @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 

the bmmo or wo o del trlpm. n 

in m&y@ on the other ride or 

Tha rpplloat 00. rmfrrm to the art1010 

am go toy domlgna l na the l pplloant maker rrrmtit that mumh ham 

bean uaod by l ppllomat minoo 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 the SmWOtOry oi state, and maid 

iiooratary mhmll 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 SIllrAg m&all In ml1 

multm srd promaoutlonm uudar ttim onaptar bo murrlolent 

;Iroof or 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. 120 lmbol, trmdo rmrk, darlga, damloo, 

rorm of rdv~ortlmameat rho11 be riled 08 rforama 

would probably be 

f? 

rtakaa for a label, trade mnrk, 

daaI~, davioo,--~ print Of iOi%R Of l dVartiOaW*nt Oh-60~ 

or r000rd. No parmon, or arrooIatlon l hmll ba permitted 

ta ~,ylatar mm a label, trade aark, dealen, davloa, 

imprint or rorol of arltartlmaaeat MY l rnblom, doalgn or 

ramamblanoo thorotm that ear bean adopted or umcsd by 

aIiJr oharltmblo, benarolaat or rali&ioum BOOiOtr or 

eamoolatlon, without their oonmmnt,a 

rho tern q tmdo 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 froci 8laJlar 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 rollma 
eon. Claude ImbalI, paem 3 

.A trade arrk la a dlmtlnotlrm nmam, rozd, 

Mr& l ~blan, do@l~, mynbbl or d@vlo@ umod h 

lmwful oomaoroa to iadiomt0 or l 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 rarly omma mtylad chmrlrm.:&Lff -4 co. vm. i711118~ 

hadam, 77 Tax, 530, daoldad la Jw, 16pQ; the supania Court of 

Taxr38 l Ip TO88lZWOOgniZOd y th arhat t oonmtltutam a “trade amrp 

la a puamtlon 0s law for t&a oourtm. It w0rJa tharofora appear 

that with th r l umotaont of the raglmtratlon mtatutam, the Laglglotura warn not mttanptln& to afrord p.rotaotlon to 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 0 

T 

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 081t10tie no quota 

irOn the Aobartmoa baa0 00 page 6W. 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 a 

I! 

l 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, mama would bo outride the moopa of 

the abow 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 the opinion of 

thlm dagartmant that the Saoratary of 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 raturnInng herewith the *toy doaIgn* am raquaatad. 

Your8 very truly,