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15 U.S. Code § 1111 - Notice of registration; display with mark; recovery of profits and damages in infringement suit | LII / Legal Information Institute
U.S. Code › Title 15 › Chapter 22 › Subchapter III › § 1111 15 U.S. Code § 1111 - Notice of registration; display with mark; recovery of profits and damages in infringement suit
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 1072 of this title, a registrant of a mark registered in the Patent and Trademark Office, may give notice that his mark is registered by displaying with the mark the words “Registered in U.S. Patent and Trademark Office” or “Reg. U.S. Pat. & Tm. Off.” or the letter R enclosed within a circle, thus ®; and in any suit for infringement under this chapter by such a registrant failing to give such notice of registration, no profits and no damages shall be recovered under the provisions of this chapter unless the defendant had actual notice of the registration.
(July 5, 1946, ch. 540, title III, § 29,60 Stat. 436; Pub. L. 87–772, § 15,Oct. 9, 1962, 76 Stat. 773; Pub. L. 93–596, §§ 1, 2,Jan. 2, 1975, 88 Stat. 1949; Pub. L. 100–667, title I, § 125,Nov. 16, 1988, 102 Stat. 3943.)
Acts Feb. 20, 1905, ch. 592, § 28,33 Stat. 730; Mar. 19, 1920, ch. 104, §§ 5, 6,41 Stat. 534, 535.
1988—Pub. L. 100–667struck out “as used” after “with the mark”.
1975—Pub. L. 93–596substituted “Patent and Trademark Office, may give notice that his mark is registered by displaying with the mark as used the words ‘Registered in U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’ or ‘Reg. U.S. Pat. & Tm. Off.’ ” for “Patent Office, may give notice that his mark is registered by displaying with the mark as used the words ‘Registered in U.S. Patent Office’ or ‘Reg. U.S. Pat. Off.’ ”.
1962—Pub. L. 87–772substituted “in the Patent Office, may” for “under the Act of March 3, 1881, or the Act of February 20, 1905, or on the principal register established by this chapter, shall”, and “to give such notice of registration,” for “so to mark goods bearing the registered mark, or by a registrant under the Act of March 19, 1920, or by the registrant of a mark on the supplemental register provided by this chapter”.
Pub. L. 93–596, § 4,Jan. 2, 1975, 88 Stat. 1949, provided that: “This Act [amending this section, sections 1051, 1052, 1057, 1058, 1060, 1062, 1063, 1065, 1067, 1069, 1071, 1092, 1112, 1113, 1116 to 1120, 1123, and 1127 of this title, and sections 2 to 4, 6 to 8, 10, 11, 21 to 26, 31 to 33, 41, 104, 119, 121, 122, 135, 142 to 144, 146, 152, 153, 253 to 255, 261, 288, and 293 of Title 35, Patents, and enacting provisions set out as a note under section 1 of title 35] shall become effective upon enactment [Jan. 2, 1975]. However, any registrant may continue to give notice of his registration in accordance with section 29 of the Trademark Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 427), as amended Oct. 9, 1962 (76 Stat. 769) [this section], as an alternative to notice in accordance with section 29 of the Trademark Act as amended by section 2 of this Act, regardless of whether his mark was registered before or after the effective date of this Act.”