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15 U.S. Code § 1091 - Supplemental register | LII / Legal Information Institute
U.S. Code › Title 15 › Chapter 22 › Subchapter II › § 1091 15 U.S. Code § 1091 - Supplemental register
Marks registerable In addition to the principal register, the Director shall keep a continuation of the register provided in paragraph (b) of section 1 of the Act of March 19, 1920, entitled “An Act to give effect to certain provisions of the convention for the protection of trademarks and commercial names, made and signed in the city of Buenos Aires, in the Argentine Republic, August 20, 1910, and for other purposes”, to be called the supplemental register. All marks capable of distinguishing applicant’s goods or services and not registrable on the principal register provided in this chapter, except those declared to be unregistrable under subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), and (e)(3) ofsection 1052 of this title, which are in lawful use in commerce by the owner thereof, on or in connection with any goods or services may be registered on the supplemental register upon the payment of the prescribed fee and compliance with the provisions of subsections (a) and (e) ofsection 1051 of this title so far as they are applicable. Nothing in this section shall prevent the registration on the supplemental register of a mark, capable of distinguishing the applicant’s goods or services and not registrable on the principal register under this chapter, that is declared to be unregistrable under section 1052
(e)(3) of this title, if such mark has been in lawful use in commerce by the owner thereof, on or in connection with any goods or services, since before December 8, 1993.
Application and proceedings for registration Upon the filing of an application for registration on the supplemental register and payment of the prescribed fee the Director shall refer the application to the examiner in charge of the registration of marks, who shall cause an examination to be made and if on such examination it shall appear that the applicant is entitled to registration, the registration shall be granted. If the applicant is found not entitled to registration the provisions of subsection (b) ofsection 1062 of this title shall apply.
Nature of mark For the purposes of registration on the supplemental register, a mark may consist of any trademark, symbol, label, package, configuration of goods, name, word, slogan, phrase, surname, geographical name, numeral, device, any matter that as a whole is not functional, or any combination of any of the foregoing, but such mark must be capable of distinguishing the applicant’s goods or services.
(July 5, 1946, ch. 540, title II, § 23,60 Stat. 435; Pub. L. 87–772, § 13,Oct. 9, 1962, 76 Stat. 773; Pub. L. 100–667, title I, § 121,Nov. 16, 1988, 102 Stat. 3942; Pub. L. 103–182, title III, § 333(b),Dec. 8, 1993, 107 Stat. 2114; Pub. L. 105–330, title II, § 201(a)(5),Oct. 30, 1998, 112 Stat. 3070; Pub. L. 106–43, § 6(b),Aug. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 220; Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(9) [title IV, § 4732(b)(1)(B)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A–583; Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title III, § 13207(b)(6),Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1908.)
Paragraph (b) of section 1 of the Act of March 19, 1920, referred to in subsec. (a), is paragraph (b) of section 1 of act Mar. 19, 1920, ch. 104, 41 Stat. 533, which was classified to section 121
(b) of this title, and repealed by act July 5, 1946, ch. 540, § 46(a),60 Stat. 444, insofar as inconsistent.
Acts Mar. 19, 1920, ch. 104, § 1,41 Stat. 533; Apr. 11, 1930, ch. 132, § 4,46 Stat. 155; June 10, 1938, ch. 332, § 2,52 Stat. 638.
2002—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 107–273struck out second comma after “numeral”.
1999—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106–113substituted “Director” for “Commissioner”.
Pub. L. 106–43substituted “trademarks” for “trade-marks”.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 106–113substituted “Director” for “Commissioner”.
1998—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 105–330substituted “, device, any matter that as a whole is not functional,” for “or device”.
1993—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–182substituted “(d), and (e)(3)” for “and (d)” and inserted at end “Nothing in this section shall prevent the registration on the supplemental register of a mark, capable of distinguishing the applicant’s goods or services and not registrable on the principal register under this chapter, that is declared to be unregistrable under section 1052
(e)(3) of this title, if such mark has been in lawful use in commerce by the owner thereof, on or in connection with any goods or services, since before December 8, 1993.”
1988—Pub. L. 100–667, § 121(6), struck out undesignated concluding par. which read as follows: “Upon a proper showing by the applicant that he requires domestic registration as a basis for foreign protection of his mark, the Commissioner may waive the requirement of a full year’s use and may grant registration forthwith.”
Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100–667, § 121(1), (4), designated first par. as subsec. (a), made technical amendment to reference in the original act to subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) ofsection 1052 of this title resulting in no change in text, substituted “are in lawful use in commerce by the owner thereof, on” for “have been in lawful use in commerce by the proprietor thereof, upon”, struck out “for the year preceding the filing of the application” after “any goods and services”, and inserted “subsections (a) and (e) of” before “section 1051”.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 100–667, § 121(2), (5), designated second par. as subsec. (b) and substituted “prescribed fee” for “fee herein provided”.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 100–667, § 121(3), designated third par. as subsec. (c).
1962—Pub. L. 87–772struck out “has begun the lawful use of his mark in foreign commerce and that he” before “requires domestic registration” in last par.
Amendment by Pub. L. 103–182applicable only to trademark applications filed on or after Dec. 8, 1993, see section 335(c) ofPub. L. 103–182, set out in a note under section 1052 of this title.