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[CITE: 15USC1095]

 
                      TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
 
                         CHAPTER 22--TRADEMARKS
 
                SUBCHAPTER II--THE SUPPLEMENTAL REGISTER
 
Sec. 1095. Registration on principal register not precluded

    Registration of a mark on the supplemental register, or under the 
Act of March 19, 1920, shall not preclude registration by the registrant 
on the principal register established by this chapter. Registration of a 
mark on the supplemental register shall not constitute an admission that 
the mark has not acquired distinctiveness.

(July 5, 1946, ch. 540, title II, Sec. 27, 60 Stat. 436; Pub. L. 100-
667, title I, Sec. 124, Nov. 16, 1988, 102 Stat. 3943.)

                       References in Text

    Act of March 19, 1920, referred to in text, is act Mar. 19, 1920, 
ch. 104, Secs. 1-9, 41 Stat. 533, which was generally classified to 
sections 121 to 128 of this title, and which was repealed insofar as 
inconsistent with this chapter by act July 5, 1946, ch. 540, Sec. 46(a), 
60 Stat. 444.


                               Amendments

    1988--Pub. L. 100-667 inserted at end ``Registration of a mark on 
the supplemental register shall not constitute an admission that the 
mark has not acquired distinctiveness.''


                    Effective Date of 1988 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 100-667 effective one year after Nov. 16, 1988, 
see section 136 of Pub. L. 100-667, set out as a note under section 1051 
of this title.


                  Repeal and Effect on Existing Rights

    Repeal of inconsistent provisions, effect of this chapter on pending 
proceedings and existing registrations and rights under prior acts, see 
notes set out under section 1051 of this title.