2006 Alabama Code - Section 8-12-1 — Appropriation of trademark to designate origin or ownership.

One who produces or deals in a particular thing or conducts a particular business may appropriate to his exclusive use, as a trademark, any form, symbol, or name which has not been so appropriated by another to designate the origin or ownership thereof; but he cannot exclusively appropriate any designation, or part of a designation, which relates only to the name, quality, or the description of the thing or business or the place where the thing is produced or the business is carried on.

(Code 1923, §10370; Code 1940, T. 47, §271.)