15 U.S.C. § 1056
Disclaimer of unregistrable matter
United States · Title 15 — COMMERCE AND TRADE · Status: effective
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- 15 U.S.C. § 1056, Disclaimer of unregistrable matter, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/440869
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The Director may require the applicant to disclaim an unregistrable component of a mark otherwise registrable. An applicant may voluntarily disclaim a component of a mark sought to be registered.
No disclaimer, including those made under subsection (e) of section 1057 of this title, shall prejudice or affect the applicant’s or registrant’s rights then existing or thereafter arising in the disclaimed matter, or his right of registration on another application if the disclaimed matter be or shall have become distinctive of his goods or services.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone. The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- Trademark Law Revision Act of 1988House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2000