15 U.S.C. § 1111
Notice of registration; display with mark; recovery of profits and damages in infringement suit
United States · Title 15 — COMMERCE AND TRADE · Status: effective
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- 15 U.S.C. § 1111, Notice of registration; display with mark; recovery of profits and damages in infringement suit, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/440896
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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.
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 The law that originally enacted this section predates the public laws loaded here, so only later amendments are listed.
- A bill to amend the Trademark Act of 1946 and title 35 of the United States Code to change the name of the Patent Office to the "Patent and Trademark Office".House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Trademark Law Revision Act of 1988House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally