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112 STAT. 3064 PUBLIC LAW 105-330—OCT. 30, 1998 Oct. 30, 1998 [S. 2193] Trademark Law Treaty Implementation Act. 15 USC 1051 note. 15 USC 1058 note. Public Law 105-330 105th Congress An Act To implement the provisions of the Trademark Law Treaty. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, TITLE I—TRADEMARK LAW TREATY IMPLEMENTATION SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. This title may be cited as the 'Trademark Law Treaty Implementation Act*'. SEC. 102. REFERENCE TO THE TRADEMARK ACT OF 1946. For piirposes of this title, the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the registration and protection of trademarks used in commerce, to carry out the provisions of certain international conventions, and for other purposes", approved July 5, 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1051 et seq.), shall be referred to as the "Trademark Act of 1946". SEC. 108. APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION; VERIFICATION. (a) APPLICATION FOR USE OF TRADEMARK. —Section 1(a) of the Trademark Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1051(a)) is amended to read as follows: "SECTION 1. (a)(1) The owner of a trademark used in commerce may request registration of its trademark on the principal register hereby established by paying the prescribed fee and filing in the Patent and Trademark OfBce an application and a verified statement, in such form as may be prescribed by the Commissioner, and such number of specimens or facsimiles of the mark as used as may be required by the Commissioner. "(2) The application shall include specification of the applicant's domicile and citizenship, the date of the applicemt's first use of the mark, the date of the applicant's first use of the mark in commerce, the goods in connection with which the mark is used, and a drawing of the mark. " (3) The statement shall be verified by the applicant and specify thal^ "(A) the person making the verification believes that he or she, or the juristic person in whose behalf he or she makes the verification, to be the owner of the mark sought to be registered; "(B) to the best of the verifier's knowledge and belief, the facts recited in the appHcation are accurate;