123STA T . 1 96 9 PUBLIC LA W 111 –45— AU G . 7, 2 0 09 LEGIS L AT I V E H IST ORY— H . R. 31 1 4( S. 13 58):C O N GRESSIONAL RECOR D, V ol . 155( 20 0 9 ): Ju l y7 , c o nsider ed a nd p assed House. July 1 6 , considered and passed Sena t e. (c)DEFIN I T I O N S.—Inthis s e cti o n
( 1 )DI R E C TOR.— T he te rm s ‘ ‘Director o f the U nite dS t a tes P atent and Trademar kO ffice ’ ’ and ‘‘Director’’ mean the Under Secretar y of C ommerce for Inte l lect u al Pro p erty and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. ( 2 )TR AD E M AR K ACTOF1 946 .—The term ‘‘Trademark A ct of 1946’’ means the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to pro v ide for the re g istration and protection of trademarks used in commerce , to carry out the provisions of certain international conventions, and for other purposes’’, approved J uly 5 , 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1 0 51etse q .). Approved August 7 , 2009.
