94 STAT. 2024
PUBLIC LAW 96-455—OCT. 15, 1980
Public Law 96-455 96th Congress
An Act Oct. 15, 1980 [H.R. 4273]
To amend section 17 of the Act of July 5, 1946, as amended, entitled "An Act to provide for the registration and protection of trade-marks used in commerce, to carry out ^ e provisions of certain international conventions, and for other purposes.".
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Trademark Trial United States of America in Congress assembled, That section 17 of and Appeal the Act of Jiliy 5, 1946, entitled An Act to provide for the registraBoard, tion and protection of trade-marks used in commerce, to carry out the membership. provisions of certain international conventions, and for other purposes" (60 Stat. 434), as amended August 8, 1958 (72 Stat. 540), and January 2, 1975 (88 Stat. 1949), 15 U.S.C. 1067, is amended by deleting the second sentence and substituting therefor: "The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board shall include the Commissioner, the Deputy Commissioner, the Assistant Commissioners, and members appointed by the Commissioner. Employees of the Patent and Trademark Office and other persons, all of whom shall be competent in trademark law, shall be eligible for appointment as members.". Effective date. SEC. 2. This amendment shall become effective on the date of its 15 USC 1067 enactment. Members of the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board on note. the date of enactment shall continue to be members under and in accordance with the provisions of section 17 of the Act of July 5, 1946, as amended, in effect immediately preceding the date of enactment. Approved October 15, 1980.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 96-1419 (Comm. on the Judiciary). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 126 (1980): Sept. 30, considered and passed House and Senate.
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