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[CITE: 15USC1120]

 
                      TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
 
                         CHAPTER 22--TRADEMARKS
 
                   SUBCHAPTER III--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 1120. Civil liability for false or fraudulent registration

    Any person who shall procure registration in the Patent and 
Trademark Office of a mark by a false or fraudulent declaration or 
representation, oral or in writing, or by any false means, shall be 
liable in a civil action by any person injured thereby for any damages 
sustained in consequence thereof.

(July 5, 1946, ch. 540, title VI, Sec. 38, 60 Stat. 440; Pub. L. 93-596, 
Sec. 1, Jan. 2, 1975, 88 Stat. 1949.)


                            Prior Provisions

    Act Feb. 20, 1905, ch. 592, Sec. 25, 33 Stat. 730.


                               Amendments

    1975--Pub. L. 93-596 substituted ``Patent and Trademark Office'' for 
``Patent Office''.


                    Effective Date of 1975 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 93-596 effective Jan. 2, 1975, see section 4 of 
Pub. L. 93-596, set out as a note under section 1111 of this title.


                  Repeal and Effect on Existing Rights

    Repeal of inconsistent provisions, effect of this chapter on pending 
proceedings and existing registrations and rights under prior acts, see 
notes set out under section 1051 of this title.

                          Transfer of Functions

    For transfer of functions of other officers, employees, and agencies 
of Department of Commerce, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of 
Commerce, with power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 5 of 1950, 
Secs. 1, 2, eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1263, set out in 
the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 1122 of this title.
