15 USC § 1072 - Registration as constructive notice of claim of ownership

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title: "15 USC § 1072 - Registration as constructive notice of claim of ownership"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "1072"
section_name: "Registration as constructive notice of claim of ownership"
chapter_number: 22
chapter_name: "TRADEMARKS"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "THE PRINCIPAL REGISTER"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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source_credit: "(July 5, 1946, ch. 540, title I, § 22, 60 Stat. 435.)"
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# § 1072. Registration as constructive notice of claim of ownership

March 3, 1881February 20, 1905

Registration of a mark on the principal register provided by this chapter or under the Act of , or the Act of , shall be constructive notice of the registrant’s claim of ownership thereof.

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**Source Credit**: (July 5, 1946, ch. 540, title I, § 22, 60 Stat. 435.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Acts , and , referred to in text, are acts ,  and , , which were repealed insofar as inconsistent with this chapter by , . Act , was classified to sections 81 to 109 of this title.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

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