15 USC § 1141l - Assignment of an extension of protection
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identifier: "/us/usc/t15/s1141l"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "15 USC § 1141l - Assignment of an extension of protection"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "1141l"
section_name: "Assignment of an extension of protection"
chapter_number: 22
chapter_name: "TRADEMARKS"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "THE MADRID PROTOCOL"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(July 5, 1946, ch. 540, title XII, § 72, as added Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title III, § 13402, Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1920.)"
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# § 1141l. Assignment of an extension of protection
An extension of protection may be assigned, together with the goodwill associated with the mark, only to a person who is a national of, is domiciled in, or has a bona fide and effective industrial or commercial establishment either in a country that is a Contracting Party or in a country that is a member of an intergovernmental organization that is a Contracting Party.
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**Source Credit**: (July 5, 1946, ch. 540, title XII, § 72, as added Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title III, § 13402, Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1920.)