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In United States trademark law, the Principal Register is the primary register of trademarks maintained by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. It is governed by Subchapter I of the Lanham Act. Having a mark registered under the Principal Register confers certain benefits on the holder of the mark. Among them are: - Nationwide constructive use and constructive notice, which cuts off rights of other users for similar marks
- The possibility of achieving incontestable status after five years (which cuts off certain defenses of potential infringement defendants)
- The right to bring a federal cause of action for infringement without regard to diversity or amount in controversy
- The right to request U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials to bar importation of goods bearing infringing trademarks
- Provisions for treble damages, attorney fees, and various other remedies.
Trademarks must be inherently distinctive, or have acquired sufficient secondary meaning, to be registered on the Principal Register. See alsoReferences- Merges, Robert P., Menell, Peter S., and Lemley, Mark A. Intellectual Property in the New Technological Age, Third Edition. Aspen Publishers, 2003. {{ISBN|0-7355-3652-X}} pp. 591-592.
External links- Explanation of the Principal Register, from QuizLaw
- [https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode15/usc_sup_01_15_10_22_20_I.html Subchapter I of the Lanham Act] from the Legal Information Institute
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