Notes on 15 U.S.C. § 297 : US Code - Notes

Search Notes on 15 U.S.C. § 297 : US Code - Notes

(June 13, 1906, ch. 3289, Sec. 4, 34 Stat. 261; Pub. L. 87-354,
Sec. 1, Oct. 4, 1961, 75 Stat. 775; Pub. L. 91-366, Sec. 1(e), July
31, 1970, 84 Stat. 691.)
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The effective date of this Act, referred to in subsec. (b), as
the first day of the third month beginning after Oct. 4, 1961, see
Effective Date of 1961 Amendment note set out under this section.
AMENDMENTS
1970 - Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 91-366 struck out reference to the
trademark of a firm, corporation or association in cl. (A).
1961 - Pub. L. 87-354 designated existing provisions as subsec.
(a) and added subsec. (b).
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1970 AMENDMENT
Section 4 of Pub. L. 91-366 provided that: "This Act [amending
this section and sections 298 and 299 of this title and enacting
provisions set out below] shall take effect three months after
enactment [July 31, 1970]."
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1961 AMENDMENT
Section 2 of Pub. L. 87-354 provided that: "The amendments made
by this Act [amending this section] shall take effect on the first
day of the third month beginning after the date of enactment of
this Act [Oct. 4, 1961]."
SEPARABILITY
Section 2 of Pub. L. 91-366 provided that: "If any provision of
this Act [see Effective Date of 1970 Amendment note above] or any
amendment made thereby, or the application thereof to any person,
as that term is herein defined, is held invalid, the remainder of
the Act or amendment and the application of the remaining
provisions of the Act or amendment to any person shall not be
affected thereby."
CONSTRUCTION OF 1970 AMENDMENT
Section 3 of Pub. L. 91-366 provided that: "The provisions of
this Act [see Effective Date of 1970 Amendment note above] and
amendments made thereby shall be held to be in addition to, and not
in substitution for or limitation of, the provisions of any other
Act of the United States."