For the 1940 Lanham Act building wartime community facilities, see New Deal § Wartime welfare projects.
Lanham Act
Other short titles
Trademark Act of 1946
Citations
Statutes at Large
60 Stat. 427
Codification
Titles amended
15
Legislative history
Signed into law by President Harry S. Truman on July 5, 1946
United States Supreme Court cases
Steele v. Bulova Watch Co., 344 U.S. 280 (1952)
Fleischmann Distilling Corp. v. Maier Brewing Co., 386 U.S. 714 (1967)
Inwood Laboratories, Inc. v. Ives Laboratories, Inc., 456 U.S. 844 (1982)
Park 'N Fly, Inc. v. Dollar Park & Fly, Inc., 469 U.S. 189 (1985)
San Francisco Arts & Athletics, Inc. v. United States Olympic Committee, 483 U.S. 522 (1987)
Two Pesos, Inc. v. Taco Cabana, Inc., 505 U.S. 763 (1992)
Qualitex Co. v. Jacobson Products Co., 514 U.S. 159 (1995)
College Savings Bank v. Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board, 527 U.S. 666 (1999)
TrafFix Devices, Inc. v. Marketing Displays, Inc., 532 U.S. 23 (2001)
Moseley v. V Secret Catalogue, Inc., 537 U.S. 418 (2003)
Dastar Corp. v. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp., 539 U.S. 23 (2003)
Lexmark International, Inc. v. Static Control Components, Inc., 572 U.S. 118 (2014)
POM Wonderful LLC v. Coca-Cola Co., 573 U.S. 102 (2014)
B&B Hardware, Inc. v. Hargis Indus., Inc., No. 13-352, 575 U.S. ___ (2015)
Matal v. Tam, No. 15-1293, 582 U.S. ___ (2017)
Iancu v. Brunetti, No. 18-302, 588 U.S. ___ (2019)
Romag Fasteners, Inc. v. Fossil, Inc., No. 18-1233, 590 U.S. ___ (2020)
Patent and Trademark Office v. Booking.com B. V., No. 19-46, 591 U.S. ___ (2020)
Jack Daniel's Properties, Inc. v. VIP Products LLC, No. 22-148, 599 U.S. ___ (2023)
Abitron Austria GmbH v. Hetronic International, Inc., No. 21-1043, 600 U.S. ___ (2023)
Vidal v. Elster, No. 22-704, 601 U.S. ___ (2024)
The Lanham (Trademark) Act (Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 79–489, 60 Stat. 427, enacted July 5, 1946, codified at 15 U.S.C. § 1051 et seq. (15 U.S.C. ch. 22) is the primary federal trademark statute in the United States. In other words, the Act is the primary statutory foundation of United States trademark law at the federal level. The Act prohibits a number of activities, including trademark infringement, trademark dilution, and false advertising.
The Lanham (Trademark) Act (Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 79–489, 60 Stat. 427, enacted July 5, 1946, codified at 15 U.S.C. § 1051 et seq....
industries—and their approach won out. The Community Facilities Act of 1940 (the LanhamAct) provided federal funds to defense-impacted communities where...
is given under copyright law. See 17 U.S.C. § 106. Section 43 of the LanhamAct governs false and misleading advertising, and can apply in some instances...
Until a 2017 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in Matal v. Tam, the LanhamAct did not permit registration of trademarks containing terms that may disparage...
and the provisions of the LanhamAct have become outdated. USCA §1125 was passed in 2012 as an addition to the LanhamAct, clarifying issues about comparative...
avoid confusion. United States trademark law is mainly governed by the LanhamAct. Common law trademark rights are acquired automatically when a business...
1979 from showing the film by the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders under the LanhamAct, arguing that their uniforms were mimicked by the film's producers and...
census-designated place Lanham (surname) LanhamAct This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Lanham. If an internal link led...
passed a new trademark act, this time according to its Commerce Clause powers. Congress revised the Trademark Act in 1905. The LanhamAct of 1946 updated the...
though Expedia had no relationship with those hotels, in violation of the LanhamAct, and also falsely noting that hotels with which the company had no relationship...
An unregistered trademark may receive protection under the federal "LanhamAct" (15 USC § 1125), which includes prohibition against commercial misrepresentation...
proceedings against an infringer if the owner fails to do so. Section 32 of the LanhamAct states that those who use similar or identical trademarks, products, or...
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