Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 16.055 · Subchapter B. REGISTRATION OF MARK
DISCLAIMER OF UNREGISTRABLE COMPONENT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The secretary of state may require the applicant to disclaim an unregistrable component of a mark that is otherwise registrable. An applicant may voluntarily disclaim a component of a mark sought to be registered.
(b) A disclaimer may not prejudice or affect:
(1) the rights of the applicant or registrant in the disclaimed matter; or
(2) the rights of the applicant or registrant to submit another application to register the mark if the disclaimed matter is or has become distinctive of the applicant's or registrant's goods or services.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 563 (H.B. 3141), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2012.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.16.htm
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- sha256 f9f17581a457e173bc3dd0fc83261a49fb39b7dd748f79126b2d31c4ed498df0
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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