United States trademark law
Lanham Act |
Other short titles | Trademark Act of 1946 |
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Statutes at Large | 60 Stat. 427 |
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Titles amended | 15 |
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- 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, 602 U.S. ___ (2024)
- Dewberry Group, Inc. v. Dewberry Engineers, Inc., No. 23-900, 604 U.S. ___ (2025)
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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.