Democratic (socialist/fascist) President Truman signs the Lanham Trademark Act, strengthening Federal penalties against trademark infringement, trademark dilution, and false advertising.
NOTE: Although Article I, Section 8 [Clause 8] allows Congress to issue patents and copyrights to protect inventors and writers, nowhere in the Constitution for the united States is Congress given the power to issue trademarks for the protection of corporate identities.
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Authority:
“Law of the Jungle”
ccc-2point0.com/preface
References:
David G. Savage, “Justices Won’t Referee War on ‘Better Pizza,’” Los Angeles Times, 20 March 2001, A11.
Lanham Act—Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanham_Act