The Supreme Court, of the corporate United states, decides the Trade-Mark Cases, declaring the Trade Mark Act of 1870, to be unlawful as the Constitution for the united States had not been amended to permit Congress to regulate trademark protection.
[added 5/13/2022]
Subsequent Events:
Authority:
Article I, Section 8 [Clause 8]
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Article I, Section 8 [Clause 18]
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References:
Calvin D. Linton, ed., The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 219.
Trade-Mark Cases – Wikipedia
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