Federal

Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

2,701 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 1 — Trusts, etc., in restraint of trade illegal; penalty
• § 10 — Bringing in additional parties
• § 1001 — Prize-fight films as subjects of interstate or foreign commerce
• § 1002 — Golden Gate Bridge tolls; Government traffic and personnel in performance of office business not subject to tolls
• § 1003 — Authorization for free travel on Golden Gate Bridge; issuance, presentation, and acceptance; other authorization devices
• § 1004 — Penalties
• § 1005 — San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge tolls; Government traffic and personnel on official business exempted; Government personnel on Yerba Buena Island or Treasure Island exempted
• § 1006 — Authorization for free travel on San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge; issuance, presentation, and acceptance; other authorization devices
• § 1007 — Penalties
• § 1011 — Declaration of policy
• § 1012 — Regulation by State law; Federal law relating specifically to insurance; applicability of certain Federal laws after June 30, 1948
• § 1013 — Suspension until June 30, 1948 , of application of certain Federal laws; Sherman Act applicable to agreements to, or acts of, boycott, coercion, or intimidation
• § 1014 — Effect on other laws
• § 1015 — “State” defined
• § 1021 — Congressional declarations
• § 1022 — Economic Report of President; coverage; supplementary reports; reference to Congressional joint committee; percentage rate of unemployment; definitions
• § 1022a — Medium-term economic goals and policies respecting full employment and balanced growth
• § 1022b — Presentation of analysis respecting short-term and medium-term goals in Economic Report of President; mutually reinforcing means
• § 1022c — Inclusion of priority policies and programs in President’s Budget
• § 1022d — President’s Budget
• § 1022e — Inflation
• § 1022f — Advisory board or boards
• § 1023 — Council of Economic Advisers
• § 1024 — Joint Economic Committee
• § 1025 — Printing of monthly publication by Joint Economic Committee entitled “Economic Indicators”; distribution
• § 1026 — Repealed. Pub. L. 94–136, title VI, § 601 , Nov. 28, 1975 , 89 Stat. 742
• § 1051 — Application for registration; verification
• § 1052 — Trademarks registrable on principal register; concurrent registration
• § 1053 — Service marks registrable
• § 1054 — Collective marks and certification marks registrable
• § 1055 — Use by related companies affecting validity and registration
• § 1056 — Disclaimer of unregistrable matter
• § 1057 — Certificates of registration
• § 1058 — Duration, affidavits and fees
• § 1059 — Renewal of registration
• § 1060 — Assignment
• § 1061 — Execution of acknowledgments and verifications
• § 1062 — Publication
• § 1063 — Opposition to registration
• § 1064 — Cancellation of registration
• § 1065 — Incontestability of right to use mark under certain conditions
• § 1066 — Interference; declaration by Director
• § 1066a — Ex parte expungement
• § 1066b — Ex parte reexamination
• § 1067 — Interference, opposition, and proceedings for concurrent use registration or for cancellation; notice; Trademark Trial and Appeal Board
• § 1068 — Action of Director in interference, opposition, and proceedings for concurrent use registration or for cancellation
• § 1069 — Application of equitable principles in inter partes proceedings
• § 1070 — Appeals to Trademark Trial and Appeal Board from decisions of examiners
• § 1071 — Appeal to courts
• § 1072 — Registration as constructive notice of claim of ownership
• § 1091 — Supplemental register
• § 1092 — Publication; not subject to opposition; cancellation
• § 1093 — Registration certificates for marks on principal and supplemental registers to be different
• § 1094 — Provisions of chapter applicable to registrations on supplemental register
• § 1095 — Registration on principal register not precluded
• § 1096 — Registration on supplemental register not used to stop importations
• § 11 — Forfeiture of property in transit
• § 1111 — Notice of registration; display with mark; recovery of profits and damages in infringement suit
• § 1112 — Classification of goods and services; registration in plurality of classes
• § 1113 — Fees
• § 1114 — Remedies; infringement; innocent infringement by printers and publishers
• § 1115 — Registration on principal register as evidence of exclusive right to use mark; defenses
• § 1116 — Injunctive relief
• § 1117 — Recovery for violation of rights
• § 1118 — Destruction of infringing articles
• § 1119 — Power of court over registration
• § 1120 — Civil liability for false or fraudulent registration
• § 1121 — Jurisdiction of Federal courts; State and local requirements that registered trademarks be altered or displayed differently; prohibition
• § 1121a — Transferred
• § 1122 — Liability of United States and States, and instrumentalities and officials thereof
• § 1123 — Rules and regulations for conduct of proceedings in Patent and Trademark Office
• § 1124 — Importation of goods bearing infringing marks or names forbidden
• § 1125 — False designations of origin, false descriptions, and dilution forbidden
• § 1126 — International conventions
• § 1127 — Construction and definitions; intent of chapter
• § 1128 — Repealed. Pub. L. 110–403, title III, § 305(a)(1) , Oct. 13, 2008 , 122 Stat. 4270
• § 1129 — Transferred
• § 1141 — Definitions
• § 1141a — International applications based on United States applications or registrations
• § 1141b — Certification of the international application
• § 1141c — Restriction, abandonment, cancellation, or expiration of a basic application or basic registration
• § 1141d — Request for extension of protection subsequent to international registration
• § 1141e — Extension of protection of an international registration to the United States under the Madrid Protocol
• § 1141f — Effect of filing a request for extension of protection of an international registration to the United States
• § 1141g — Right of priority for request for extension of protection to the United States
• § 1141h — Examination of and opposition to request for extension of protection; notification of refusal
• § 1141i — Effect of extension of protection
• § 1141j — Dependence of extension of protection to the United States on the underlying international registration
• § 1141k — Duration, affidavits and fees
• § 1141l — Assignment of an extension of protection
• § 1141m — Incontestability
• § 1141n — Rights of extension of protection
• § 1151 — Purpose of chapter
• § 1152 — Clearinghouse for technical information; removal of security classification
• § 1153 — Rules, regulations, and fees
• § 1153a — Repealed. Pub. L. 91–412, § 3(f) , Sept. 25, 1970 , 84 Stat. 865
• § 1154 — Reference of data to armed services and other Government agencies
• § 1155 — General standards and limitations; preservation of security classification
• § 1156 — Use of existing facilities
• § 1157 — Relation to other provisions
• § 1171 — Definitions
• § 1172 — Transportation of gambling devices as unlawful; exceptions; authority of Federal Trade Commission
• § 1173 — Registration of manufacturers and dealers
• § 1174 — Labeling and marking of shipping packages
• § 1175 — Specific jurisdictions within which manufacturing, repairing, selling, possessing, etc., prohibited; exceptions
• § 1176 — Penalties
• § 1177 — Confiscation of gambling devices and means of transportation; laws governing
• § 1178 — Nonapplicability of chapter to certain machines and devices
• § 1191 — Definitions
• § 1192 — Prohibited transactions
• § 1193 — Flammability standards or regulations
• § 1194 — Administration and enforcement
• § 1195 — Injunction and condemnation proceedings
• § 1196 — Penalties
• § 1197 — Guaranties
• § 1198 — Shipments from foreign countries; demand for redelivery; claim for liquidated damages
• § 1199 — Chapter as additional legislation
• § 12 — Definitions; short title
• § 1200 — Persons excluded from operation of chapter
• § 1201 — Study and investigation; research, development and training
• § 1202 — Exemptions
• § 1203 — Preemption of Federal standards
• § 1204 — Congressional veto of flammability regulations
• § 1211 — Prohibition against transportation of refrigerators without safety devices
• § 1212 — Violations; misdemeanor; penalties
• § 1213 — Publication of safety standards in Federal Register
• § 1214 — “Interstate commerce” defined
• § 1221 — Definitions
• § 1222 — Authorization of suits against manufacturers; amount of recovery; defenses
• § 1223 — Limitations
• § 1224 — Antitrust laws as affected
• § 1225 — State laws as affected
• § 1226 — Motor vehicle franchise contract dispute resolution process
• § 1231 — Definitions
• § 1232 — Label and entry requirements
• § 1232a — Repealed. Pub. L. 92–178, title IV, § 401(g)(7)(A) , Dec. 10, 1971 , 85 Stat. 534
• § 1233 — Violations and penalties
• § 1241 — Definitions
• § 1242 — Introduction, manufacture for introduction, transportation or distribution in interstate commerce; penalty
• § 1243 — Manufacture, sale, or possession within specific jurisdictions; penalty
• § 1244 — Exceptions
• § 1245 — Ballistic knives
• § 1261 — Definitions
• § 1262 — Declaration of hazardous substances
• § 1263 — Prohibited acts
• § 1264 — Penalties; exceptions
• § 1265 — Seizures
• § 1266 — Hearing before report of criminal violation
• § 1267 — Injunctions; criminal contempt; trial by court or jury
• § 1268 — Proceedings in name of United States; subpenas
• § 1269 — Regulations
• § 1270 — Examinations and investigations
• § 1271 — Records of interstate shipment
• § 1272 — Publicity; reports; dissemination of information
• § 1273 — Imports
• § 1274 — Remedies respecting banned hazardous substances
• § 1275 — Toxicological Advisory Board
• § 1276 — Congressional veto of hazardous substances regulations
• § 1277 — Labeling of art materials
• § 1278 — Requirements for labeling certain toys and games
• § 1278a — Children’s products containing lead; lead paint rule
• § 1281, 1282 — Repealed. Pub. L. 103–272, § 7(b) , July 5, 1994 , 108 Stat. 1379
• § 1291 — Exemption from antitrust laws of agreements covering the telecasting of sports contests and the combining of professional football leagues
• § 1292 — Area telecasting restriction limitation
• § 1293 — Intercollegiate and interscholastic football contest limitations
• § 1294 — Antitrust laws unaffected as regards to other activities of professional sports contests
• § 1295 — “Persons” defined
• § 13 — Discrimination in price, services, or facilities
• § 1301 to 1303 — Repealed. Pub. L. 89–563, title I, § 117(a) , Sept. 9, 1966 , 80 Stat. 727
• § 1311 — Definitions
• § 1312 — Civil investigative demands
• § 1313 — Custodian of documents, answers and transcripts
• § 1314 — Judicial proceedings
• § 1321 to 1323 — Repealed. Pub. L. 89–563, title I, § 117(a) , Sept. 9, 1966 , 80 Stat. 727
• § 1331 — Congressional declaration of policy and purpose
• § 1332 — Definitions
• § 1333 — Labeling
• § 1334 — Preemption
• § 1335 — Unlawful advertisements on medium of electronic communication
• § 1335a — List of cigarette ingredients; annual submission to Secretary; transmittal to Congress; confidentiality
• § 1336 — Authority of Federal Trade Commission; unfair or deceptive acts or practices
• § 1337 — Omitted
• § 1338 — Criminal penalty
• § 1339 — Injunction proceedings
• § 1340 — Cigarettes for export
• § 1341 — Smoking, research, education and information
• § 1351 — Declaration of purpose
• § 1352 — Definitions
• § 1353 — Selection of designated agency
• § 1354 — Five-year plan; annual technical services program
• § 1355 — Conditions precedent to acceptance of plans and programs for review and approval by Secretary
• § 1356 — Review and approval of plans and programs by Secretary
• § 1357 — Interstate cooperation in administration and coordination of plans and programs
• § 1358 — Consent of Congress for interstate compacts; reservation of right to alter, amend, or repeal
• § 1359 — Advisory councils for technical services; appointment; functions; compensation and expenses
• § 1360 — Appropriations and payments
• § 1361 — Reference services to assist designated agencies to obtain information outside State
• § 1362 — Rules and regulations
• § 1363 — Prohibition against control over educational institutions; functions or responsibilities of other departments not affected
• § 1364 — Annual report by designated agencies to Secretary; reports by Secretary to President and Congress