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title: "15 U.S.C. § 1093"
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# 15 U.S.C. § 1093 - Registration certificates for marks on principal and supplemental registers to be different

## Text

The certificates of registration for marks registered on the supplemental register shall be conspicuously different from certificates issued for marks registered on the principal register.

(July 5, 1946, ch. 540, title II, § 25, 60 Stat. 436.)

## Notes

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Repeal and Effect on Existing RightsRepeal of inconsistent provisions, effect of this chapter on pending proceedings and existing registrations and rights under prior acts, see notes set out under section 1051 of this title.