Boycotta, etc.

Separability of provisions.

such business is not regulated by State law.

APPLICABILITY OF FEDERAL ANTITRUST LAWS TO INSURANCE (59 Stat. 34; 61 Stat. 448; 15 U.S.C. 1018).

SEC. 8. (a) Until June 30, 1948, the Act of July 2, 1890, as amended, known as the Sherman Act, and the Act of October 15, 1914, as amended, known as the Clayton Act, and the Act of September 26, 1914, known as the Federal Trade Commission Act, as amended, and the Act of June 19, 1936, known as the Robinson-Patman Antidiscrimination Act, shall not apply to the business of insurance or to acts in the conduct thereof.

(b) Nothing contained in this Act shall render the said Sherman Act inapplicable to any agreement to boycott, coerce, or intimidate, or act of boycott, coercion, or intimidation.

APPLICATION OF LABOR AND MERCHANT MARINE ACTS TO INSURANCE (59 Stat. 84; 15 U.S.C. 1014).

SEC. 4. Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed to affect in any manner the application to the business of insurance of the Act of July 5, 1985, as amended, known as the National Labor Relations Act, or the Act of June 25, 1938, as amended, known as the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1988, or the Act of June 5, 1920, known as the Merchant Marine Act, 1920.

TERM "STATE" DEFINED (59 Stat. 84; 70 Stat. 908; 15 U.S.C. 1015).

SEC. 5. As used in this Act, the term "State" includes the several States, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the District of Columbia.

SEPARABILITY OF PROVISIONS (59 Stat. 84; 15 U.S.C. 1011, note).

SEC. 6. If any provision of this Act, or the application of such provision to any person or circumstances, shall be held invalid, the remainder of the Act, and the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected.

Approved March 9, 1945.

3 Amended August 1, 1956 (70 Stat. 908) to include "Guam”.

LANHAM TRADE-MARK ACT1

[PUBLIC LAW 489, 79TH CONGRESS, APPROVED JULY 5, 1946 (60 STAT. 433, AS AMENDED; 15 U.S.C. 1064), as AMENDED BY PUBLIC LAW 87-772, 87TH CONGRESS, APPROVED OCTOBER 9, 1962 (76 STAT. 771; 15 U.S.C. 1064).]

AN ACT To provide for the registration and protection of trade-marks used in commerce, to carry out the provisions of certain international conventions, and for other purposes.

CANCELLATION OF A REGISTRATION' (76 Stat. 771; 15 U.S.C. 1964).

SEC. 14. A verified petition to cancel a registration of a mark, stating the grounds relied upon, may, upon payment of the prescribed fee, be filed by any person who believes that he is or will be damaged by the registration of a mark on the principal register established by this Act, or under the Act of March 3, 1881, or the Act of February 20, 1905

(a) within five years from the date of the registration of the mark under this Act; or

(b) within five years from the date of publication under section 12(c) hereof of a mark registered under the Act of March 3, 1881, or the Act of February 20, 1905; or

(c) at any time if the registered mark becomes the common descriptive name of an article or substance, or has been abandoned, or its registration was obtained fraudulently or contrary to the provisions of section 4 or of subsections (a), (b), or (c) of section 2 of this Act for a registration hereunder, or contrary to similar prohibitory provisions of said prior Acts for a registration thereunder, or if the registered mark is being used by, or with the permission of, the registrant so as to misrepresent the

1 Sec. 14 of this Act, as amended, relates to the Federal Trade Commission. Public Law 87-772, approved October 9, 1962 (76 Stat. 771) amended Section 14 of said Act (Public Law 489), by striking said Bec. 14 in its entirety and inserting, in lieu therof, Sec. 14 as set forth above. The caption has been inserted by the editors of this compilation.