Minnesota Statutes 333.30 – Marks Acquired At Common Law
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Nothing herein shall adversely affect a person‘s rights or the enforcement of the rights in a mark acquired in good faith at any time at common law, except that the rights as against the registrant of the same or confusingly similar mark are limited to the areas of the person’s use established prior to the registration date and areas in which the person’s mark has become known prior to the registration date.
Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 333.30
- Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
- Person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44