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Source: http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/15/ch22schIII.html

US Code Title 15 "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
Chapter 22 "TRADEMARKS"
a.k.a. The Lanham Act

Sec. 1122. - Liability of United States and States, and instrumentalities and officials thereof

(a) Waiver of sovereign immunity by the United States
    The United States, all agencies and instrumentalities thereof, and all individuals, firms, corporations, other persons acting for the United States and with the authorization and consent of the United States, shall not be immune from suit in Federal or State court by any person, including any governmental or nongovernmental entity, for any violation under this chapter.

(b) Waiver of sovereign immunity by States
    Any State, instrumentality of a State or any officer or employee of a State or instrumentality of a State acting in his or her official capacity, shall not be immune, under the eleventh amendment of the Constitution of the United States or under any other doctrine of sovereign immunity, from suit in Federal court by any person, including any governmental or nongovernmental entity for any violation under this chapter.

(c) Remedies
    In a suit described in subsection (a) or (b) of this section for a violation described therein, remedies (including remedies both at law and in equity) are available for the violation to the same extent as such remedies are available for such a violation in a suit against any person other than the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof, or any individual, firm, corporation, or other person acting for the United States and with authorization and consent of the United States, or a State, instrumentality of a State, or officer or employee of a State or instrumentality of a State acting in his or her official capacity. Such remedies include injunctive relief under section 1116 of this title, actual damages, profits, costs and attorney's fees under section 1117 of this title, destruction of infringing articles under section 1118 of this title, the remedies provided for under sections 1114, 1119, 1120, 1124 and 1125 of this title, and for any other remedies provided under this chapter.

SUBCHAPTER III - GENERAL PROVISIONS

  • Sec. 1111. Notice of registration; display with mark; recovery of profits and damages in infringement suit
  • Sec. 1112. Classification of goods and services; registration in plurality of classes
  • Sec. 1113. Fees
  • Sec. 1114. Remedies; infringement; innocent infringement by printers and publishers
  • Sec. 1115. Registration on principal register as evidence of exclusive right to use mark; defenses
  • Sec. 1116. Injunctive relief
  • Sec. 1117. Recovery for violation of rights
  • Sec. 1118. Destruction of infringing articles
  • Sec. 1119. Power of court over registration
  • Sec. 1120. Civil liability for false or fraudulent registration
  • Sec. 1121. Jurisdiction of Federal courts; State and local requirements that registered trademarks be altered or displayed differently; prohibition
  • Sec. 1121a. Transferred
  • Sec. 1122. Liability of United States and States, and instrumentalities and officials thereof
  • Sec. 1123. Rules and regulations for conduct of proceedings in Patent and Trademark Office
  • Sec. 1124. Importation of goods bearing infringing marks or names forbidden
  • Sec. 1125. False designations of origin, false descriptions, and dilution forbidden
  • Sec. 1126. International conventions
  • Sec. 1127. Construction and definitions; intent of chapter
  • Sec. 1128. National Intellectual Property Law Enforcement Coordination Council
  • Sec. 1129. Cyberpiracy protections for individuals

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