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Except as provided in subsection (d) of section 1526 of title
19, no article of imported merchandise which shall copy or
simulate the name of any domestic manufacture, or manufacturer,
or trader, or of any manufacturer or trader located in any
foreign country which, by treaty, convention, or law affords
similar privileges to citizens of the United States, or which
shall copy or simulate a trademark registered in accordance
with the provisions of this chapter or shall bear a name or
mark calculated to induce the public to believe that the
article is manufactured in the United States, or that it is
manufactured in any foreign country or locality other than
the country or locality in which it is in fact manufactured,
shall be admitted to entry at any customhouse of the United
States; and, in order to aid the officers of the customs in
enforcing this prohibition, any domestic manufacturer or
trader, and any foreign manufacturer or trader, who is
entitled under the provisions of a treaty, convention,
declaration, or agreement between the United States and any
foreign country to the advantages afforded by law to citizens
of the United States in respect to trademarks and commercial
names, may require his name and residence, and the name of
the locality in which his goods are manufactured, and a copy
of the certificate of registration of his trademark, issued
in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, to be
recorded in books which shall be kept for this purpose in the
Department of the Treasury, under such regulations as the
Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe, and may furnish to
the Department facsimiles of his name, the name of the
locality in which his goods are manufactured, or of his
registered trademark, and thereupon the Secretary of the
Treasury shall cause one or more copies of the same to be
transmitted to each collector or other proper officer of
customs.
SUBCHAPTER III - GENERAL PROVISIONS
US Code Title 15 "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
Chapter 22 "TRADEMARKS"
a.k.a. The Lanham Act
Sec. 1124. - Importation of goods bearing infringing marks or names forbidden
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