{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-16.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business \u0026 Commerce Code § 16.002","heading":"INAPPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.","body":"(a) This chapter does not apply to the registration or use of a livestock brand or other indicia of ownership of goods that do not qualify as a mark.\n(b) Except as provided by this subsection, a trade name is not registrable under this chapter. If a trade name is also a service mark or trademark, the trade name is registrable as a service mark or trademark.\nAmended by:\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 563 (H.B. 3141), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2012.\nActs 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 762 (S.B. 1033), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013.","path":["BUSINESS AND COMMERCE CODE","TITLE 2. COMPETITION AND TRADE PRACTICES","CHAPTER 16. TRADEMARKS","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.16.htm#16.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:56Z","sha256":"25fdec44a128ebc8abc5ef6b230990fda3bd2e7cb48bbd26e533305dd1c942a1","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-16.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-16.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}