{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-16.056","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business \u0026 Commerce Code § 16.056","heading":"CONCURRENT APPLICATIONS FOR SAME OR SIMILAR MARK.","body":"(a) When concurrently processing applications for the same or confusingly similar marks used on or in connection with the same or related goods or services, the secretary of state shall grant priority to the application that was filed first. If a prior filed application is granted a registration, the secretary of state shall reject any other subsequently filed application.\n(b) An applicant whose application is rejected under this section may bring an action in accordance with Section 16.106 for cancellation of the previously issued registration on the ground that the applicant has a prior or superior right to the mark.\nAmended by:\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 563 (H.B. 3141), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2012.","path":["BUSINESS AND COMMERCE CODE","TITLE 2. COMPETITION AND TRADE PRACTICES","CHAPTER 16. TRADEMARKS","SUBCHAPTER B. REGISTRATION OF MARK"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.16.htm#16.056","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:56Z","sha256":"dfd2d460da00237f294229f9fc83bce2401125095853d0000f3f5208c1fc0316","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-16.055","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-16.057"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}