{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-16.101","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business \u0026 Commerce Code § 16.101","heading":"FRAUDULENT REGISTRATION.","body":"A person who procures for the person or another the filing of an application or the registration of a mark under this chapter by knowingly making a false or fraudulent representation or declaration, oral or written, or by any other fraudulent means, is liable to pay all damages sustained as a result of the filing or registration. The damages may be recovered by or on behalf of the injured party in any court of competent jurisdiction.\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 C. ENFORCEMENT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.16.htm#16.101","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:56Z","sha256":"edaa3e14f57d26cbecb0cdf2c76c0bcabf6e1b168a775192bdf56b95e42a8330","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-16.066","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-16.102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}