{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-16.107","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business \u0026 Commerce Code § 16.107","heading":"COMMON LAW RIGHTS NOT AFFECTED.","body":"No registration under this chapter adversely affects common law rights acquired prior to registration under this chapter. However, during any period when the registration of a mark under this chapter is in force and the registrant has not abandoned the mark, no common law rights as against the registrant of the mark may be acquired.\nAdded by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 248, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.\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#16.107","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:56Z","sha256":"c9b8d6ff2029330967e470007184de40e4ee1e7cb721e57193113cd0c4faba4c","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-16.106","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-17.01"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}