United States Supreme Court case
In re Trade-Mark Cases Full case name United States v. Steffens; United States v. Wittemann; United States v. Johnson Docket no. 705 Citations 100 U.S. 82 (more The Copyright Clause of the Constitution does not give Congress power to protect or regulate trademarks. Majority Miller, joined by Clifford, Swayne, Field, Strong, Bradley, Hunt, Waite, Harlan U.S. Const. Art. I, Sect. 8, Cl. 8
The Trade-Mark Cases United States Supreme Court , which in 1879 unanimously[ 1] Copyright Clause of the Constitution gave Congress no power to protect or regulate trademarks .[ 2] Trade Mark Act of 1881 , which was based on the Commerce Clause power, and therefore passed constitutional muster.
The three cases were United States v. Steffens United States v. Wittemann United States v. Johnson Steffens and Wittemann dealt with alleged counterfeiting of marks associated with champagne , while Johnson dealt with alleged counterfeiting of a mark associated with whiskey .
The opinion was written by Justice Samuel Freeman Miller .
The Court did not exclude all possibility of Congress regulating trademarks. Congress, however, read the decision very strictly and in a new trademark law enacted in 1881 regulated only trademarks used in commerce with foreign nations, and with the Indian tribes, areas specified under the Commerce Clause. It was not until 1905 that Congress would again enact a trademark law generally governing marks in use in the United States, though the 1905 act was also carefully worded to fall within the Commerce Clause.
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