Section 16.002 - Inapplicability of Chapter(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.(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.Tex. Bus. and Comm. Code § 16.002
Amended by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 762,Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2013.Added by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 563, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2012.