Lanham Act - Divisions

Divisions

The Lanham Act is divided into the following four subchapters:

Subchapter I – The Principal Register – §§ 1051–1072 (Sections 1–22)

Subchapter II – The Supplemental Register – §§ 1091–1096 (Sections 23–28)

Subchapter III – General Provisions – §§ 1111–1129 (Sections 29–45)

Subchapter IV – The Madrid Protocol – §§ 1141–1141n (not part of the original Lanham Act)

Note that there are gaps between the United States Code sections, to accommodate the insertion of new statutes into the Code. Two such additions have been made to Subchapter III, with the later creation of the National Intellectual Property Law Enforcement Coordination Council codified at 15 U.S.C. § 1128, and the passage of prohibitions against cyberpiracy originally codified at 15 U.S.C. § 1129, but now covered by 15 U.S.C. § 8131.