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Texas Business & Commerce Code - Section 36.17. Effect Of Filing

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§ 36.17. EFFECT OF FILING. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to give a registrant of an assumed business or professional name any right to use the name when contrary to the common law or statutory law of unfair competition, unfair trade practices, common law copyright, or similar law. The mere filing of an assumed business or professional name certificate pursuant to this chapter shall not constitute actual use of the assumed name set out therein for purposes of determining priority of rights. Added by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1100, ch. 403, § 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1977.

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