Texas Business & Commerce Code

§ 17.30 — MISUSING DAIRY CONTAINER BEARING PROPRIETARY MARK

BC § 17.30Title 2. COMPETITION AND TRADE PRACTICES · Ch. 17. DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES · Art. D. COUNTERFEITING OR CHANGING A REQUIRED MARK; MISUSE OF CONTAINER BEARING MARK

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(a)In this section, unless the context requires a different definition, "dairy container" includes butter box, ice cream can, ice cream tub, milk bottle, milk bottle case, milk can, and milk jar.

(b)Without the owner's consent, no person may

(1)fill with milk, cream, butter, or ice cream; damage; mutilate; or destroy a dairy container bearing the owner's commonly used proprietary mark; or

(2)wilfully refuse to return on request to the owner a dairy container bearing his commonly used proprietary mark.

(c)Without the owner's written consent, no person may

(1)deface or remove an owner's proprietary mark from a dairy container; or

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Legislative history

Acts 1967, 60th Leg., p. 2343, ch. 785, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1967.