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| (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of any written law providing for the registration of a trade name, such name shall be protected, even prior to or without registration, against any unlawful act committed by a third party. |
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| (2) Any subsequent use of a trade name by a third party, whether as a trade name or as a trade mark, service mark or collective mark or any such use of a similar trade name, trade mark, service mark or collective mark likely to mislead the public shall be deemed unlawful. |
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| (3) Section 118 of this Part shall apply to trade names. |
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