Title 48, Territories and Insular PossessionsRelease 119-102
§1643 Import Provisions with Respect to Trade-marks
Title 48 › CHAPTER 12 — VIRGIN ISLANDS [1954] › SUBCHAPTER VII — FISCAL PROVISIONS › § 1643
Summary
Exempts genuine foreign-marked goods imported to the Virgin Islands from U.S. import rules; those rules apply when the goods leave for the United States, and possession or sale there isn't trademark infringement.
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Title 48, §1643
Territories and Insular Possessions, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
Section 1124 of title 15, and section 1526 of title 19, shall not apply to importations into the Virgin Islands of genuine foreign merchandise bearing a genuine foreign trade-mark, but shall remain applicable to importations of such merchandise from the Virgin Islands into the United States or its possessions; and the dealing in or possession of any such merchandise in the Virgin Islands shall not constitute a violation of any registrant’s right under the Trade Mark Act [15 U.S.C. 1051 et seq.].
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The Trade Mark Act, referred to in text, probably means the Trademark Act of 1946, also popularly known as the Lanham Act, act July 5, 1946, ch. 540, 60 Stat. 427, which is classified generally to chapter 22 (§ 1051 et seq.) of Title 15, Commerce and Trade. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
Short Title
note set out under section 1051 of Title 15 and Tables. Codification Section constitutes subsec. (c) of section 28 of act July 22, 1954. Subsec. (b) of section 28 amended section 3350 of former Title 26, Internal Revenue Code, 1939, and subsecs. (a) and (d) thereof are classified to section 1642 and 1644, respectively, of this title.
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48 U.S.C. § 1643
Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102