NC General Statutes

N.C. Gen. Stat. § 80-13 (2026)

Common-law rights

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Nothing herein shall adversely affect the rights or the enforcement of rights in marks acquired in good faith at any time at common law. (1967, c. 1007, s. 1.)

§ 80-14. Severability of Article.

If any provision hereof, or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of this Article shall not be affected thereby. (1967, c. 1007, s. 1.)

Article 2.

Timber Marks.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases, 2009–2019 · leading case: Ray Lackey Enters., Inc. v. Vill. Inn Lakeside, Inc., 2015 NCBC 32 (N.C. Bus. Ct. 2015).

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Ray Lackey Enters., Inc. v. Vill. Inn Lakeside, Inc., 2015 NCBC 32 (N.C. Bus. Ct. 2015). · cites it 5× “See N.C. Gen. Stat. § 80-13 (“Nothing herein shall adversely affect the rights or the enforcement of rights in marks acquired in good faith at any time at common law.”

Windsor Jewelers, Inc. v. Windsor Fine Jewelers, LLC, 2009 NCBC 2 (N.C. Bus. Ct. 2009). · cites it 2× “” N.C. Gen. Stat. § 80-13 (2007). 6 The federal Trademark Act of 1946, 15 U.”

Window Gang Ventures, Corp. v. Salinas, 2019 NCBC 23 (N.C. Bus. Ct. 2019). · cites it 2× “9 Section 80-13, on the other hand, does not authorize a statutory cause of action and simply provides, in its entirety, that the NCTRA shall not “adversely affect the rights or the enforcement of rights in marks acquired in good faith at any time at common law.”

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