Texas law

Intellectual Property Laws in Texas.

Most intellectual property law is federal: patents (35 U.S.C.), copyright (17 U.S.C.), and federal trademarks (15 U.S.C.). Texas provides state-law trademark registration through the Secretary of State and common-law trademark protection, plus trade-secret protection under the Texas Uniform Trade Secrets Act. Patent and federal trademark matters are litigated in the U.S. District Courts for the Northern (Dallas, Fort Worth, Amarillo, Lubbock, Wichita Falls, Abilene, San Angelo), Southern (Houston, Corpus Christi, Brownsville, Galveston, Laredo, McAllen, Victoria), Eastern (Tyler, Beaumont, Marshall, Sherman, Texarkana), and Western (San Antonio, Austin, El Paso, Waco, Midland-Odessa, Pecos) Districts of Texas. The Eastern District of Texas (Marshall and Tyler) is one of the nation's busiest patent venues.