Text of section effective until September 01, 2021

Sec. 102.55. TERRITORIAL ASSIGNMENTS; DEFINITIONS. (a) In this subchapter and Subchapter D, and as the terms relate to an agreement between a manufacturer and a distributor describing the sales territory in which a distributor may sell the beer of a manufacturer:

(1) "Brand" means any word, name, group of letters, symbol, or trademark or a combination of any word, name, group of letters, symbol, or trademark that is adopted and used by a manufacturer on a label or on packaging to identify a specific beer or malt beverage and to distinguish the beer or malt beverage product from the label or packaging of another beer or malt beverage produced or marketed by any manufacturer. The term does not include the name of the manufacturer unless the name of the manufacturer is included in the name of the brand.

(2) "Brand extension" means a brand that incorporates a brand name or brand logo, or a substantial part of an existing brand name or brand logo, of the same manufacturer.

(3) "Manufacturer" means a person who holds a license issued under Chapter 62, 63, or 74.

(b) A brand extension is not a new or different brand.

(c) A manufacturer shall assign a brand extension to the distributor to whom the brand was originally assigned, if the distributor elects to distribute and sell the brand extension.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 152, Sec. 2, eff. May 19, 1995.

Amended by:

Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 750 (S.B. 515), Sec. 7, eff. June 14, 2013.

Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1359 (H.B. 1545), Sec. 306, eff. September 1, 2021.