Colorado § 8-20-220 - Trade names - unlawful use.
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§ 8-20-220. Trade names - unlawful use.
It is unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation, to expose for sale, offer for sale, or sell, under any trademark or trade name in general use, any liquid fuels, lubricating oils, or other like products, except those manufactured or distributed by the manufacturer or distributor marketing liquid fuels, lubricating oils, or other like products, under such trademark or trade names, or to substitute, mix, or adulterate the liquid fuels, lubricating oils, or other similar products sold, offered for sale, or distributed under such trademark or trade name.
Source: L. 31: p. 599, § 21. CSA: C. 118, § 18. L. 41: p. 587, § 18. CRS 53: § 100-2-20. C.R.S. 1963: § 100-2-20.
Cross references: For trademarks and trade names, see articles 70 and 71 of title 7.
ANNOTATION
The intent of this section is to prevent deception of the public by making certain that a retailer of gasoline fuels who offers for sale a trade-named product has not in any manner diluted or adulterated it and that the trade-named article is exactly what it is held out to be, nothing more, nothing less. Houston v. Symington Wayne Corp., 149 Colo. 332, 369 P.2d 424 (1962).
Therefore this section provides that no foreign liquid shall be substituted for, or mixed with, a trade-named product. Houston v. Symington Wayne Corp., 149 Colo. 332, 369 P.2d 424 (1962).
But this section does not preclude the mixing of trade-named regular and premium gasolines by a special type of fuel pump in accordance with the wishes of the customer. Houston v. Symington Wayne Corp., 149 Colo. 332, 369 P.2d 424 (1962).
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 8-20-220 ("Trade names - unlawful use.") is part of the Colorado Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Colorado. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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