[Jewelry making - Article 01132] - Re: [Orchid] Properly marking jewelery

[diamondeddy2]

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    According to the 1935 Gold Stamping Act, only pieces that are
    manufacturered with the intent to be shipped across statelines, are
    to be stamped with a karat mark and accompanied with a federally
    registered trademark. If an item is NOT intended for shipping to
    another state, it does not have to be trademarked, UNLESS it has a
    karat mark. So if you are producing custom pieces for retail within
    your own state, and are not karat marking, then a trademark is not
    required by law. So likewise, if you are karat marking, but not
    intending to ship out of your own state, you MUST stamp a registered
    trademark. 

Ed in Kokomo

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