(a) Subject to the limitations set forth in this chapter, any person who adopts and uses a mark in this state may file in the office of the Secretary of the State, in a manner complying with the requirements of the secretary, an application for registration of that mark setting forth, but not limited to, the following information: (1) The name and business address of the person applying for such registration and, if a corporation, the state of incorporation, or if a partnership, the state in which the partnership is organized and the names of the general partners, as specified by the secretary, (2) the goods or services on or in connection with which the mark is used and the mode or manner in which the mark is used in connection with such goods or services and the class in which such goods or services fall, (3) the date when the mark was first used anywhere and the date when it was first used in this state, by the applicant or his predecessor in interest, (4) a statement that the applicant is the owner of the mark or the owner's representative and that, to the knowledge of the person verifying the application, no other person has the right to use such mark in this state either in the identical form thereof or in such near resemblance thereto as to be likely, when applied to the goods or services of such other person, to cause confusion, or to cause mistake, or to deceive purchasers, (5) a statement as to whether an application to register the mark, or portions or composites thereof, has been filed by the applicant in the United States Patent and Trademark Office; and, if so, the applicant shall provide full particulars with respect thereto including the filing date and serial number of each application, the status thereof, the identification of any marks cited during the pendency thereof, and, if any mark was refused registration, the reasons therefor, and (6) a statement that, to the knowledge of the person verifying the application, the mark is not known to be the subject matter of an existing federal registration granted to another. The Secretary of the State may also require that a drawing of the mark, complying with such requirements as the secretary may specify, be submitted.

(b) The application shall be signed subject to the penalties for false statement by the applicant or by a member of the firm or an officer of the corporation or association applying.

(c) The application shall be accompanied by three specimens or photographs showing the mark as actually used in commerce in this state.

(d) The application shall be accompanied by a fee of fifty dollars, payable to the Secretary of the State, which fee shall not be refundable.

(1963, P.A. 51, S. 3; P.A. 73-483, S. 1; P.A. 93-152, S. 3; P.A. 96-180, S. 111, 166.)

History: P.A. 73-483 increased filing fee in Subsec. (d) from $15 to $25; P.A. 93-152 amended Subsec. (a) to replace “on a form to be furnished by said secretary” with “in a manner complying with the requirements of the secretary”, add in Subdiv. (1) “or if a partnership, the state in which the partnership is organized and the names of the general partners, as specified by the secretary”, replace in Subdiv. (3) “predecessor in business” with “predecessor in interest”, add in Subdiv. (4) that the statement specify that the applicant is the owner of the mark “or the owner's representative” and that “to the knowledge of the person verifying the application” no other person has the right to use the mark, require in Subdiv. (5) that if any mark was refused registration the applicant provide the reasons therefor and add Subdiv. (6) requiring the applicant to include a statement that the mark is not known to be the subject matter of an existing federal registration granted to another and authorizing the secretary of the state to require that a drawing of the mark be submitted, amended Subsec. (b) to require the application to be signed “subject to the penalties for false statement” rather than “verified”, amended Subsec. (c) to require the application to be accompanied by “three specimens or photographs showing the mark as actually used in commerce in this state” rather than “a specimen or facsimile of such mark in quadruplicate” and amended Subsec. (d) to replace “filing fee” with “fee”, increase the fee from $25 to $50 and provide that the fee shall not be refundable; P.A. 96-180 made technical change in Subsec. (a) to correct reference to U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, effective June 3, 1996.