Sec. 35-18e. Certificate of registration. Effective period. Renewal; fee. Record of marks.
Sec. 35-18e. Certificate of registration. Effective period. Renewal; fee. Record
of marks. (a) Upon compliance by the applicant with the requirements of this chapter,
the Secretary of the State shall cause a certificate of registration to be issued and delivered
to the applicant. The certificate of registration shall be issued under the signature of the
Secretary of the State and the seal of the state, and it shall show the name and business
address 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 of the State, of the person claiming ownership of the mark, the date
claimed for the first use of the mark anywhere and the date claimed for the first use of
the mark in this state, and a description of the goods or services, or a statement of the
membership, with or by which the mark is used, a reproduction of the mark, the registration date and the term of the registration. Any certificate of registration issued by the
Secretary of the State or a copy thereof certified by the Secretary of the State shall be
admissible in evidence as competent and sufficient proof of the registration of such
mark in any action or judicial proceedings in any court of this state.
(b) (1) Registration of a mark under this chapter shall be effective for a term of
five years from the date of registration and, upon application filed within six months
prior to the expiration of such term, in a manner complying with the requirements of
the Secretary of the State, the registration may be renewed for a like term from the end
of the expiring term. A fee for the application for renewal of fifty dollars, payable to
the Secretary of the State, shall accompany the application for renewal of the registration.
A registration of a mark may be renewed for successive periods of five years in like
manner. (2) Any registration in force on October 1, 1993, shall expire five years from
the date of the registration or of the last renewal thereof and may be renewed by filing
an application with the Secretary of the State as provided in subdivision (1) of this
subsection.
(c) All applications for renewal under this chapter shall include a verified statement
that the mark has been in use and is still in use in this state, and include three specimens
showing actual use of the mark in commerce in the state upon or in connection with the
goods or services.
(d) The Secretary of the State shall keep for public examination a record of all marks
registered or renewed under this chapter.
(1967, P.A. 689, S. 5; P.A. 93-152, S. 16.)
History: P.A. 93-152 amended Subsec. (a) to require the certificate to show "if a partnership, the state in which the
partnership is organized and the names of the general partners, as specified by the secretary of the state", amended Subsec.
(b)(1) to rephrase provisions, reduce from 10 to 5 years the term of a registration and renewal and replace a "renewal fee"
of $15 with a $50 fee "for the application for renewal", amended Subsec. (b)(2) to replace obsolete provision re expiration
and renewal of registrations in force on October 1, 1967, with provision re expiration and renewal of registrations in force
on October 1, 1993, deleted as obsolete former Subsec. (c) requiring notification by the secretary of the state of all registrants
within six months of October 1, 1967, of the expiration dates of such registrations and inserted new Subsec. (c) to require
all renewal applications to include verified statement re use of the mark and three specimens showing actual use of the mark.