70-3a-401 - Fraudulent registration.
70-3a-401. Fraudulent registration.
(1) A person is civilly liable to pay all damages resulting from a filing or registrationunder this chapter if:
(a) that person procures the filing or registration of any mark:
(i) for the person who procures the filing or registration; or
(ii) on behalf of another person; and
(b) the person who procures the filing or registration procures it by:
(i) knowingly making a false or fraudulent representation or declaration, orally or inwriting; or
(ii) any other fraudulent means.
(2) Damages sustained as a result of a filing or registration described in Subsection (1)may be recovered:
(a) by or on behalf of the person injured by the filing or registration; and
(b) in any court of competent jurisdiction.
Enacted by Chapter 318, 2002 General Session