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Section 1-406

      (a)      An applicant for registration of a mark shall:

            (1)      submit to the Secretary of State:

                  (i)      an application on the form that the Secretary of State provides; and

                  (ii)      3 specimens or reproductions of the mark; and

            (2)      pay to the Secretary of State a fee of $50.

      (b)      An application shall be signed, under oath:

            (1)      for an individual, by the individual;

            (2)      for a partnership, by a partner; or

            (3)      for a corporation or association, by an officer of the corporation or association.

      (c)      In addition to any other information required on an application form, the form shall require:

            (1)      the name of the applicant;

            (2)      the business address of the applicant;

            (3)      for an applicant that is a corporation, the state of incorporation;

            (4)      the goods or services with which the applicant uses the mark;

            (5)      the way the applicant uses the mark with the goods or services;

            (6)      the class under § 1-405 of this subtitle to which the goods or services belong;

            (7)      the date when the applicant or the applicant's predecessor in business:

                  (i)      first used the mark anywhere; and

                  (ii)      first used the mark in the State; and

            (8)      a statement that:

                  (i)      the applicant owns the mark;

                  (ii)      another person does not have the right to use the mark in the State; and

                  (iii)      the mark is not deceptively similar to a mark that another person has a right to use in the State.

      (d)      A single application for registration of a mark:

            (1)      may cover use of the mark with any number of goods or services in a single class; but

            (2)      may not cover use of the mark with goods or services in different classes.


 
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