<section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="1-101" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Definitions"> <level label="a"> <text>In this article the following words have the meanings indicated.</text> </level> <level label="a–1"> <text>“Active service member” has the meaning stated in § 9–901 of the State Government Article.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>“Clerk” means the clerk of the circuit court for the county with appropriate jurisdiction.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>“Comptroller” means the Comptroller of the State.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <text>“Consumer member” means a nonprofessional member of a regulatory unit who is appointed from the general public.</text> </level> <level label="e"> <text>“County” means a county of the State or Baltimore City.</text> </level> <level label="f"> <text>“Department” means the Maryland Department of Labor.</text> </level> <level label="g"> <text>“Person” means an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, personal representative, fiduciary, representative of any kind, partnership, firm, association, corporation, or other entity.</text> </level> <level label="h"> <text>“Secretary” means the Secretary of Labor.</text> </level> <level label="i"> <text>“State” means:</text> <level label="1"> <text>a state, possession, territory, or commonwealth of the United States; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the District of Columbia.</text> </level> </level> <level label="j"> <text>“Uniformed services” has the meaning stated in § 9–901 of the State Government Article.</text> </level> <level label="k"> <text>“Veteran” has the meaning stated in § 9–901 of the State Government Article.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="1-201" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="General Provisions"> <text>A requirement in this article that a document be under oath means that the document shall be supported by:</text> <level label="1"> <text>a written statement signed by the individual making it in which the individual solemnly affirms under the penalties of perjury that the contents of the document are true to the best of the individual’s knowledge, information, and belief; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>a certification of an officer authorized to administer an oath that a named individual made oath that the contents of the document are true to the best of the individual’s knowledge, information, and belief.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="1-202" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="General Provisions"> <text>A false statement made under oath under this article is subject to the penalties of perjury.</text> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="1-203" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="General Provisions"> <level label="a"> <text>If a person fails to comply with a subpoena issued under this article, then, on complaint filed by the issuing authority, a court of competent jurisdiction may order compliance with the subpoena.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>If a person refuses to be sworn or to give evidence before an officer or unit authorized by this article to administer oaths, then, on complaint of the officer or unit, a court of competent jurisdiction may order the person to be sworn or to give evidence.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="1-204" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="General Provisions"> <level label="a"> <text>This section does not apply in Baltimore City or Prince George’s and Worcester counties.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>Except as otherwise provided in this article or Title 13, Subtitle 1 and Subtitle 3, Part I and §§ 13–205 and 16–115 of the Local Government Article, a county, municipal corporation, or other political subdivision of the State may not:</text> <level label="1"> <text>require a local license in that county, municipal corporation, or political subdivision to engage in a business or occupation for which a State license is required under this article; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>impose a local fee or tax to engage in a business or occupation for which a State license is required under this article.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>A county, municipal corporation, or other political subdivision of the State may require a local license if necessary for regulatory purposes in the interest of the public health, safety, or morals.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <text>A public local law passed after October 1, 1941, does not repeal any provision of this section unless the public local law expressly refers to and repeals the provision.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="1-205" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="General Provisions"> <text>Before a license or permit is issued under this article to an employer to engage in an activity in which the employer may employ a covered employee, as defined in § 9-101 of the Labor and Employment Article, the employer shall file with the issuing authority:</text> <level label="1"> <text>a certificate of compliance with the Maryland workers’ compensation laws; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the number of a workers’ compensation insurance policy or binder.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="1-206" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="General Provisions"> <level label="a"> <text>A person who must have a license issued by the Department under this article but does not get the license on time shall pay, in addition to the required license fee, a late fee.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The late fee shall be the sum of:</text> <level label="1"> <text>up to 20% of the required license fee for the calendar month following the calendar month when the required license fee is due; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>up to 4% of the required license fee for each calendar month or part of a month after that.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="1-207" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="General Provisions"> <level label="a"> <text>By August 31 of each year, the Department shall provide to the Department of Assessments and Taxation a list of the following persons issued licenses during the previous fiscal year, to assist the Department of Assessments and Taxation in identifying new businesses within the State:</text> <level label="1"> <text>managers and promotors, licensed under Title 4 of this article;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>collection agencies, licensed under Title 7 of this article;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>home improvement contractors and subcontractors, licensed under Title 8 of this article;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>employment agencies, licensed under Title 9 of this article;</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, and refrigeration contractors with master licenses and master restricted licenses, licensed under Title 9A of this article;</text> </level> <level label="6"> <text>owners and trainers, licensed under Title 11 of this article; and</text> </level> <level label="7"> <text>secondhand precious metal object dealers and pawnbrokers, licensed under Title 12 of this article.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The list provided under this section shall:</text> <level label="1"> <text>be provided free of charge; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>include, for each person on the list:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the name and mailing address of the person; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the federal tax identification number of the person or, if the person does not have a federal tax identification number, the Social Security number of the person.</text> </level> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="1-208" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="General Provisions"> <level label="a"> <text>In this section, “license” means all or any part of permission that:</text> <level label="1"> <text>is required by law to be obtained from a unit;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>is not required only for revenue purposes; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>is in any form, including:</text> <level label="i"> <text>an approval;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>a certificate;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>a charter;</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>a permit; or</text> </level> <level label="v"> <text>a registration.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>This section:</text> <level label="1"> <text>applies only to a fee for an initial license issued for a 2-year term under Title 8, Title 9A, or Title 12 of this article;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>does not apply to a fee renewal of a license; and</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>may not affect any other law that requires a unit to prorate a fee on any basis for the issuance or renewal of a license.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>For a license issued at any time during the first year of the term of the license, the issuing authority shall charge the full amount of the fee to the license applicant.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>For a license issued in the second year of the term of the license, the issuing authority shall charge the license applicant:</text> <level label="i"> <text>one-half of the fee, if issued in the first 6 months of the second year; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>one-quarter of the fee, if issued in the last 6 months of the second year.</text> </level> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="1-209" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="General Provisions"> <level label="a"> <text>If payment of the fee for the issuance or renewal of a license, issued by the Department or by a unit within the Department, is made by a check or other negotiable instrument that is dishonored, the license for which the fee was paid shall be suspended by operation of law. Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, the suspension is effective beginning on the tenth business day after the day on which the notice is sent in accordance with subsection (b) of this section until the date that payment of the fee, and any late charge provided for in this article, has been made.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>When the Department or a unit within the Department receives notice that a check or other negotiable instrument, given by an applicant in payment of a license issuance or renewal fee, has been dishonored, it shall inform the applicant by regular mail sent to the applicant’s last known business address, that the license will be suspended by operation of law if within 10 business days after the date of the notice the applicant fails to make payment of the fee, and any late charge, or fails to present evidence to the Department or unit that the notice of dishonor was in error.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>An applicant shall be given a prompt opportunity to make payment of the fee, and any late charge, or to present evidence to the Department or unit that the notice of dishonor was in error.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>If a license is suspended under subsection (a) of this section, the license shall be reinstated effective the date the license was suspended if within 5 business days from the date of the suspension the applicant:</text> <level label="1"> <text>pays the fee and late charge; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>presents evidence to the Department or the unit that the notice of dishonor was in error.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>Suspension of a license under this section may not affect any otherwise valid claim under any guaranty fund made by a person who dealt in good faith with a licensee, without knowledge of the suspension.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="1-210" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="General Provisions"> <level label="a"> <text>A license or permit is considered renewed for purposes of this section if the license or permit is issued by a unit of State government to a person for the period immediately following a period for which the person previously possessed the same or a substantially similar license.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>Before any license or permit may be renewed under this article, the issuing authority shall verify through the Office of the Comptroller that the applicant has paid all undisputed taxes and unemployment insurance contributions payable to the Comptroller or the Secretary of Labor or that the applicant has provided for payment in a manner satisfactory to the unit responsible for collection.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="1-301" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Uniform Preservation of Private Business Records Act"> <text>In this subtitle, “business record” includes:</text> <level label="1"> <text>a book of account;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>a canceled check;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>a document;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>a letter;</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>a payroll;</text> </level> <level label="6"> <text>a production report or other record that relates to equipment, personnel, or sales; and</text> </level> <level label="7"> <text>a voucher.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="1-302" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Uniform Preservation of Private Business Records Act"> <text>This subtitle applies to each private business, occupation, private institution, and profession, whether or not carried on for profit.</text> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="1-303" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Uniform Preservation of Private Business Records Act"> <text>This subtitle does not diminish the authority of an officer of the State to allow the destruction of a business record.</text> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="1-304" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Uniform Preservation of Private Business Records Act"> <level label="a"> <text>This section does not apply to:</text> <level label="1"> <text>a minute book of a corporation; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>a record of a sale or other transaction that involves a weapon or poison that can be used in committing a crime.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>Unless a specific period is set by law for the preservation of a business record that is required by the laws of this State to be kept, the business record may be destroyed 3 years after it is made.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="1-305" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Uniform Preservation of Private Business Records Act"> <level label="a"> <text>In this section, “reproduction” means a reproduction or durable medium for making a reproduction obtained by a photographic, photostatic, microfilm, microcard, miniature photographic, or other process that accurately reproduces or forms a durable medium for so reproducing the original.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>If, in the regular course of business, a person makes a reproduction of an original business record, the preservation of the reproduction complies with a requirement of a law of the State that the business record be kept.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="1-306" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Uniform Preservation of Private Business Records Act"> <text>This subtitle shall be construed and interpreted to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of the states that enact this subtitle.</text> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="1-307" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="3" subtitle_name="Uniform Preservation of Private Business Records Act"> <text>This subtitle is the Maryland Uniform Preservation of Private Business Records Act.</text> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="1-401" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Trademarks, Service Marks, and Trade Names"> <level label="a"> <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>“Applicant” includes:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the owner of a mark, including an individual, an organization, or a company, who submits an application for registration of the mark under this subtitle; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>an assignee, a legal representative, or a successor of a person who submits an application for registration of a mark under this subtitle.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>“Mark” means a logo, slogan or tag line, program name, brand name that is different from the business name, name, symbol, word, or combination of 2 or more of these that a person:</text> <level label="1"> <text>places on goods that the person sells or distributes, a container of the goods, a display associated with the goods, or a label or tag affixed to the goods to identify those goods that the person makes or sells and to distinguish them from goods that another person makes or sells; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>displays or otherwise uses to advertise or sell services that the person performs to identify those services that the person performs and to distinguish them from services that another person performs.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>“Person” includes a governmental entity or unit or instrumentality of a governmental entity.</text> </level> <level label="e"> <text>“Registrant” includes an assignee, legal representative, or successor of a person who registers a mark under this subtitle.</text> </level> <level label="f"> <text>“Trade name” means a name, symbol, word, or combination of 2 or more of these that a person uses to identify the business or occupation of the person and to distinguish it from the business or occupation of another person.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="1-402" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Trademarks, Service Marks, and Trade Names"> <text>This subtitle does not affect adversely a right or the enforcement of a right in a mark acquired in good faith at any time at common law.</text> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="1-403" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Trademarks, Service Marks, and Trade Names"> <text>The Secretary of State shall keep a public record of the marks registered under this subtitle.</text> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="1-404" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Trademarks, Service Marks, and Trade Names"> <level label="a"> <text>If a person uses a mark in the State, the person may register the mark in accordance with this subtitle.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>A person may not register a mark that:</text> <level label="1"> <text>is deceptive, immoral, or scandalous;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>may disparage, falsely suggest a connection with, or bring into contempt or disrepute:</text> <level label="i"> <text>a belief;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>an individual, living or dead;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>an institution; or</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>a national symbol;</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>is, simulates, or includes a coat of arms, flag, or other insignia of a government;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>is or includes the name, portrait, or signature of a living individual, except with the written consent of the individual; or</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>is likely, when applied to the goods or services of the person, to confuse or deceive because the mark resembles:</text> <level label="i"> <text>another mark registered in the State; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>a mark or trade name that another person has used in the State and has not abandoned.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <level label="1"> <text>Unless the mark has become distinctive of the person’s goods or services, a person may not register a mark that:</text> <level label="i"> <text>only describes or deceptively misdescribes goods or services;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>primarily describes or deceptively misdescribes the geographic origin of goods or services; or</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>is primarily an individual’s name or surname.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>As evidence that a mark has become distinctive of the goods or services of a person, the Secretary of State may accept proof that the person has used the mark as a mark in the State or elsewhere continuously for at least 5 years immediately before the day on which the person applies for registration.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>A person may not register a trade name that is not a mark.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="1-405" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Trademarks, Service Marks, and Trade Names"> <level label="a"> <text>For convenience of administration of this subtitle, the general classes of goods under this subtitle are:</text> <level label="1"> <text>raw or partly prepared materials.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>animal products.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>baggage, animal equipments, portfolios, and pocketbooks.</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>music and audio.</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>candles and essential oils.</text> </level> <level label="6"> <text>chemicals and chemical compositions.</text> </level> <level label="7"> <text>computers and peripherals.</text> </level> <level label="8"> <text>smokers’ articles, not including tobacco products.</text> </level> <level label="9"> <text>explosives, firearms, equipments, and projectiles.</text> </level> <level label="10"> <text>fertilizers.</text> </level> <level label="11"> <text>applications and software.</text> </level> <level label="12"> <text>construction materials.</text> </level> <level label="13"> <text>hardware and plumbing and steam–fitting supplies.</text> </level> <level label="14"> <text>flowers and plants.</text> </level> <level label="15"> <text>oils and greases.</text> </level> <level label="16"> <text>cannabis.</text> </level> <level label="17"> <text>novelties and souvenirs.</text> </level> <level label="18"> <text>medicines and pharmaceutical preparations.</text> </level> <level label="19"> <text>vehicles.</text> </level> <level label="20"> <text>small and large appliances.</text> </level> <level label="21"> <text>electrical apparatus, machines, and supplies.</text> </level> <level label="22"> <text>games, toys, and sporting goods.</text> </level> <level label="23"> <text>cutlery, machinery, and tools, and parts thereof.</text> </level> <level label="24"> <text>boats and marine items.</text> </level> <level label="25"> <text>educational materials.</text> </level> <level label="26"> <text>measuring and scientific appliances.</text> </level> <level label="27"> <text>horological instruments.</text> </level> <level label="28"> <text>jewelry and precious metalware.</text> </level> <level label="29"> <text>eyewear.</text> </level> <level label="30"> <text>crockery, earthenware, and porcelain.</text> </level> <level label="31"> <text>home goods.</text> </level> <level label="32"> <text>furniture and upholstery.</text> </level> <level label="33"> <text>glassware.</text> </level> <level label="34"> <text>heating, lighting, and ventilating apparatus.</text> </level> <level label="35"> <text>belting, hose, machinery packing, and nonmetallic tires.</text> </level> <level label="36"> <text>musical instruments and supplies.</text> </level> <level label="37"> <text>paper and stationery.</text> </level> <level label="38"> <text>prints and publications.</text> </level> <level label="39"> <text>clothing.</text> </level> <level label="40"> <text>fancy goods, furnishings and notions.</text> </level> <level label="41"> <text>office goods.</text> </level> <level label="42"> <text>knitted, netted and textile fabrics, and substitutes therefor.</text> </level> <level label="43"> <text>security devices.</text> </level> <level label="44"> <text>dental, medical, and surgical appliances.</text> </level> <level label="45"> <text>soft drinks and carbonated waters.</text> </level> <level label="46"> <text>food and ingredients of food.</text> </level> <level label="47"> <text>wines.</text> </level> <level label="48"> <text>malt beverages and liquors.</text> </level> <level label="49"> <text>distilled alcoholic liquors.</text> </level> <level label="50"> <text>merchandise not otherwise classified.</text> </level> <level label="51"> <text>cosmetics and toiletries.</text> </level> <level label="52"> <text>detergents and soaps.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>For convenience of administration of this subtitle, the general classes of services under this subtitle are:</text> <level label="53"> <text>miscellaneous.</text> </level> <level label="54"> <text>advertising and business.</text> </level> <level label="55"> <text>insurance and financial.</text> </level> <level label="56"> <text>construction and repair.</text> </level> <level label="57"> <text>communications.</text> </level> <level label="58"> <text>transportation and storage.</text> </level> <level label="59"> <text>material treatment.</text> </level> <level label="60"> <text>education and entertainment.</text> </level> <level label="61"> <text>employment and employee benefits.</text> </level> <level label="62"> <text>gardening and farming.</text> </level> <level label="63"> <text>shipping and packaging.</text> </level> <level label="64"> <text>government services.</text> </level> <level label="65"> <text>hospitality and lodging.</text> </level> <level label="66"> <text>community service and volunteering.</text> </level> <level label="67"> <text>religious services and charity.</text> </level> <level label="68"> <text>senior services.</text> </level> <level label="69"> <text>research and development.</text> </level> <level label="70"> <text>animal and pest.</text> </level> <level label="71"> <text>social clubs.</text> </level> <level label="72"> <text>security and police.</text> </level> <level label="73"> <text>artistry and design.</text> </level> <level label="74"> <text>real estate and settlement.</text> </level> <level label="75"> <text>mental health and wellness.</text> </level> <level label="76"> <text>medical, vision, and dental health.</text> </level> <level label="77"> <text>restaurant and food preparation.</text> </level> <level label="78"> <text>fitness and beauty.</text> </level> <level label="79"> <text>janitorial and landscape.</text> </level> <level label="80"> <text>legal and consulting.</text> </level> <level label="81"> <text>sports and recreation.</text> </level> <level label="82"> <text>child services.</text> </level> <level label="83"> <text>funeral.</text> </level> <level label="84"> <text>recycling and disposal.</text> </level> <level label="85"> <text>cannabis services.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The classification of goods and services in this section does not limit or extend the rights of an applicant or registrant.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="1-406" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Trademarks, Service Marks, and Trade Names"> <level label="a"> <text>An applicant for registration of a mark shall:</text> <level label="1"> <text>submit to the Secretary of State:</text> <level label="i"> <text>an application on the form that the Secretary of State provides; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>3 different specimens or reproductions of the mark as used; and</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>pay to the Secretary of State a fee of $50.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>A specimen or reproduction submitted under subsection (a) of this section may not include a business paper, including letterhead, a business card, or an envelope.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>An application shall be signed, under oath, and the original submitted under subsection (a) of this section:</text> <level label="1"> <text>for an individual, by the individual;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>for a partnership, by a partner; or</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>for a corporation or association, by an officer of the corporation or association.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>In addition to any other information required on an application form, the form shall require:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the name of the applicant;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the business address of the applicant;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>for an applicant that is a corporation, limited liability company, or partnership, the state of formation;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>a description of the full mark including words, if applicable;</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>a description of the goods or services with which the applicant uses the mark;</text> </level> <level label="6"> <text>a listing of the ways the mark is being used, including on uniforms, advertising, banners, the Internet, signs, vehicles, and packaging;</text> </level> <level label="7"> <text>the class under § 1–405 of this subtitle to which the goods or services belong;</text> </level> <level label="8"> <text>the date when the applicant or the applicant’s predecessor in business:</text> <level label="i"> <text>first used the mark anywhere; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>first used the mark in the State; and</text> </level> </level> <level label="9"> <text>a statement that:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the applicant owns the mark;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>another person does not have the right to use the mark in the State; and</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>the mark is not deceptively similar to a mark that another person has a right to use in the State.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="e"> <text>A single application for registration of a mark:</text> <level label="1"> <text>may cover use of the mark with any number of goods or services in a single class; but</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>may not cover use of the mark with goods or services in different classes.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="1-407" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Trademarks, Service Marks, and Trade Names"> <level label="a"> <text>Before denying registration of a mark, the Secretary of State shall give the applicant an opportunity for an informal hearing before the Secretary of State or the Secretary’s designee.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The denial of registration of a mark is not a contested case under Title 10, Subtitle 2 of the State Government Article.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="1-409" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Trademarks, Service Marks, and Trade Names"> <level label="a"> <text>The Secretary of State shall register the mark of and issue a certificate of registration to each applicant who meets the requirements of this subtitle.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The Secretary of State shall include on each certificate of registration:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the signature of the Secretary of State, under the seal of the Secretary of State;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the name of the registrant;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>the business of the registrant;</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>the address of the registrant;</text> </level> <level label="5"> <text>for a registrant that is a corporation, the state of incorporation;</text> </level> <level label="6"> <text>the date that the registrant claims to have first used the mark anywhere;</text> </level> <level label="7"> <text>the date that the registrant claims to have first used the mark in the State;</text> </level> <level label="8"> <text>a description of the goods or services with which the registrant uses the mark;</text> </level> <level label="9"> <text>the class under § 1–405 of this subtitle to which the goods or services belong;</text> </level> <level label="10"> <text>a full description of the mark;</text> </level> <level label="11"> <text>the date of registration; and</text> </level> <level label="12"> <text>the term of registration.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="1-410" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Trademarks, Service Marks, and Trade Names"> <level label="a"> <text>Unless registration of a mark is renewed for a 10-year term as provided in this section, the registration expires on the tenth anniversary of its effective date.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>Within 1 year before registration of a mark expires, the Secretary of State shall mail to the registrant, at the last known address of the registrant:</text> <level label="1"> <text>a renewal application form; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>a notice that states:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the date on which the current registration expires;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the date by which the Secretary of State must receive the renewal application for the renewal to be issued and mailed before the registration expires;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>the amount of the renewal fee; and</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>instructions on how to access the renewal application form online.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>Before the registration of a mark expires, the registrant periodically may renew it for an additional 10–year term if, within 6 months before the expiration of the term of the registration:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the registrant submits to the Secretary of State:</text> <level label="i"> <text>a renewal application on the form that the Secretary of State provides; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>3 different specimens or reproductions of the mark being used;</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the registrant states in the renewal application that the mark is still in use in the State;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>the mark otherwise is entitled to be registered; and</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>the registrant pays to the Secretary of State a renewal fee of $50.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>The Secretary of State shall renew the registration of and issue a renewal certificate to each registrant who meets the requirements of this section.</text> </level> <level label="e"> <text>A specimen or reproduction submitted under subsection (c) of this section may not include a business paper, including letterhead, a business card, or an envelope.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="1-411" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Trademarks, Service Marks, and Trade Names"> <level label="a"> <text>A mark and its registration may be assigned with:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the good will of the business that uses the mark; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>that part of the good will of the business connected with the mark.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The assignment shall be by a written, signed instrument.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>A person may record the assignment of registration of a mark by:</text> <level label="1"> <text>submitting the instrument of assignment by an officer of the assignor to the Secretary of State; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>paying to the Secretary of State a fee of $10.</text> </level> </level> <level label="d"> <text>The Secretary of State shall record an assignment of the registration of a mark and issue a new certificate of registration in the name of the assignee to each person who meets the requirements of this section.</text> </level> <level label="e"> <text>The term of assignment is the rest of the term of registration of the mark.</text> </level> <level label="f"> <text>An assignment of the registration of a mark under this subtitle is void against a subsequent purchaser for valuable consideration without notice of the assignment unless the assignment is recorded with the Secretary of State:</text> <level label="1"> <text>within 3 months after the date of the assignment; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>before the subsequent purchase.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="1-412" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Trademarks, Service Marks, and Trade Names"> <level label="a"> <text>The Secretary of State shall cancel a registration of a mark if:</text> <level label="1"> <text>the registrant asks that it be canceled;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>the registrant fails to renew it;</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>a court of competent jurisdiction orders that it be canceled on any ground; or</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>a court of competent jurisdiction finds that:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the mark is abandoned;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the registrant does not own the mark;</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>the registration was granted improperly; or</text> </level> <level label="iv"> <text>the registration was obtained fraudulently.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection, the Secretary of State shall cancel the registration of a mark if a court of competent jurisdiction finds the mark to be likely to confuse or deceive because it resembles a mark that:</text> <level label="i"> <text>was registered by another person in the United States Patent Office before the date the registrant applied for registration under this subtitle; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>is not abandoned.</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The Secretary of State may not cancel the registration of a mark if the registrant proves that:</text> <level label="i"> <text>the registrant holds a concurrent registration of the mark in the United States Patent Office; and</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>the registration in the United States Patent Office covers an area that includes the State.</text> </level> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="1-413" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Trademarks, Service Marks, and Trade Names"> <text>A person who, for the person or for another, applies to register or registers a mark under this subtitle by knowingly making a false or fraudulent representation, orally or in writing, or by other fraudulent means is liable for any damages sustained as a result of the application or registration.</text> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="1-414" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Trademarks, Service Marks, and Trade Names"> <level label="a"> <text>Subject to § 1-402 of this subtitle, a person may not:</text> <level label="1"> <text>use, without the consent of the registrant, a reproduction or colorable imitation of a mark registered under this subtitle in connection with the sale, offering for sale, or advertising of goods or services if the use is likely to confuse or deceive about the origin of the goods or services; or</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>reproduce or colorably imitate a mark registered under this subtitle and apply the reproduction or colorable imitation to an advertisement, label, package, print, receptacle, sign, or wrapper that is intended to be used:</text> <level label="i"> <text>with goods or services; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>in conjunction with the sale or other distribution of goods or services in the State.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>A person who violates this section is liable in a civil action to a registrant for any remedy provided in this section.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>A registrant may recover profits or damages from a person who violates subsection (a)(2) of this section only if the person intended that the mark be used to confuse or deceive.</text> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>A registrant may sue to enjoin the display, manufacture, sale, or use of a reproduction or colorable imitation of a mark of the registrant.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <text>A court of competent jurisdiction may:</text> <level label="1"> <text>grant an injunction to restrain the display, manufacture, sale, or use of a reproduction or colorable imitation of a registered mark;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>require the defendant to pay to the registrant for the wrongful display, manufacture, sale, or use of a reproduction or colorable imitation of a mark:</text> <level label="i"> <text>any profit that the defendant derived;</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>any damages that the registrant suffered; or</text> </level> <level label="iii"> <text>both; and</text> </level> </level> <level label="3"> <text>require the defendant to deliver to an officer of the court or to the registrant, for destruction, any reproduction or colorable imitation of the mark that is in the possession or under the control of the defendant.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="1-415" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Trademarks, Service Marks, and Trade Names"> <level label="a"> <text>Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a person may not, with intent to defraud, do business in the State under or imitate a name, title, or trade name that is the same as, or similar to, that used by another person already doing business in the State.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>This section does not apply to individuals with similar names.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, is subject to a fine not exceeding $100 for each day that the offense is committed.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="1-501" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Currency Transactions in a Trade or Business"> <text>It is the purpose of this subtitle to require certain reports and records of transactions involving currency where such reports and records have a high degree of usefulness in criminal investigations or proceedings that pertain to the subject of the report.</text> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="1-502" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Currency Transactions in a Trade or Business"> <level label="a"> <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>“Currency” means currency and coin of the United States or any other country.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>“Department” means the Maryland Department of Labor.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <text>“Person engaged in a trade or business” means an individual, partnership, limited liability company, firm, trust, estate, association, corporation, or other entity:</text> <level label="1"> <text>engaged in vehicle sales, including motor vehicle, airplane, and boat sales;</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>that conducts real estate closings and settlements; or</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>engaged in the sale or pledging of jewelry.</text> </level> </level> <level label="e"> <text>“Secretary” means the Secretary of Labor.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="1-503" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Currency Transactions in a Trade or Business"> <level label="a"> <text>A person engaged in a trade or business who, in the course of that trade or business, receives more than $10,000 in currency in 1 transaction shall keep a record of the transaction and shall file with the Department within 15 days of the date of the transaction a report of the transaction.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The reporting requirements of this section are complied with if the person engaged in a trade or business files with the Department a duplicate copy of the report required by 26 U.S.C. § 6050-I.</text> </level> <level label="c"> <text>The Secretary shall adopt regulations appropriate to carry out the purposes of this subtitle and to provide for exemption of transactions that are clearly of a legitimate nature for which mandatory reporting would serve no useful purpose.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="1-504" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Currency Transactions in a Trade or Business"> <level label="a"> <text>The Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, the Department of State Police, and the Office of the Attorney General shall have access to and shall be authorized to inspect and copy any reports filed with the Department under this article.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>The Department may make the contents of a report available to other criminal justice agencies only for purposes of investigation or prosecution of the subject of the report.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="1-505" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="5" subtitle_name="Currency Transactions in a Trade or Business"> <level label="a"> <level label="1"> <text>The Secretary may assess a civil penalty against a person engaged in a trade or business for each knowing and willful violation of this subtitle.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>The civil penalty may not exceed $50 for each day the violation continues.</text> </level> <level label="3"> <text>For purposes of this section, a separate violation occurs at each office, branch, or place of business where a violation occurs or continues.</text> </level> <level label="4"> <text>The total civil penalty may not exceed $1,000.</text> </level> </level> <level label="b"> <text>In the event of the failure of a person to pay a penalty assessed under this section, a civil action for recovery of the penalty may be brought by the State against the person.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="1-601" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="6"> <level label="a"> <text>In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <level label="1"> <text>“Cash” means United States coins and currency.</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>“Cash” does not include:</text> <level label="i"> <text>a paper instrument other than a Federal Reserve note; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>a gift card.</text> </level> </level> </level> <level label="c"> <text>“Customer” means a purchaser of a good or service from a merchant.</text> </level> <level label="d"> <text>“Merchant” means a person engaged in the trade or business of the sale of goods or services.</text> </level> <level label="e"> <text>“Price” means the amount due and payable by a customer for a good or service after a merchant:</text> <level label="1"> <text>subtracts any discount or deduction; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>applies any applicable tax or fee.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="1-602" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="6"> <text>This subtitle:</text> <level label="1"> <text>does not apply to a transaction for a good or service paid with exact change; and</text> </level> <level label="2"> <text>may not be construed to authorize a merchant to round a price for a good or service in a manner that alters the calculation of any tax or fee applicable to the transaction.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="1-603" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="6"> <level label="a"> <text>This section applies to the portion of the price of an in–person transaction or a telephone, mail, or Internet transaction for which a customer pays using cash if the price totals at least 5 cents.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a merchant doing business in the State may:</text> <level label="1"> <text>round the price for a good or service in the following manner:</text> <level label="i"> <text>if the price ends in 1 cent, 2 cents, 6 cents, or 7 cents, by rounding the price down to the nearest cent divisible by five; or</text> </level> <level label="ii"> <text>if the price ends in 3 cents, 4 cents, 8 cents, or 9 cents, by rounding the price up to the nearest cent divisible by five; or</text> </level> </level> <level label="2"> <text>round the amount of change due to a customer up or down consistent with item (1) of this subsection.</text> </level> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="1-604" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="6"> <level label="a"> <text>This section applies to the portion of the price of an in–person transaction or a telephone, mail, or Internet transaction for which a customer pays using cash if the price totals less than 5 cents.</text> </level> <level label="b"> <text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a merchant doing business in the State may round the price for a good or service by rounding the price up to 5 cents.</text> </level> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="1-605" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="6"> <text>This subtitle supersedes any regulation, rule, or ordinance that conflicts with this subtitle.</text> </section> <section article="gbr" article_name="Business Regulation" number="1-606" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="6"> <text>The Secretary may adopt regulations to carry out the provisions of this subtitle.</text> </section>