# Business Regulation (GBR)

## Title 1. Definitions; General Provisions

### Subtitle 4. Trademarks, Service Marks, and Trade Names

#### 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 different specimens or reproductions of the mark as used; and

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

(b) 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.

(c) An application shall be signed, under oath, and the original submitted under subsection (a) of this section:

  (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.

(d) 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, limited liability company, or partnership, the state of formation;

  (4) a description of the full mark including words, if applicable;

  (5) a description of the goods or services with which the applicant uses the mark;

  (6) a listing of the ways the mark is being used, including on uniforms, advertising, banners, the Internet, signs, vehicles, and packaging;

  (7) the class under Sec. 1-405 of this subtitle to which the goods or services belong;

  (8) 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

  (9) 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.

(e) 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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Md. Code Ann., Bus. Reg. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)