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<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>
