# Business Regulation (GBR)

## Title 1. Definitions; General Provisions

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

#### Section 1-409

(a) 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.

(b) The Secretary of State shall include on each certificate of registration:

  (1) the signature of the Secretary of State, under the seal of the Secretary of State;

  (2) the name of the registrant;

  (3) the business of the registrant;

  (4) the address of the registrant;

  (5) for a registrant that is a corporation, the state of incorporation;

  (6) the date that the registrant claims to have first used the mark anywhere;

  (7) the date that the registrant claims to have first used the mark in the State;

  (8) a description of the goods or services with which the registrant uses the mark;

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

  (10) a full description of the mark;

  (11) the date of registration; and

  (12) the term of registration.

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