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<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>
