§ 1-406. Applications for registration

   (a) In general. -- 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 specimens or reproductions of the mark; and

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

(b) Signature required. -- An application shall be signed, under oath:

   (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.

(c) Contents of application. -- 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, the state of incorporation;

   (4) the goods or services with which the applicant uses the mark;

   (5) the way the applicant uses the mark with the goods or services;

   (6) the class under § 1-405 of this subtitle to which the goods or services belong;

   (7) 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

   (8) 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.

(d) Scope of single application. -- 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.

HISTORY: An. Code 1957, art. 41, § 3-103, 3-109; 1992, ch. 4, § 2; ch. 48.