The Florida Senate

495.071  Duration and renewal.--

(1)  Registration of a mark hereunder shall be effective for a term of 10 years from the date of registration and, upon application filed within 6 months prior to the expiration of such term, on a form to be furnished by the Department of State, the registration may be renewed for a like term. A renewal fee of $87.50 for each class of goods or services with respect to which such renewal is sought, payable to the Department of State, shall accompany the application for renewal of the registration.

(2)  A mark registration may be renewed for successive periods of 10 years in like manner.

(3)  The Department of State shall notify registrants of marks hereunder of the necessity of renewal within the year next preceding the expiration of the 10 years from the date of registration by writing to the last known address of the registrants.

(4)  Any registration in force on the date on which this chapter shall become effective shall be effective for a term of 10 years from the date of the registration or of the last renewal thereof or 1 year after the effective date of this chapter, whichever is later, and may be renewed by filing an application with the Department of State on a form furnished by it and paying the aforementioned renewal fee therefor within 6 months prior to the expiration of the registration.

(5)  All applications for renewals under this chapter shall include a statement that the mark is still in use in this state, or that its nonuse is due to special circumstances which excuse such nonuse and is not due to any intention to abandon the mark.

History.--s. 1, ch. 67-58; s. 2, ch. 67-560; ss. 10, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 6, ch. 71-114; s. 8, ch. 89-359; s. 60, ch. 90-132.