Senate Bill sb1018

    Florida Senate - 2003                                  SB 1018

    By Senator Jones





    13-411-03

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to registration of trademarks

  3         and service marks; amending s. 495.071, F.S.;

  4         revising the procedure by which the Department

  5         of State must notify registrants of marks that

  6         are expiring; providing an effective date.

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  8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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10         Section 1.  Subsection (3) of section 495.071, Florida

11  Statutes, is amended to read:

12         495.071  Duration and renewal.--

13         (3)  The Department of State shall notify registrants

14  of marks hereunder of the necessity of renewal within the year

15  next preceding the expiration of the 10 years following from

16  the date of registration by mailing a renewal notice by

17  certified mail, return receipt requested, to the registrant's

18  current address on file with the department. The current

19  address for a business organization is the address on the most

20  recent annual report required by s. 607.1622, s. 608.4511, or

21  s. 620.177 writing to the last known address of the

22  registrants. The department shall prescribe the forms on which

23  to make the required notification and the renewal called for

24  in subsection (1) and may substitute the uniform business

25  report, pursuant to s. 606.06, as a means of satisfying the

26  requirement of this part.

27         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.

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    Florida Senate - 2003                                  SB 1018
    13-411-03




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 3    Requires the Department of State to notify registrants by
      certified mail the next year preceding the expiration of
 4    10 years after the date of registration of a trademark or
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