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2005 Florida Statutes

SECTION 355
Use of name; ownership rights to intellectual property.
Section 331.355, Florida Statutes 2005

331.355  Use of name; ownership rights to intellectual property.--

(1)(a)  The corporate name of a corporation incorporated or authorized to transact business in this state, or the name of any person or business entity transacting business in this state, may not use the words "spaceport Florida" or "Florida spaceport" in its name unless the authority gives written approval for such use.

(b)  The Department of State may dissolve, pursuant to s. 607.1421, any corporation that violates paragraph (a).

(2)  Notwithstanding any provision of chapter 286, the legal title and every right, interest, claim, or demand of any kind in and to any patent, trademark, copyright, certification mark, or other right acquired under the patent and trademark laws of the United States or this state or any foreign country, or the application for the same, as is owned or held, acquired, or developed by the authority, under the authority and directions given it by this part, is vested in the authority for the use, benefit, and purposes provided in this part. The authority is vested with and is authorized to exercise any and all of the normal incidents of such ownership, including the receipt and disposition of royalties. Any sums received as royalties from any such rights are hereby appropriated to the authority for any and all of the purposes and uses provided in this part.

History.--s. 1, ch. 92-93.