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MS Code § 75-21-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 21 - Trusts and Combines in Restraint or Hindrance of Trade|§ 75-21-21. Proceedings may be brought in county where trust and combine formed

 Like proceedings against any two or more of any number of corporations or individuals, or of corporations and individuals believed to be parties to any trust and combine, may be brought in the county where the trust and combine was formed, or where it exists or is carried on, promoted, operated, practiced, employed, used or enjoyed; or in any county in which either of the defendants may have a domicile, or where an officer or agent of any defendant corporation may be found. And all such proceedings may be prosecuted to final judgment or decree against any one or more of the defendants thereto, notwithstanding there may be a dismissal, acquittal, verdict, judgment or decree in favor of the local or any other defendant.
MS Code § 75-21-23 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 21 - Trusts and Combines in Restraint or Hindrance of Trade|§ 75-21-23. Proceedings may be brought in county where violation of law occurred

 Criminal prosecutions, under the antitrust laws of this state, may be instituted and conducted to final judgment against any one or more of any number of corporations or individuals, or both in any county in which a violation of said laws has been committed by them or in any county in which they formed a trust and combine, or in which such trust and combine, though formed elsewhere, is by them, or any of them, carried on, promoted, employed, operated, used or enjoyed.
MS Code § 75-21-25 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 21 - Trusts and Combines in Restraint or Hindrance of Trade|§ 75-21-25. Witness not to be excused from testifying

 No person called as a witness in any prosecution or proceeding to enforce the antitrust laws of this state, though himself a defendant therein, or an officer, attorney, agent or employee of a defendant or stockholder in a defendant corporation, shall be excused from testifying upon the ground that his evidence might criminate or tend to criminate himself; but every person, otherwise competent, when called as a witness in such cases, shall be required to testify and to disclose all facts known to him which are pertinent to the issue.
MS Code § 75-21-27 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 21 - Trusts and Combines in Restraint or Hindrance of Trade|§ 75-21-27. Witness not liable to indictment or prosecution

 But the testimony so given shall not be used in any prosecution or proceeding, civil or criminal, against the person so testifying. A person so testifying shall not thereafter be liable to indictment or presentment by information, nor to prosecution or punishment for the offense with reference to which his testimony was given, and may plead or prove the giving of testimony accordingly in bar of such indictment, information or prosecution.
MS Code § 75-21-29 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 21 - Trusts and Combines in Restraint or Hindrance of Trade|§ 75-21-29. Books, records to be produced in court

 Any corporation may be required under a subpoena duces tecum served upon its president, secretary or any of its directors, to produce in court and submit to inspection upon the trial of any proceeding, civil or criminal, under the antitrust laws of this state, any books, minutes, records, papers, documents, vouchers or writings belonging to or in the possession of such corporation.
MS Code § 75-21-31 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 21 - Trusts and Combines in Restraint or Hindrance of Trade|§ 75-21-31. Penalty for failure to comply

 Any corporation failing or refusing to comply with the order of such subpoena duces tecum, when duly served as herein provided, shall be in contempt of court, and shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than two thousand dollars ($2,000.00).
MS Code § 75-21-33 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 21 - Trusts and Combines in Restraint or Hindrance of Trade|§ 75-21-33. Right to examine books, records and accounts of corporations

 The state or any person, natural or artificial, in the manner and in such instances as now provided by law shall always have the right to investigate the books, records and accounts of all corporations created by it and of all corporations doing business in this state, but this right shall not be exercised further than to examine books, records and accounts made and kept within three (3) years next preceding the beginning of the examination thereof, unless an examination of books, records and accounts made before that time be necessary to an understanding of the books, records and accounts made within said three (3) years.
MS Code § 75-21-35 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 21 - Trusts and Combines in Restraint or Hindrance of Trade|§ 75-21-35. Corporations answerable for unlawful act

 Every corporation shall be answerable for any unlawful act, contract, agreement, arrangement, understanding or combination done, made or entered into for and on its behalf by any officer, stockholder, agent or attorney permitted or suffered to manage, direct, regulate or control its business in that particular, and such unlawful act, contract, agreement, arrangement, understanding or combination shall be deemed and held to have been done, made or entered into by the corporation itself as fully as if done, made or entered into by its board of directors by regular vote duly entered upon the minutes.
MS Code § 75-21-37 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 21 - Trusts and Combines in Restraint or Hindrance of Trade|§ 75-21-37. Duties of district attorneys

 It shall be the duty of the district attorneys in their several districts, when requested by the attorney general, to enforce the civil features of the antitrust laws of this state by appropriate legal proceedings and suits at law or in equity; and their duty to enforce criminal features of said laws shall be the same as their duty to enforce other criminal statutes. All such suits shall be brought by and in the name of the State of Mississippi upon the relation of the attorney general or an authorized district attorney.
MS Code § 75-21-39 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 21 - Trusts and Combines in Restraint or Hindrance of Trade|§ 75-21-39. Application of chapter

 No right, liability, pain, penalty, forfeiture, prosecution or suit under laws existing prior to the adoption of this chapter shall be in any wise affected thereby, but the same may be asserted, prosecuted, declared, inflicted and imposed under the laws in force prior to the adoption of this chapter. This chapter shall be liberally construed in all courts to the end that trusts and combines may be suppressed, and the benefits arising from competition in business preserved to the people of this state.
MS Code § 75-25-3 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 25 - Registration of Trademarks and Labels|§ 75-25-3. Registrability

 A mark by which the goods or services of any applicant for registration may be distinguished from the goods or services of others shall not be registered if it:   Consists of or comprises immoral, deceptive or scandalous matter; or   Consists of or comprises matter which may disparage or falsely suggest a connection with persons, living or dead, institutions, beliefs, or national symbols, or bring them into contempt, or disrepute; or   Consists of or comprises the flag or coat of arms or other insignia of the United States, or of any state or municipality, or any foreign nation, or any simulation thereof; or   Consists of or comprises the name, signature or portrait identifying a particular living individual, except by the individual's written consent; or   Consists of a mark which, (1) when used on or in connection with the goods or services of the applicant, is merely descriptive or deceptively misdescriptive of them, or (2) when used on or in connection with the goods or services of the applicant is primarily geographically descriptive or deceptively misdescriptive of them, or (3) is primarily merely a surname; however, nothing in this subsection (e) shall prevent the registration of a mark used by the applicant which has become distinctive of the applicant's goods or services. The secretary may accept as evidence that the mark has become distinctive, as used on or in connection with the applicant's goods or services, proof of continuous use thereof as a mark by the applicant in this state for the five (5) years before the date on which the claim of distinctiveness is made; or   Consists of or comprises a mark which so resembles a mark registered in this state or a mark or trade name previously used by another and not abandoned, as to be likely, when used on or in connection with the goods or services of the applicant, to cause confusion or mistake or to deceive.
MS Code § 75-25-5 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 25 - Registration of Trademarks and Labels|§ 75-25-5. Application for registration; requirements

 Subject to the limitations set forth in this chapter, any person who uses a mark may file in the office of the secretary, in a manner complying with the requirements of the secretary, an application for registration of that mark setting forth, but not limited to, the following information:    The name and business address of the person applying for such registration; and, if a corporation, the state of incorporation, or if a partnership or other entity, the state in which the entity is organized and the names of the general partners, owners and/or managers, as specified by the secretary;   The goods or services on or in connection with which the mark is used and the mode or manner in which the mark is used on or in connection with such goods or services and the class in which such goods or services fall;   The date when the mark was first used anywhere and the date when it was first used in this state by the applicant or predecessor in interest; and   A statement that the applicant is the owner of the mark, that the mark is in use, and that, to the knowledge of the person verifying the application, no other person has registered, either federally or in this state, or has the right to use such mark either in the identical form thereof or in such near resemblance thereto as to be likely, when applied to the goods or services of such other person, to cause confusion, or to cause mistake, or to deceive.    The secretary may also require a statement as to whether an application to register the mark, or portions or a composite thereof, has been filed by the applicant or a predecessor in interest in the United States Patent and Trademark Office; and, if so, the applicant shall provide full particulars with respect thereto including the filing date and serial number of each application, the status thereof and, if any application was finally refused registration or has otherwise not resulted in a registration, the reasons therefor.   The secretary may also require that a drawing of the mark, complying with such requirements as the secretary may specify, accompany the application.   The application shall be signed and verified by oath, affirmation or declaration subject to perjury laws by the applicant or by a member of the firm or an officer of the corporation or association applying.   The application shall be accompanied by three (3) specimens showing the mark as actually used.   The application shall be accompanied by the application fee payable to the Secretary of State.
MS Code § 75-25-7 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 25 - Registration of Trademarks and Labels|§ 75-25-7. Examination of application for registration; requirements; effect; appeal; priority of concurrent applications for same or similar marks

 Upon the filing of an application for registration and payment of the application fee, the secretary may cause the application to be examined for conformity with this chapter.   The applicant shall provide any additional pertinent information requested by the secretary including a description of a design mark and may make, or authorize the secretary to make, such amendments to the application as may be reasonably requested by the secretary or deemed by applicant to be advisable to respond to any rejection or objection.   The secretary may require the applicant to disclaim an unregisterable component of a mark otherwise registerable, and an applicant may voluntarily disclaim a component of a mark sought to be registered. No disclaimer shall prejudice or affect the applicant's or registrant's rights then existing or thereafter arising in the disclaimed matter, or the applicant's or registrant's rights of registration on another application if the disclaimed matter be or shall have become distinctive of the applicant's or registrant's goods or services.   Amendments may be made by the secretary upon the application submitted by the applicant upon applicant's agreement; or a fresh application may be required to be submitted.   If the applicant is found not to be entitled to registration, the secretary shall advise the applicant thereof and of the reasons therefor. The applicant shall have a reasonable period of time specified by the secretary in which to reply or to amend the application, in which event the application shall then be reexamined. This procedure may be repeated until:    The secretary finally refuses registration of the mark; or   the applicant fails to reply or amend within the specified period, whereupon the application shall be deemed to have been abandoned.    If the secretary finally refuses registration of the mark, the applicant may appeal such refusal to the First Judicial District of the Hinds County Chancery Court. The secretary's refusal may be reversed, but without costs to the secretary, on proof that all the statements in the application are true and that the mark is otherwise entitled to registration.   In the instance of applications concurrently being processed by the secretary seeking registration of the same or confusingly similar marks for the same or related goods or services, the secretary shall grant priority to the applications in order of filing. If a prior-filed application is granted a registration, the other application or applications shall then be rejected. Any rejected applicant may bring an action for cancellation of the registration upon grounds of prior or superior rights to the mark, in accordance with the provisions of Section 75-25-17.
MS Code § 75-25-9 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 25 - Registration of Trademarks and Labels|§ 75-25-9. Issuance and delivery of certificate of registration; admissibility in evidence

 Upon compliance by the applicant with the requirements of this chapter, the secretary shall cause a certificate of registration to be issued and delivered to the applicant. The certificate of registration shall be issued under the signature of the secretary and the seal of the state, and it shall show the name and business address and, if a corporation, the state of incorporation, or if a partnership or other entity, the state in which the partnership or other entity is organized and the names of the general partners, owners, and/or managers, as specified by the secretary, of the person claiming ownership of the mark, the date claimed for the first use of the mark anywhere and the date claimed for the first use of the mark in this state, the class of goods or services and a description of the goods or services on or in connection with which the mark is used, a reproduction of the mark, the registration date and the term of the registration.   Any certificate of registration issued by the secretary under the provisions hereof or a copy thereof duly certified by the secretary shall be admissible in evidence as competent and sufficient proof of the registration of such mark in any actions or judicial proceedings in any court of this state.
MS Code § 75-25-11 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 25 - Registration of Trademarks and Labels|§ 75-25-11. Duration and renewal

 A registration of a mark hereunder shall be effective for a term of five (5) years from the date of registration and, upon application filed within six (6) months prior to the expiration of such term, in a manner complying with the requirements of the secretary, the registration may be renewed for a like term from the end of the expiring term. A renewal fee, payable to the secretary, shall accompany the application for renewal of the registration.   A registration may be renewed for successive periods of five (5) years in like manner.   All applications for renewal, whether of registrations made under this chapter or of registrations effected under any prior act, shall include a verified statement that the mark has been and is still in use and include a specimen showing actual use of the mark on or in connection with the goods or services.
MS Code § 75-25-13 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 25 - Registration of Trademarks and Labels|§ 75-25-13. Assignment; requirements

 Any mark and its registration hereunder shall be assignable with the good will of the business in which the mark is used, or with that part of the good will of the business connected with the use of and symbolized by the mark. Assignment shall be by instruments in writing duly executed and may be recorded with the secretary upon the payment of the recording fee, payable to the secretary, who, upon recording of the assignment, shall issue in the name of the assignee a new certificate for the remainder of the term of the registration or of the last renewal thereof. An assignment of any registration under this chapter shall be void as against any subsequent purchaser for valuable consideration without notice, unless it is recorded with the secretary within three (3) months after the date thereof or prior to such subsequent purchase.   Any registrant or applicant effecting a change of the name of the person to whom the mark was issued or for whom an application was filed may record a certificate of change of name of the registrant or applicant with the secretary upon the payment of the recording fee. The secretary may issue in the name of the assignee a certificate of registration of an assigned application. The secretary may issue in the name of the assignee, a new certificate or registration for the remainder of the term of the registration or last renewal thereof.   Other instruments which relate to a mark registered or application pending pursuant to this chapter, such as, by way of example, licenses, security interests or mortgages, may be recorded in the discretion of the secretary, provided that such instrument is in writing and duly executed.   Acknowledgment shall be prima facie evidence of the execution of an assignment or other instrument and, when recorded by the secretary, the record shall be prima facie evidence of execution.   A photocopy of any instrument referred to in subsections (a), (b), or (c) above, shall be accepted for recording if it is certified by any of the parties thereto, or their successors, to be a true and correct copy of the original.
MS Code § 75-25-15 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 25 - Registration of Trademarks and Labels|§ 75-25-15. Record of marks registered or renewed, or documents recorded

 The secretary shall keep for public examination a record of all marks registered or renewed under this chapter, as well as a record of all documents recorded pursuant to Section 75-25-13.
MS Code § 75-25-17 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 25 - Registration of Trademarks and Labels|§ 75-25-17. Cancellation

 The secretary shall cancel from the register, in whole or in part:   Any registration concerning which the secretary shall receive a voluntary request for cancellation thereof from the registrant or the assignee of record;   All registrations granted under this chapter and not renewed in accordance with the provisions hereof;   Any registration concerning which a court of competent jurisdiction shall find:    That the registered mark has been abandoned,   That the registrant is not the owner of the mark,   That the registration was granted improperly,   That the registration was obtained fraudulently,   That the mark is or has become the generic name for the goods or services, or a portion thereof, for which it has been registered,   That the registered mark is so similar, as to be likely to cause confusion or mistake, or to deceive, to a mark registered by another person in the United States Patent and Trademark Office prior to the date of the filing of the application for registration by the registrant hereunder, and not abandoned; provided, however, that, should the registrant prove that the registrant is the owner of a concurrent registration of a mark in the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering an area including this state, the registration hereunder shall not be cancelled for such area of the state; or    When a court of competent jurisdiction shall order cancellation of a registration on any ground.
MS Code § 75-25-19 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 25 - Registration of Trademarks and Labels|§ 75-25-19. Classification

 The secretary shall by regulation establish a classification of goods and services for convenience of administration of this chapter, but not to limit or extend the applicant's or registrant's rights, and a single application for registration of a mark may include any or all goods upon which, or services with which, the mark is actually being used indicating the appropriate class or classes of goods or services. When a single application includes goods or services which fall within multiple classes, the secretary may require payment of a fee for each class. To the extent practical, the classification of goods and services should conform to the classification adopted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
MS Code § 75-25-21 (2020)
2020 Mississippi Code|Title 75 - Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments|Chapter 25 - Registration of Trademarks and Labels|§ 75-25-21. Fraudulent filing or registration; liability

 Any person who shall for himself or herself, or on behalf of any other persons, procure the filing or registration of any mark in the office of the secretary under the provisions hereof, by knowingly making any false or fraudulent representation or declaration, orally or in writing, or by any other fraudulent means, shall be liable to pay all damages sustained in consequence of such filing or registration, to be recovered by or on behalf of the party injured thereby in any court of competent jurisdiction.