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LA Rev Stat § 51:211 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Trade and Commerce|§211. Definitions

RS 211 - Definitions  A. The term "trademark" as used herein means any word, name, symbol, or device or any combination thereof adopted and used by a person to identify goods made or sold by him and to distinguish them from goods made or sold by others.  B. The term "service mark" as used herein means a mark used in the sale or advertising of services to identify the services of one person and distinguish them from the services of others.  C. The term "mark" as used herein includes any trademark or service mark entitled to registration under this Subpart whether registered or not, including the designation of a particular place of business.  D. The term "trade name" means a word, name, symbol, device or any combination thereof used by a person to identify his business, vocation or occupation and distinguish it from the business, vocation or occupation of others.  E. The term "person" as used herein means any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, association, union, public or private educational institution, or other organization.  F. The term "applicant" as used herein embraces the person filing an application for registration of a trademark under this Subpart, his legal representatives, successors or assigns.  G. The term "registrant" as used herein embraces the person to whom the registration of a trademark under this Subpart is issued, his legal representatives, successors or assigns.  H. For the purposes of this Subpart, a trademark shall be deemed to be "used" in this state (1) on goods when it is placed in any manner on the goods or their containers or the displays associated therewith or on the tags or labels affixed thereto and such goods are sold or otherwise distributed in the state, and (2) on services when it is used or displayed in the sale or advertising of services and the services are rendered in this state.  I. The term "educational institution" as used herein means any institution licensed, approved, or funded by the state to perform educational services.  J. For the purposes of this Subpart, any document required to be filed with the secretary of state shall be deemed filed when it is received either physically or electronically in any office designated by the secretary of state for the receipt of such documents.  Acts 1954, No. 235, §2. Amended by Acts 1968, No. 475, §1; Acts 1979, No. 762, §1; Acts 1999, No. 342, §7; Acts 2001, No. 388, §1, eff. June 13, 2001; Acts 2019, No. 19, §3, eff. May 28, 2019.
LA Rev Stat § 51:212 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Trade and Commerce|§212. Registrability

RS 212 - Registrability  A name or mark by which the name, goods, or services of any applicant for registration may be distinguished from the name, goods, or services of others shall not be registered if it:  (1) Consists of or comprises immoral, deceptive or scandalous matter.  (2) Consists of or comprises matter which may disparage or falsely suggest a connection with persons, living or dead, educational institutions, institutions, beliefs, or national symbols, or bring them into contempt, or disrepute.  (3) Consists of or comprises the flag or coat of arms or other insignia, symbol, seal, emblem, or logo of the United States, or of this state, or of any local governmental subdivision of this state, or of any state or governmental subdivision thereof, or educational institution, or of any foreign nation, or any simulation thereof.  (4) Consists of or comprises the name, signature or portrait of any living individual, except with his written consent.  (5)(a) Consists of a mark which contains any of the following characteristics:  (i) When applied to the goods or services of the applicant, is merely descriptive or deceptively misdescriptive of them.  (ii) When applied to the goods or services of the applicant, is primarily geographically descriptive or deceptively misdescriptive of them.  (iii) Is primarily merely a surname.  (b) Nothing in this Paragraph shall prevent the registration of a mark used in this state by the applicant which has become distinctive of the applicant's goods or services. The secretary of state may accept as evidence that the mark has become distinctive, as applied to the applicant's goods or services, proof of continuous use thereof as a mark by the applicant in this state or elsewhere for the five years next preceding the date of the filing of the application for registration.  (6) Consists of or comprises a mark which so resembles a mark registered in this state or a mark or trade name previously used in this state by another and not abandoned, as to be likely, when applied to the goods or services of the applicant, to cause confusion or mistake or to deceive.  (7) Consists of matter or words which deceptively or falsely suggest a charitable or nonprofit nature to an organization which is in fact a profit-making organization.  Acts 1954, No. 235, §2. Amended by Acts 1968, No. 475, §1; Acts 1978, No. 181, §2; Acts 1979, No. 762, §2; Acts 1997, No. 833, §2, eff. July 10, 1997; Acts 2018, No. 560, §5, eff. May 28, 2018.
LA Rev Stat § 51:213 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Trade and Commerce|§213. Powers of the secretary of state; reservation of trade names, trademarks, and service marks

RS 213 - Powers of the secretary of state; reservation of trade names, trademarks, and service marks  A. The secretary of state is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations and prescribe forms for the filing of trademarks under the provisions of this Subpart, and to have the power and authority reasonably necessary to enable him to administer this Subpart efficiently and to perform the duties imposed upon him by its provisions.  B.(1) The exclusive right to the use of a trade name, trademark, or service mark may be reserved by any person intending to apply for a trade name, trademark, or service mark under this Chapter.  (2) Application to reserve a trade name, trademark, or service mark shall be filed with the secretary of state. If the secretary of state finds that the trade name, trademark, or service mark is available for use, he shall reserve the trade name, trademark, or service mark for the exclusive use of the applicant for a nonrenewable period of one hundred twenty days.  (3) The right to the exclusive use of a specified trade name, trademark, or service mark so reserved may be transferred to any other person or corporation by filing in the office of the secretary of state a notice of such transfer, executed by the applicant for whom the name or mark was reserved, and specifying the name and address of the transferee.  C. The secretary of state shall not authorize registration or use of any trade name, trademark, or service mark which deceptively or falsely suggests that the organization so denoted is of a charitable or nonprofit nature when the organization is in fact of a profit-making nature. The secretary of state shall, in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, promulgate rules to provide all review procedures necessary to effect the intent of this Subsection.  Acts 1954, No. 235, §2. Amended by Acts 1968, No. 475, §1; Acts 1976, No. 457, §1; Acts 1978, No. 181, §2; Acts 1991, No. 746, §1; Acts 2015, No. 398, §3, eff. Oct. 5. 2015.
LA Rev Stat § 51:214 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Trade and Commerce|§214. Application for registration

RS 214 - Application for registration A. Subject to the limitations set forth in this Subpart, any person who adopts and uses a mark or name in this state may file in the office of the secretary of state, on a form to be furnished by the secretary of state, an application for registration of that mark or name setting forth but not limited to the following information: (1) The name and business address of the person applying for such registration and, if a corporation, the state of incorporation. (2) The goods or services in connection with which the mark or name is used, the mode or manner in which the mark or name is used in connection with such goods or services, and the class in which such goods or services fall. (3) The date when the mark or name was first used anywhere and the date when it was first used in this state by the applicant or his predecessor in business; and (4) A statement that the applicant is the owner of the mark or name and that no other person has the right to use such mark or name in this state, either in the identical form thereof or in such near resemblance thereto as might be calculated to deceive or to be mistaken therefor. B. The application shall be signed and verified by the applicant or by a member of the firm or an officer of the corporation or association applying. C. The application shall be accompanied by a specimen or facsimile of such mark or name in triplicate. D. The application for registration shall be accompanied by a filing fee as provided in R.S. 49:222, payable to the secretary of state. E. In addition to said filing fee, the secretary of state shall charge and collect, for the use and benefit of the state, a fee as provided in R.S. 49:222 for making and issuing a copy of any document filed in his office under the provisions of this Subpart, plus a fee as provided in R.S. 49:222 for sealing and certifying to the correctness thereof. The additional fee, provided as aforesaid, shall not apply to the original certificate of registration required by R.S. 51:215. Acts 1983, No. 235, §5, eff. July 1, 1983; Acts 1989, No. 100, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 1990; Acts 2008, No. 913, §5.
LA Rev Stat § 51:215 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Trade and Commerce|§215. Certificate of registration

RS 215 - Certificate of registration  A.(1) Upon compliance by the applicant with the requirements of this Subpart, if the secretary of state finds that the trade name is distinguishable from or not the same as a trade name, limited liability company name, partnership name, or corporate name already in use in this state, or that the trademark or service mark is distinguishable from or not the same as a trademark or service mark already in use in this state which is registered in the same class, the secretary of state shall cause a certificate of registration to be issued and delivered to the applicant.  (2) The certificate of registration shall be issued under the signature of the secretary of state and the seal of his office, and it shall show the name and business address and, if a corporation, the state of incorporation, of the person claiming ownership of the trade name or mark, the date claimed for the first use of the trade name or mark in this state, and, if a trade mark or service mark, the class of goods or services and a written description of the goods or services on which the mark is used, a reproduction of the mark, the registration date and the term of the registration.  B. Any certificate of registration issued by the secretary of state under the provisions hereof or a copy thereof duly certified by the secretary of state shall be admissible in evidence as competent and sufficient proof of the registration of such trade name or mark in any action or judicial proceedings in any court of this state.  Acts 1954, No. 235, §2. Amended by Acts 1968, No. 475, §1; Acts 1983, No. 90, §1; Acts 1989, No. 654, §2, eff. July 7, 1989; Acts 1995, No. 847, §4, eff. June 27, 1995; Acts 2017, No. 367, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 51:215.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Trade and Commerce|§215.1. Certificate of correction

RS 215.1 - Certificate of correction  A.(1) Whenever the original certificate of registration filed with the secretary of state under any provision of this Chapter is an inaccurate record of the trade name action, trademark action, or service mark action therein referred to, or is defectively or erroneously executed or acknowledged, such instrument may be corrected by filing with the secretary of state a certificate of correction which shall be executed, acknowledged, filed, and recorded in accordance with this Section.  (2) The certificate of correction shall specify the inaccuracy or defect to be corrected and shall set forth that portion of the instrument in correct form.  (3) The secretary of state may prescribe and furnish forms for filing the certificate of correction.  B. The certificate of correction shall be executed as follows:  (1) In the name of the trade name, trademark, or service mark as a correction to its original or renewal registration and acknowledged by the applicant.  (2) The certification of correction shall be filed with the secretary of state. After all fees have been paid as required by law, the secretary of state shall record the certificate of correction in his office and endorse thereon the date of the filing. The certificate of correction shall be effective as of the date the original instrument was filed, except as to those persons who are substantially and adversely affected by the correction and as to those persons the corrected certificate shall be effective from the filing date.  Acts 1991, No. 746, §1; Acts 1999, No. 342, §7; Acts 2019, No. 19, §3, eff. May 28, 2019.
LA Rev Stat § 51:216 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Trade and Commerce|§216. Duration and renewal

RS 216 - Duration and renewal  A.(1) Registration of a mark hereunder shall be effective for a term of ten years from the date of registration, and upon application filed within six months prior to the expiration of such term, on a form to be furnished by the secretary of state, the registration may be renewed for a like term. A renewal fee as provided in R.S. 49:222 payable to the secretary of state shall accompany the application for renewal of the registration.  (2) Registration of a trade name hereunder shall be effective for a term of ten years from the date of registration and, upon application filed within six months prior to the expiration of such term, on a form to be furnished by the secretary of state, the registration may be renewed for a like term. The renewal fee shall accompany the application for renewal.  B. A mark or trade name registration may be renewed for successive periods of ten years in like manner.  C. The secretary of state shall notify registrants of marks and trade names hereunder of the necessity of renewal within the year next preceding the expiration of the ten years from the date of registration, by writing to the last known address of the registrants.  D. Any registration in force on July 31, 1968 shall expire ten years from the date of the registration or of the last renewal thereof or one year after July 31, 1968, whichever is later, and may be renewed by filing an application with the secretary of state on a form furnished by him and paying the aforementioned renewal fee therefor within six months prior to the expiration of the registration.  E. All applications for renewals under this Subpart, whether of registrations made under this Subpart or of registrations affected under any prior act, shall include a statement that the mark is still in use in this state.  F.(1) After expiration of the mark or trade name, the person who previously registered the mark or trade name may renew at any time.  (2) Any other person seeking to register the expired mark or trade name shall give sixty days notice, by certified mail, to the previous person's last known address that registered the mark or trade name, prior to registering the expired mark or trade name.  Acts 1983, No. 235, §5, eff. July 1, 1983; Acts 2004, No. 536, §1; Acts 2008, No. 913, §5; Acts 2015, No. 398, §3, eff. Oct. 5, 2015.
LA Rev Stat § 51:217 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Trade and Commerce|§217. Assignment

RS 217 - Assignment  A. Any trademark, trade name, or service 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 trademark, trade name, or service mark.  B. Assignment shall be by instruments in writing duly executed and may be recorded with the secretary of state upon the payment of a fee as provided in R.S. 49:222, payable to the secretary of state, 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 Subpart shall be void as against any subsequent purchaser for valuable consideration without notice, unless it is recorded with the secretary of state within three months after the date thereof or prior to such subsequent purchase.  C. The secretary of state may prescribe and furnish forms for assigning a trade name, trademark, and service mark.  Acts 1983, No. 235, §5, eff. July 1, 1983; Acts 1991, No. 746, §1; Acts 2008, No. 913, §5; Acts 2019, No. 19, §3, eff. May 28, 2019.
LA Rev Stat § 51:218 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Trade and Commerce|§218. Records

RS 218 - Records   The secretary of state shall keep for public examination a record of all marks registered or renewed under this Subpart.   Acts 1954, No. 235, §2. Amended by Acts 1968, No. 475, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 51:219 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Trade and Commerce|§219. Cancellation

RS 219 - Cancellation   A. The secretary of state shall cancel from the register:   (1) After one year from July 31, 1968, all registrations under prior acts which are more than ten years old and not renewed in accordance with this Subpart.  (2) Any registration concerning which the secretary of state shall receive a voluntary request for cancellation thereof from the registrant or the assignee of record.   (3) All registrations granted pursuant to this Subpart and not renewed in accordance with the provisions hereof.   (4) Any registration concerning which a court of competent jurisdiction shall find:   (a) That the registered mark has been abandoned.   (b) That the registrant is not the owner of the mark.   (c) That the registration was granted improperly.   (d) That the registration was obtained fraudulently.   (e) 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 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 he is the owner of a concurrent registration of his mark in the United States Patent Office covering an area including this state, the registration hereunder shall not be cancelled.  (5) When a court of competent jurisdiction shall order cancellation of a registration on any ground.   B. The secretary of state may prescribe and furnish forms for filing a voluntary cancellation of registration in accordance with Subsection A of this Section.  Added by Acts 1954, No. 235, §2. Amended by Acts 1968, No. 475, §1; Acts 2019, No. 19, §3, eff. May 28, 2019.
LA Rev Stat § 51:220 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Trade and Commerce|§220. Classification of trademarks and service marks

RS 220 - Classification of trademarks and service marks  The following general classes of goods and services are established for convenience of administration of this Subpart, but not to limit or extend the applicant's or registrant's rights, and a single application for registration of a trademark or service mark may include any or all goods upon which, or services with which, the mark is actually being used comprised in a single class, but in no event shall a single application include goods or services upon which the mark is being used that fall within different classes of goods or services. This Section shall not apply to trade names. The said classes are as follows:  A. Goods:  (1) Chemicals  (2) Paints  (3) Cosmetics and cleaning preparations  (4) Lubricants and fuels  (5) Pharmaceuticals  (6) Metal goods  (7) Machinery  (8) Hand tools  (9) Electrical and scientific apparatus  (10) Medical apparatus  (11) Environmental control apparatus  (12) Vehicles  (13) Firearms  (14) Jewelry  (15) Musical instruments  (16) Paper goods and printed matter  (17) Rubber goods  (18) Leather goods  (19) Non-metallic building materials  (20) Furniture and articles not otherwise classified  (21) Housewares and glass  (22) Cordage and fibers  (23) Yarns and threads  (24) Fabrics  (25) Clothing  (26) Fancy goods  (27) Floor coverings  (28) Toys and sporting goods  (29) Meats and processed foods  (30) Staple foods  (31) Natural agricultural products  (32) Light beverages  (33) Wines and spirits  (34) Smokers' articles  (35) Miscellaneous  B. Services:  (1) Advertising and business  (2) Insurance and financial  (3) Construction and repair  (4) Communication  (5) Transportation and storage  (6) Material treatment  (7) Education and entertainment  (8) Miscellaneous  Added by Acts 1954, No. 235, §2. Amended by Acts 1968, No. 475, §1; Acts 1983, No. 87, §1; Acts 1991, No. 746, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 51:221 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Trade and Commerce|§221. Fraudulent registration

RS 221 - Fraudulent registration  Any person who shall for himself, or on behalf of any other person, procure the filing or registration of any mark in the office of the secretary of state under the provisions hereof, by knowingly making any false or fraudulent representation or declaration, verbally 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.  Added by Acts 1954, No. 235, §2. Amended by Acts 1968, No. 475, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 51:222 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Trade and Commerce|§222. Infringement

RS 222 - Infringement   Any person who shall:   (1) Use, without the consent of the registrant, any reproduction, counterfeit, copy, or colorable imitation of a mark registered under this Subpart in connection with the sale, offering for sale, or advertising of any goods or services on or in connection with which such use is likely to cause confusion or mistake or to deceive as to the source of origin of such goods or services; or   (2) Reproduce, counterfeit, copy or colorably imitate any such mark and apply such reproduction, counterfeit, copy or colorable imitation to labels, signs, prints, packages, wrappers, receptacles, or advertisements intended to be used upon or in conjunction with the sale or other distribution in this state of such goods or services; shall be liable to a civil action by the owner of such registered mark for any or all of the remedies provided in this Subpart, except that under Subsection B hereof the registrant shall not be entitled to recover profits or damages unless the acts have been committed with knowledge that such mark is intended to be used to cause confusion or mistake or to deceive.   Added by Acts 1954, No. 235, §2. Amended by Acts 1968, No. 475, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 51:223 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 51 - Trade and Commerce|§223. Remedies

RS 223 - Remedies   Any owner of a mark registered under this Subpart may proceed by suit to enjoin the manufacture, use, display or sale of any counterfeits or imitations thereof and any court of competent jurisdiction may grant injunctions to restrain such manufacture, use, display or sale as may be by the said court deemed just and reasonable, and may require the defendants to pay to such owner all profits derived from and/or all damages suffered by reason of such wrongful manufacture, use, display or sale; and such court may also order that any such counterfeits or imitations in the possession or under the control of any defendant in such case, be delivered to an officer of the court, or to the complainant, to be destroyed.   The enumeration of any right or remedy herein shall not affect a registrant's right to prosecute under any penal law of this state.   Added by Acts 1954, No. 235, §2; Amended by Acts 1968, No. 475, §1.