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KS Stat § 80-2554 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers|Article 25 - Hospitals And Health Care Facilities|80-2554 Health care facilities and services hospital district in Linn and Bourbon counties; contract to borrow money authorized; publication; protest petition; special election.

80-2554. Health care facilities and services hospital district in Linn and Bourbon counties; contract to borrow money authorized; publication; protest petition; special election. The board of directors of health care facilities and services hospital district no. 1, Linn and Bourbon counties, is hereby authorized to contract with any individual or individuals for the purpose of borrowing money from such individual or individuals to provide money to be used to build an addition to an existing home for the aged subject to such terms and conditions as the parties may specify in the contract. Before any such contract becomes effective, the board of directors shall cause to be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in such district a copy of the contract which shall state, in addition to such other terms and conditions as may be contained in the contract, that the contract shall become effective on the 30th day after the day of publication of the contract unless protest petitions signed by at least 5% of the registered voters of such district are filed with the county election officer of the county in which the home for the aged is located prior to that day. If within such thirty-day period protest petitions are filed with sufficient signers, the contract shall not become effective until the board of county commissioners of the counties in which such district is located call a special election at which the question of whether the contract should become effective is submitted to the electors of such district and a majority of voters voting at such election vote in favor of the contract becoming effective.History: L. 1985, ch. 93, § 1; April 4.
KS Stat § 80-2555 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers|Article 25 - Hospitals And Health Care Facilities|80-2555 Norwich hospital district no. I of Kingman county declared a health care facilities and services hospital district.

80-2555. Norwich hospital district no. I of Kingman county declared a health care facilities and services hospital district. Notwithstanding any provision of K.S.A. 80-2550 and amendments thereto to the contrary, Norwich hospital district no. I of Kingman county, Kansas, is hereby declared to be a health care facilities and services hospital district for the purposes of K.S.A. 80-2550 through 80-2554, and amendments thereto.History: L. 1989, ch. 182, § 1; May 18.
KS Stat § 80-2556 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 80 - Townships And Township Officers|Article 25 - Hospitals And Health Care Facilities|80-2556 Formation of certain hospital districts in Linn County.

80-2556. Formation of certain hospital districts in Linn County. (a) Whenever a petition, signed by not less than 10% of the qualified electors of the Mound City township and Paris township in Linn county, is filed with the board of county commissioners of Linn county requesting the formation of a hospital district, the board shall submit the proposition at an election called and held for that purpose in a manner provided by K.S.A. 10-120, and amendments thereto.The board of county commissioners, on its own motion, may submit the proposition to the qualified electors of Mound City township and Paris township without the submission of the petition.(b) If a majority of the qualified electors of the proposed hospital district who vote in the election, vote in favor of the creation of the hospital district, the board of county commissioners of Linn county shall enter an order in its proceedings establishing the hospital district. The original hospital board for the hospital district shall be established as provided in K.S.A. 80-2504, and amendments thereto.(c) The hospital board may levy an annual tax of not to exceed two mills for operating, equipping, maintaining and improving the hospital. Any mill levy increase shall be made in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 80-2516, and amendments thereto.(d) The provisions of this act shall be a part of and supplemental to the provisions of K.S.A. 80-2501 through 80-2533, and amendments thereto.History: L. 2009, ch. 46, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 81-201 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 81 - Trademarks And Service Marks|Article 2 - Revised Kansas Trademark Act|81-201 Title.

81-201. Title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the revised Kansas trademark act.History: L. 1999, ch. 85, § 1; July 1.
KS Stat § 81-203 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 81 - Trademarks And Service Marks|Article 2 - Revised Kansas Trademark Act|81-203 Registrability.

81-203. 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 such mark:(a) Consists of or comprises immoral, deceptive or scandalous matter;(b) 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;(c) consists of or comprises the flag or coat of arms or other insignia of the United States, or of any state or municipality, or of any foreign nation, or any simulation thereof;(d) consists of or comprises the name, signature or portrait identifying a particular living individual, except by the individual's written consent;(e) 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;(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, except that nothing in this subsection 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 years before the date on which the claim of distinctiveness is made; or(f) 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.History: L. 1999, ch. 85, § 3; July 1.
KS Stat § 81-204 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 81 - Trademarks And Service Marks|Article 2 - Revised Kansas Trademark Act|81-204 Application for registration.

81-204. Application for registration. (a) Subject to the limitations set forth in this act, 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:(1) The name and business address of the person applying for such registration; if a corporation, limited liability company, limited partnership, limited liability partnership or other business entity, the state of organization; and if a partnership, the state in which the partnership is organized and the names of the general partners, as specified by the secretary;(2) 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;(3) the date when the mark was first used anywhere and the date when it was first used in this state by the applicant or a predecessor in interest; and(4) 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 or in such near resemblance to such mark 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 of such mark, has been filed by the applicant or a predecessor in interest in the United States patent and trademark office. If such application has been filed in the United States patent and trademark office, the applicant shall provide full particulars with respect to such filing including the filing date and serial number of each application, the status of such filing and, if any application was finally refused registration or has otherwise not resulted in a registration, the reasons for such refusal.(b) The secretary may also require that a drawing of the mark, complying with such requirements as the secretary may specify, accompany the application.(c) 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.(d) The application shall be accompanied by three specimens showing the mark as actually used.(e) The application shall be accompanied by the application fee payable to the secretary of state.History: L. 1999, ch. 85, § 4; July 1.
KS Stat § 81-205 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 81 - Trademarks And Service Marks|Article 2 - Revised Kansas Trademark Act|81-205 Filing of applications; refusal of registration; same or similar marks, procedure.

81-205. Filing of applications; refusal of registration; same or similar marks, procedure. (a) 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 act.(b) 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.(c) 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.(d) Amendments may be made by the secretary upon the application submitted by the applicant upon applicant's agreement, or a new application may be required to be submitted.(e) If the applicant is found not to be entitled to registration, the secretary shall advise the applicant and state the reasons of such refusal. 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: (1) The secretary finally refuses registration of the mark; or (2) the applicant fails to reply or amend within the specified period, whereupon the application shall be deemed to have been abandoned.(f) If the secretary finally refuses registration of the mark, the applicant may seek a writ of mandamus to compel such registration. Such writ may be granted, 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.(g) 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 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 K.S.A. 81-210, and amendments thereto.History: L. 1999, ch. 85, § 5; July 1.
KS Stat § 81-206 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 81 - Trademarks And Service Marks|Article 2 - Revised Kansas Trademark Act|81-206 Certificate of registration, issuance.

81-206. Certificate of registration, issuance. Upon compliance by the applicant with the requirements of this act, 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 such certificate shall show the name and business address 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 of this section or a copy of such certificate 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.History: L. 1999, ch. 85, § 6; July 1.
KS Stat § 81-207 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 81 - Trademarks And Service Marks|Article 2 - Revised Kansas Trademark Act|81-207 Duration of registration; renewal.

81-207. Duration of registration; renewal. (a) A registration of a mark as provided in this act shall be effective for a term of five years from the date of registration and, upon application filed within six 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.(b) A registration may be renewed for successive periods of five years in like manner.(c) Any registration in force on the date on which this act shall become effective shall and continue in full force and effect for the unexpired term of such registration and may be renewed by filing an application for renewal with the secretary complying with the requirements of the secretary and paying the renewal fee as provided in this section within six months prior to the expiration of the registration.(d) All applications for renewal under this act, whether of registrations made under this act 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.History: L. 1999, ch. 85, § 7; July 1.
KS Stat § 81-208 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 81 - Trademarks And Service Marks|Article 2 - Revised Kansas Trademark Act|81-208 Assignments; changes of name; other instruments.

81-208. Assignments; changes of name; other instruments. (a) Any mark and registration as provided in this act 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 of the registration. An assignment of any registration under this act shall be void as against any subsequent purchaser for valuable consideration without notice, unless it is recorded with the secretary within three months after the date of assignment or prior to such subsequent purchase.(b) 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 of the registration.(c) Other instruments which relate to a mark registered or application pending pursuant to this act, such as, licenses, security interests or mortgages, may be recorded in the discretion of the secretary, if such instrument is in writing and duly executed.(d) 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.(e) A photocopy of any instrument referred to in subsection (a), (b) or (c) above shall be accepted for recording if it is certified by any of the parties to the instrument, or their successors, to be a true and correct copy of the original.History: L. 1999, ch. 85, § 8; July 1.
KS Stat § 81-209 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 81 - Trademarks And Service Marks|Article 2 - Revised Kansas Trademark Act|81-209 Records.

81-209. Records. The secretary shall keep for public examination a record of all marks registered or renewed under this act, as well as a record of all documents recorded pursuant to K.S.A. 81-208, and amendments thereto.History: L. 1999, ch. 85, § 9; July 1.
KS Stat § 81-210 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 81 - Trademarks And Service Marks|Article 2 - Revised Kansas Trademark Act|81-210 Cancellation.

81-210. Cancellation. The secretary shall cancel from the register, in whole or in part: (a) Any registration which the secretary receives a voluntary request for cancellation thereof from the registrant or the assignee of record;(b) all registrations granted under this act and not renewed in accordance with the provisions of this act;(c) any registration concerning which a court of competent jurisdiction finds that: (1) The registered mark has been abandoned; (2) the registrant is not the owner of the mark; (3) the registration was granted improperly; (4) the registration was obtained fraudulently; (5) the mark is or has become the generic name for the goods or services, or a portion of the goods or services, for which it has been registered; or (6) 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, except 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 canceled for such area of the state; or(d) when a court of competent jurisdiction orders cancellation of a registration on any ground.History: L. 1999, ch. 85, § 10; July 1.
KS Stat § 81-211 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 81 - Trademarks And Service Marks|Article 2 - Revised Kansas Trademark Act|81-211 Classification of goods and services.

81-211. Classification of goods and services. The secretary shall by regulation establish a classification of goods and services for convenience of administration of this act, 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.History: L. 1999, ch. 85, § 11; July 1.
KS Stat § 81-212 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 81 - Trademarks And Service Marks|Article 2 - Revised Kansas Trademark Act|81-212 Fraudulent registration; liability for damages.

81-212. Fraudulent registration; liability for damages. Any person who for such person's own behalf, or on behalf of any other person, procures the filing or registration of any mark in the office of the secretary under the provisions of this act, 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 by such person's finding in any court of competent jurisdiction.History: L. 1999, ch. 85, § 12; July 1.
KS Stat § 81-213 (2021)
2021 Kansas Statutes|Chapter 81 - Trademarks And Service Marks|Article 2 - Revised Kansas Trademark Act|81-213 Infringement; liability.

81-213. Infringement; liability. Subject to the provisions of K.S.A. 81-217, and amendments thereto, any person who: (a) Uses, without the consent of the registrant, any reproduction, counterfeit, copy, or colorable imitation of a mark registered under this act in connection with the sale, distribution, 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 (b) reproduces, counterfeits, copies, or colorably imitates any such mark and applies such reproduction, counterfeit, copy or colorable imitation to labels, signs, prints, packages, wrappers, receptacles, or advertisements intended to be used upon or in connection with the sale or other distribution in this state of such goods or services; shall be liable in a civil action by the registrant for any and all of the remedies provided in K.S.A. 81-215, and amendments thereto, except that under subsection (b) the registrant shall not be entitled to recover profits or damages unless the acts have been committed with the intent to cause confusion or mistake or to deceive.History: L. 1999, ch. 85, § 13; July 1.