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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 34 - Limited Partnerships, Partnerships, Professional Associations, Limited Liability Companies and Statutory Trusts › Chapter 616 - Entity Transactions › Section 34-621. - Interest exchange authorized.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, by complying with this part, (1) a domestic entity may acquire all of one or more classes or series of interests of another domestic or foreign entity in exchange for interests, securities, obligations, rights to acquire interests or securities, cash, or other property, or any combination thereof; or (2) all of one or more classes or series of interests of a domestic entity may be acquired by another domestic or foreign entity in exchange for interests, securities, obligations, rights to acquire interests or securities, cash, or other property, or any combination thereof.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this section, by complying with the provisions of this part applicable to foreign entities, a foreign entity may be the acquiring or acquired entity in an interest exchange, provided the interest exchange is authorized by the law of the foreign entity's jurisdiction of organization.
(c) If a protected agreement contains a provision that applies to a merger of a domestic entity but does not refer to an interest exchange, such provision shall apply to an interest exchange in which the domestic entity is the acquired entity as if the interest exchange were a merger until such time after January 1, 2014, as the provision is amended.
(P.A. 11-241, S. 16; P.A. 12-32, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 11-241 effective January 1, 2014; P.A. 12-32 amended Subsec. (c) to replace “October 1, 2011” with “January 1, 2014”, effective January 1, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 34 - Limited Partnerships, Partnerships, Professional Associations, Limited Liability Companies and Statutory Trusts › Chapter 616 - Entity Transactions › Section 34-622. - Plan of interest exchange.

(a) A domestic entity may be the acquired entity in an interest exchange by approving a plan of interest exchange. The plan shall be in a record and contain:
(1) The name and type of the acquired entity;
(2) The name, jurisdiction of organization and type of the acquiring entity;
(3) The manner of converting the interests in the acquired entity into interests, securities, obligations, rights to acquire interests or securities, cash, or other property, or any combination thereof;
(4) Any proposed amendments to the public organic document or private organic rules that are, or are proposed to be, in a record of the acquired entity;
(5) The other terms and conditions of the interest exchange; and
(6) Any other provision required by the law of this state or the organic rules of the acquired entity.
(b) A plan of interest exchange may contain any other provision not prohibited by law.
(P.A. 11-241, S. 17.)
History: P.A. 11-241 effective January 1, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 34 - Limited Partnerships, Partnerships, Professional Associations, Limited Liability Companies and Statutory Trusts › Chapter 616 - Entity Transactions › Section 34-623. - Approval of interest exchange.

(a) A plan of interest exchange shall not be effective unless it has been approved:
(1) By a domestic acquired entity (A) in accordance with the requirements, if any, in its organic law and organic rules for approval of an exchange of interests; (B) except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of this section, if neither its organic law nor organic rules provide for approval of an exchange of interests, then in accordance with the requirements, if any, in its organic law and organic rules for approval of a merger, as if the interest exchange were a merger; or (C) if neither its organic law nor organic rules provide for approval of an exchange of interests or a merger, by all of the interest holders of the entity entitled to vote on or consent to any matter; and
(2) In a record, by each interest holder of a domestic acquired entity that shall have interest holder liability for liabilities that arise after the interest exchange becomes effective, unless, in the case of an entity that is not a business corporation, (A) the organic rules of the entity provide in a record for the approval of an interest exchange or a merger in which some or all of its interest holders become subject to interest holder liability by the vote or consent of fewer than all of the interest holders; and (B) the interest holder voted for or consented in a record to such provision of the organic rules or became an interest holder after the adoption of such provision.
(b) An interest exchange involving a foreign acquired entity shall not be effective unless it is approved by the foreign entity in accordance with the law of the foreign entity's jurisdiction of organization.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in its organic law or organic rules, the interest holders of the acquiring entity shall not be required to approve the interest exchange.
(P.A. 11-241, S. 18.)
History: P.A. 11-241 effective January 1, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 34 - Limited Partnerships, Partnerships, Professional Associations, Limited Liability Companies and Statutory Trusts › Chapter 616 - Entity Transactions › Section 34-624. - Amendment or abandonment of plan of interest exchange.

(a) A plan of interest exchange of a domestic acquired entity may be amended:
(1) In the same manner as the plan was approved, provided the plan does not otherwise specify the manner in which it may be amended; or
(2) By the governors or interest holders of the entity in the manner provided in the plan, except an interest holder that was entitled to vote on or consent to approval of the interest exchange shall be entitled to vote on or consent to any amendment of the plan that will change (A) the amount or kind of interests, securities, obligations, rights to acquire interests or securities, cash, or other property, or any combination thereof, to be received by any of the interest holders of the acquired entity under the plan; (B) the public organic document or private organic rules of the acquired entity that will be in effect immediately after the interest exchange becomes effective, except for changes that do not require approval of the interest holders of the acquired entity under its organic law or organic rules; or (C) any other terms or conditions of the plan, provided the change would adversely affect the interest holder in any material respect.
(b) After a plan of interest exchange has been approved by a domestic acquired entity and before a certificate of interest exchange becomes effective, the plan may be abandoned (1) as provided in the plan; or (2) unless prohibited by the plan, in the same manner as the plan was approved.
(c) If a plan of interest exchange is abandoned after a certificate of interest exchange has been filed with the Secretary of the State but before the filing becomes effective, a certificate of abandonment, signed on behalf of the acquired entity, shall be filed with the Secretary of the State before such time as the certificate of interest exchange becomes effective. The certificate of abandonment shall take effect upon its filing and the interest exchange shall be abandoned and shall not become effective. The certificate of abandonment shall contain (1) the name of the acquired entity; (2) the date on which the certificate of interest exchange was filed; and (3) a statement that the interest exchange has been abandoned in accordance with this section.
(P.A. 11-241, S. 19.)
History: P.A. 11-241 effective January 1, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 34 - Limited Partnerships, Partnerships, Professional Associations, Limited Liability Companies and Statutory Trusts › Chapter 616 - Entity Transactions › Section 34-625. - Certificate of interest exchange; effective date.

(a) A certificate of interest exchange shall be signed on behalf of a domestic acquired entity and filed with the Secretary of the State.
(b) A certificate of interest exchange shall contain:
(1) The name and type of the acquired entity;
(2) The name, jurisdiction of organization and type of the acquiring entity;
(3) If the certificate of interest exchange is not to be effective upon filing, the date and time on which it will become effective, which may not be more than ninety days after the date of filing;
(4) A statement that the plan of interest exchange was approved by the acquired entity in accordance with this part; and
(5) Any amendments to the acquired entity's public organic document approved as part of the plan of interest exchange.
(c) A certificate of interest exchange may contain any other provision not prohibited by law.
(d) A certificate of interest exchange shall become effective on the date and time of its filing or on the date and time specified in the certificate of interest exchange.
(P.A. 11-241, S. 20.)
History: P.A. 11-241 effective January 1, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 34 - Limited Partnerships, Partnerships, Professional Associations, Limited Liability Companies and Statutory Trusts › Chapter 616 - Entity Transactions › Section 34-631. - Conversion authorized.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, by complying with this chapter, a domestic entity may become (1) a domestic entity of a different type; or (2) a foreign entity of a different type, provided the conversion is authorized by the law of the foreign jurisdiction.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this section, by complying with the provisions of this part applicable to foreign entities, a foreign entity may become a domestic entity of a different type, provided the conversion is authorized by the law of the foreign entity's jurisdiction of organization or the foreign entity's organic rules.
(c) If a protected agreement contains a provision that applies to a merger of a domestic entity but does not refer to a conversion, such provision shall apply to a conversion of the entity as if the conversion were a merger until such time after January 1, 2014, as the provision is amended.
(P.A. 11-241, S. 22; P.A. 12-32, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 11-241 effective January 1, 2014; P.A. 12-32 amended Subsec. (c) to replace “October 1, 2011” with “January 1, 2014”, effective January 1, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 34 - Limited Partnerships, Partnerships, Professional Associations, Limited Liability Companies and Statutory Trusts › Chapter 616 - Entity Transactions › Section 34-632. - Plan of conversion.

(a) A domestic entity may convert to a different type of entity under this part by approving a plan of conversion. The plan shall be in a record and contain:
(1) The name and type of the converting entity;
(2) The name, jurisdiction of organization and type of the converted entity;
(3) The manner of converting the interests in the converting entity into interests, securities, obligations, rights to acquire interests or securities, cash, or other property, or any combination thereof;
(4) The proposed public organic document of the converted entity if it shall be a filing entity;
(5) The full text of the private organic rules of the converted entity that are proposed to be in a record;
(6) The other terms and conditions of the conversion; and
(7) Any other provision required by the law of this state or the organic rules of the converting entity.
(b) A plan of conversion may contain any other provision not prohibited by law.
(P.A. 11-241, S. 23.)
History: P.A. 11-241 effective January 1, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 34 - Limited Partnerships, Partnerships, Professional Associations, Limited Liability Companies and Statutory Trusts › Chapter 616 - Entity Transactions › Section 34-633. - Approval of plan of conversion.

(a) A plan of conversion shall not be effective unless it has been approved:
(1) By a domestic converting entity (A) in accordance with the requirements, if any, in its organic rules for approval of a conversion; (B) if its organic rules do not provide for approval of a conversion, in accordance with the requirements, if any, in its organic law and organic rules for approval of (i) in the case of an entity that is not a business corporation, a merger, as if the conversion were a merger; or (ii) in the case of a corporation, a merger requiring approval by a vote of the interest holders of the business corporation, as if the conversion were that type of merger; or (C) if neither its organic law nor organic rules provide for approval of a conversion or a merger described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of this subdivision, by all of the interest holders of the entity entitled to vote on or consent to any matter; and
(2) In a record, by each interest holder of a domestic converting entity that shall have interest holder liability for liabilities that arise after the conversion becomes effective, unless, in the case of an entity that is not a business or nonprofit corporation, (A) the organic rules of the entity provide in a record for the approval of a conversion or a merger in which some or all of its interest holders become subject to interest holder liability by the vote or consent of fewer than all of the interest holders; and (B) the interest holder voted for or consented in a record to such provision of the organic rules or became an interest holder after the adoption of such provision.
(b) A conversion of a foreign converting entity shall not be effective unless it is approved by the foreign entity in accordance with the law of the foreign entity's jurisdiction of organization or the foreign entity's organic rules.
(P.A. 11-241, S. 24.)
History: P.A. 11-241 effective January 1, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 34 - Limited Partnerships, Partnerships, Professional Associations, Limited Liability Companies and Statutory Trusts › Chapter 616 - Entity Transactions › Section 34-634. - Amendment or abandonment of plan of conversion.

(a) A plan of conversion of a domestic converting entity may be amended (1) in the same manner as the plan was approved, provided the plan does not otherwise specify the manner in which it may be amended; or (2) by the governors or interest holders of the entity in the manner provided in the plan, except an interest holder that was entitled to vote on or consent to approval of the conversion shall be entitled to vote on or consent to any amendment of the plan that shall change (A) the amount or kind of interests, securities, obligations, rights to acquire interests or securities, cash, or other property, or any combination thereof, to be received by any of the interest holders of the converting entity under the plan; (B) the public organic document or private organic rules of the converted entity that shall be in effect immediately after the conversion becomes effective, except for changes that do not require approval of the interest holders of the converted entity under its organic law or organic rules; or (C) any other terms or conditions of the plan, provided the change would adversely affect the interest holder in any material respect.
(b) After a plan of conversion has been approved by a domestic converting entity and before a certificate of conversion becomes effective, the plan may be abandoned (1) as provided in the plan; or (2) unless prohibited by the plan, in the same manner as the plan was approved.
(c) If a plan of conversion is abandoned after a certificate of conversion has been filed with the Secretary of the State but before the filing becomes effective, a certificate of abandonment, signed on behalf of the entity, shall be filed with the Secretary of the State before such time as the certificate of conversion becomes effective. The certificate of abandonment shall take effect upon its filing and the conversion shall be abandoned and shall not become effective. The certificate of abandonment shall contain (1) the name of the converting entity; (2) the date on which the certificate of conversion was filed; and (3) a statement that the conversion has been abandoned in accordance with this section.
(P.A. 11-241, S. 25.)
History: P.A. 11-241 effective January 1, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 34 - Limited Partnerships, Partnerships, Professional Associations, Limited Liability Companies and Statutory Trusts › Chapter 616 - Entity Transactions › Section 34-635. - Certificate of conversion; effective date.

(a) A certificate of conversion shall be signed on behalf of the converting entity and filed with the Secretary of the State.
(b) A certificate of conversion shall contain:
(1) The name, jurisdiction of organization and type of the converting entity;
(2) The name, jurisdiction of organization and type of the converted entity;
(3) If the certificate of conversion is not to be effective upon its filing, the date and time on which it shall become effective;
(4) If the converting entity is a domestic entity, a statement that the plan of conversion was approved in accordance with this part or, if the converting entity is a foreign entity, a statement that the conversion was approved by the foreign converting entity in accordance with the law of its jurisdiction of organization;
(5) If the converted entity is a domestic filing entity, the text of its public organic document, as an attachment;
(6) If the converted entity is a domestic limited liability partnership, the text of its certificate of limited liability partnership, as an attachment; and
(7) If the converted entity is a foreign entity that is not a qualified foreign entity, a mailing address to which the Secretary of the State may send any process served on the Secretary of the State pursuant to subsection (e) of section 34-636.
(c) In addition to the requirements of subsection (b) of this section, a certificate of conversion may contain any other provision not prohibited by law.
(d) If the converted entity is a domestic entity, its public organic document, if any, shall satisfy the requirements of the law of this state, except it does not need to be signed and may omit any provision that is not required to be included in a restatement of the public organic document.
(e) A certificate of conversion shall become effective upon the date and time of its filing or the date and time specified in the certificate of conversion.
(P.A. 11-241, S. 26.)
History: P.A. 11-241 effective January 1, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 34 - Limited Partnerships, Partnerships, Professional Associations, Limited Liability Companies and Statutory Trusts › Chapter 616 - Entity Transactions › Section 34-641. - Domestication authorized.

(a) As used in this part, “domestic entity” means, with respect to a foreign jurisdiction, an entity whose internal affairs are governed by the law of the foreign jurisdiction.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this section, by complying with this part, a domestic entity may become a domestic entity of the same type in a foreign jurisdiction, provided the domestication is authorized by the law of the foreign jurisdiction.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in this section, by complying with the provisions of this part applicable to foreign entities, a foreign entity may become a domestic entity of the same type in this state if the domestication is authorized by the law of the foreign entity's jurisdiction of organization.
(d) If a protected agreement contains a provision that applies to a merger of a domestic entity but does not refer to a domestication, the provision shall apply to a domestication of the entity as if the domestication were a merger until such time after January 1, 2014, as the provision is amended.
(P.A. 11-241, S. 28; P.A. 12-32, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 11-241 effective January 1, 2014; P.A. 12-32 amended Subsec. (d) to replace “October 1, 2011” with “January 1, 2014”, effective January 1, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 34 - Limited Partnerships, Partnerships, Professional Associations, Limited Liability Companies and Statutory Trusts › Chapter 616 - Entity Transactions › Section 34-642. - Plan of domestication.

(a) A domestic entity may become a foreign entity in a domestication by approving a plan of domestication. The plan shall be in a record and contain:
(1) The name and type of the domesticating entity;
(2) The name and jurisdiction of organization of the domesticated entity;
(3) The manner of converting the interests in the domesticating entity into interests, securities, obligations, rights to acquire interests or securities, cash, or other property, or any combination thereof;
(4) The proposed public organic document of the domesticated entity if it is a filing entity;
(5) The full text of the private organic rules of the domesticated entity that are proposed to be in a record;
(6) The other terms and conditions of the domestication; and
(7) Any other provision required by the law of this state or the organic rules of the domesticating entity.
(b) A plan of domestication may contain any other provision not prohibited by law.
(P.A. 11-241, S. 29.)
History: P.A. 11-241 effective January 1, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 34 - Limited Partnerships, Partnerships, Professional Associations, Limited Liability Companies and Statutory Trusts › Chapter 616 - Entity Transactions › Section 34-643. - Approval of plan of domestication.

(a) A plan of domestication shall not be effective unless it has been approved:
(1) By a domestic domesticating entity (A) in accordance with the requirements, if any, in its organic rules for approval of a domestication; (B) if its organic rules do not provide for approval of a domestication, in accordance with the requirements, if any, in its organic law and organic rules for approval of (i) in the case of an entity that is not a business corporation, a merger, as if the domestication were a merger; or (ii) in the case of a business corporation, a merger requiring approval by a vote of the interest holders of the business corporation, as if the domestication were that type of merger; or (C) if neither its organic law nor organic rules provide for approval of a domestication or a merger described in subparagraph (B)(ii) of this subdivision, by all of the interest holders of the entity entitled to vote on or consent to any matter; and
(2) In a record, by each interest holder of a domestic domesticating entity that shall have interest holder liability for liabilities that arise after the domestication becomes effective, unless, in the case of an entity that is not a business corporation or nonprofit corporation, (A) the organic rules of the entity in a record provide for the approval of a domestication or merger in which some or all of its interest holders become subject to interest holder liability by the vote or consent of fewer than all of the interest holders; and (B) the interest holder voted for or consented in a record to that provision of the organic rules or became an interest holder after the adoption of that provision.
(b) A domestication of a foreign domesticating entity shall not be effective unless it is approved in accordance with the law of the foreign entity's jurisdiction of organization.
(P.A. 11-241, S. 30.)
History: P.A. 11-241 effective January 1, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 34 - Limited Partnerships, Partnerships, Professional Associations, Limited Liability Companies and Statutory Trusts › Chapter 616 - Entity Transactions › Section 34-644. - Amendment or abandonment of plan of domestication.

(a) A plan of domestication of a domestic domesticating entity may be amended (1) in the same manner as the plan was approved, provided the plan does not otherwise specify the manner in which it may be amended; or (2) by the governors or interest holders of the entity in the manner provided in the plan, except an interest holder that was entitled to vote on or consent to approval of the domestication is entitled to vote on or consent to any amendment of the plan that shall change (A) the amount or kind of interests, securities, obligations, rights to acquire interests or securities, cash, or other property, or any combination thereof, to be received by any of the interest holders of the domesticating entity under the plan; (B) the public organic document or private organic rules of the domesticated entity that shall be in effect immediately after the domestication becomes effective, except for changes that do not require approval of the interest holders of the domesticated entity under its organic law or organic rules; or (C) any other terms or conditions of the plan, provided the change would adversely affect the interest holder in any material respect.
(b) After a plan of domestication has been approved by a domestic domesticating entity and before a statement of domestication becomes effective, the plan may be abandoned (1) as provided in the plan; or (2) unless prohibited by the plan, in the same manner as the plan was approved.
(c) If a plan of domestication is abandoned after a statement of domestication has been filed with the Secretary of the State but before the filing becomes effective, a statement of abandonment, signed on behalf of the entity, shall be filed with the Secretary of the State before the time when the statement of domestication becomes effective. The statement of abandonment shall take effect upon its filing, and the domestication shall be abandoned and shall not become effective. The statement of abandonment shall contain (1) the name of the domesticating entity; (2) the date on which the statement of domestication was filed; and (3) a statement that the domestication has been abandoned in accordance with this section.
(P.A. 11-241, S. 31.)
History: P.A. 11-241 effective January 1, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 34 - Limited Partnerships, Partnerships, Professional Associations, Limited Liability Companies and Statutory Trusts › Chapter 616 - Entity Transactions › Section 34-645. - Statement of domestication; effective date.

(a) A statement of domestication shall be signed on behalf of the domesticating entity and filed with the Secretary of the State.
(b) A statement of domestication shall contain:
(1) The name, jurisdiction of organization and type of the domesticating entity;
(2) The name and jurisdiction of organization of the domesticated entity;
(3) If the statement of domestication is not effective upon its filing, the date and time when it shall become effective, which may not be later than ninety days after the date of such filing;
(4) If the domesticating entity is a domestic entity, a statement that the plan of domestication was approved in accordance with this part or, if the domesticating entity is a foreign entity, a statement that the domestication was approved in accordance with the law of its jurisdiction of organization;
(5) If the domesticated entity is a domestic filing entity, its public organic document, as an attachment;
(6) If the domesticated entity is a domestic limited liability partnership, its certificate of limited liability partnership as an attachment; and
(7) If the domesticated entity is a foreign entity that is not a qualified foreign entity, a mailing address to which the Secretary of the State may send any process served on the Secretary of the State pursuant to subsection (e) of section 34-646.
(c) In addition to the requirements of subsection (b) of this section, a statement of domestication may contain any other provision not prohibited by law.
(d) If the domesticated entity is a domestic entity, its public organic document, if any, shall satisfy the requirements of the law of this state, except it does not need to be signed and may omit any provision that is not required to be included in a restatement of the public organic document.
(e) A statement of domestication shall become effective upon the date and time of its filing or the date and time specified in the statement of domestication.
(P.A. 11-241, S. 32.)
History: P.A. 11-241 effective January 1, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 35 - Trade Regulations, Trademarks and Collective and Certification Marks › Chapter 620 - Trade Names › Section 35-2. - Use of word “banking” and similar words as part of business name.

No partnership, common law trust or association, or individual using a trade name, shall use, either as a part of its name or as a prefix or suffix thereto or as a designation of the business carried on by it, the word “bank”, “banking”, “banker”, “bankers”, “trust” or “savings”, provided either the word “bankers” or the word “trust” may be so used when qualified and immediately preceded by the word “investment”, but not followed by the word “company” or “corporation”. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any charitable or athletic association. No provision of this section shall prevent any savings and loan association organized under the provisions of section 36a-70 from using the term “savings” either as a part of its name or as a prefix or suffix thereto or as a designation of the business carried on by it.
(1949 Rev., S. 6729; P.A. 93-55, S. 7; P.A. 03-19, S. 79; 03-196, S. 18.)
History: P.A. 93-55 made technical changes, deleting reference to repealed Sec. 36-157; P.A. 03-19 made technical changes, effective May 12, 2003; P.A. 03-196 made a technical change, effective July 1, 2003.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 35 - Trade Regulations, Trademarks and Collective and Certification Marks › Chapter 620 - Trade Names › Section 35-3. - Use of word “banking” by bankers' associations.

The provisions of sections 33-655 and 35-2 shall not apply to nor prohibit the use of the words “banks”, “bankers” and “banking” in their titles by The Connecticut Bankers' Association, The Savings Banks' Association of Connecticut, any chapter, whether incorporated or not, affiliated and in good standing with The American Institute of Banking, or by any other associations of state bank and trust companies, national banking associations and mutual savings banks or by associations of their employees.
(1949 Rev., S. 6730; 1953, S. 2872d; P.A. 73-616, S. 33; P.A. 96-271, S. 187, 254.)
History: P.A. 73-616 substituted reference to Sec. 33-287 for reference to Sec. 33-13; P.A. 96-271 replaced reference to Sec. 33-287 with Sec. 33-655, effective January 1, 1997.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 35 - Trade Regulations, Trademarks and Collective and Certification Marks › Chapter 620a - Marks › Section 35-3a. - Registration; constructive notice of ownership.

Registration of a mark pursuant to chapters 621a and 622a shall be constructive notice of the registrant's claim of ownership thereof.
(P.A. 73-483, S. 8.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 35 - Trade Regulations, Trademarks and Collective and Certification Marks › Chapter 620a - Marks › Section 35-3b. - Certificate of registration, prima facie evidence.

A certificate of registration of a mark pursuant to chapters 621a and 622a shall be prima facie evidence of the validity of the registration, the registrant's ownership of the mark, and the registrant's exclusive right to use the mark in commerce within the state of Connecticut in connection with the goods or services specified in the certificate, subject to any conditions and limitations stated therein.
(P.A. 73-483, S. 9.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 35 - Trade Regulations, Trademarks and Collective and Certification Marks › Chapter 620a - Marks › Section 35-3c. - Forum for actions re registration.

Actions to require cancellation of a mark registered pursuant to chapters 621a and 622a or in mandamus to compel registration of a mark pursuant to said chapter 621a shall be brought in the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford. In an action for cancellation, the Secretary of the State shall not be made a party to the proceeding but he shall be notified of the filing of the complaint by the clerk of the court in which it is filed and shall be given the right to intervene in the action.
(P.A. 73-483, S. 7; P.A. 78-280, S. 6, 127; P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; P.A. 95-220, S. 4
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6.)
History: P.A. 78-280 substituted “judicial district of Hartford-New Britain” for “Hartford county”; P.A. 88-230 replaced “judicial district of Hartford-New Britain” with “judicial district of Hartford”, effective September 1, 1991; P.A. 90-98 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1991, to September 1, 1993; P.A. 93-142 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1993, to September 1, 1996, effective June 14, 1993; P.A. 95-220 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1996, to September 1, 1998, effective July 1, 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 35 - Trade Regulations, Trademarks and Collective and Certification Marks › Chapter 621 - Trademarks (Repealed) › Section 35-4 to 35-11. - Trademarks.

Sections 35-4 to 35-11, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 6787
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6794; 1963, P.A. 51, S. 12.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 35 - Trade Regulations, Trademarks and Collective and Certification Marks › Chapter 621a - Trademarks and Service Marks › Section 35-11h. - Classes of goods and services.

The following general classes of goods and services are established 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 comprised in a single class and indicating the appropriate class of goods or services. In no event shall a single application include goods or services upon which the mark is being used which fall within different classes of goods or services. Said classes are as follows:
GOODS
CLASS
TITLE
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.
Nonmetallic 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.
SERVICES
CLASS
TITLE
35.
Advertising and business.
36.
Insurance and financial.
37.
Construction and repair.
38.
Communication.
39.
Transportation and storage.
40.
Material treatment.
41.
Education and entertainment.
42.
Miscellaneous.
(1963, P.A. 51, S. 8; P.A. 93-152, S. 8.)
History: P.A. 93-152 provided that a single application for registration of a mark may indicate “the appropriate class of goods or services”, revised and reduced from 52 to 34 the number of classes of goods and reordered and renumbered the classes of services.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 35 - Trade Regulations, Trademarks and Collective and Certification Marks › Chapter 621a - Trademarks and Service Marks › Section 35-11j. - Fraudulent registration.

Any person who, for himself or on behalf of any other person, procures the filing or registration of any mark in the office of the Secretary of the State under the provisions of this chapter, 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.
(1963, P.A. 51, S. 10; P.A. 93-152, S. 10.)
History: P.A. 93-152 substituted “orally” for “verbally”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 35 - Trade Regulations, Trademarks and Collective and Certification Marks › Chapter 621a - Trademarks and Service Marks › Section 35-11k. - Common law rights not affected.

Nothing in this chapter shall adversely affect the rights or the enforcement of rights in marks or trade names acquired in good faith at any time at common law.
(1963, P.A. 51, S. 11.)
Cited. 173 C. 261.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 35 - Trade Regulations, Trademarks and Collective and Certification Marks › Chapter 621a - Trademarks and Service Marks › Section 35-11l. - Trademark and service mark information furnished on request; fees.

Upon request of any person, the Secretary of the State shall issue a certificate showing whether any trade or service mark or marks using a particular name or design referred to in such certificate, or using a similar name or design, in a particular class has been registered and, if so, the date and hour of such registration. The fee for such certificate shall be fifty dollars. Upon request, the secretary shall furnish a copy of any trade or service mark for a fee of forty dollars or a certified copy of any trade or service mark for a fee of fifty dollars.
(February, 1965, P.A. 400; P.A. 73-483, S. 6; P.A. 93-152, S. 11; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 379.)
History: P.A. 73-483 raised fee for certificate from $3 to $10; P.A. 93-152 increased the fee for a certificate from $10 to $25, the fee for a copy of any trade or service mark from $4 to $20 and the fee for a certified copy of any trade or service mark from $7 to $25; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 increased fees.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 35 - Trade Regulations, Trademarks and Collective and Certification Marks › Chapter 621a - Trademarks and Service Marks › Section 35-11m. - Incontestable right of registrant.

Except on a ground for which application to cancel may be filed at any time under subdivision (4) of section 35-11g and except to the extent, if any, to which the use of a mark infringes a mark registered or published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office prior to the date of registration pursuant to this chapter the right of the registrant pursuant to this chapter to use such registered mark in commerce within Connecticut for the goods or services on or in connection with which such registered mark has been in continuous use for five consecutive years subsequent to the date of such registration in Connecticut and is still in use in commerce, shall be incontestable; provided (1) there has been no final decision adverse to the registrant's claim of ownership of such mark for such goods or services, or to the registrant's right to register the same or to keep the same on the register; and (2) there is no proceeding involving said rights pending in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or in a court and not finally disposed of; and (3) no incontestable right shall be acquired in a mark which is the common descriptive name of any article or substance, patented or otherwise.
(P.A. 73-483, S. 10; P.A. 96-180, S. 113, 166.)
History: P.A. 96-180 made technical changes to correct references to U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, effective June 3, 1996.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 35 - Trade Regulations, Trademarks and Collective and Certification Marks › Chapter 622 - Trade Union Labels. Insignia (Repealed) › Section 35-12 to 35-18. - Trade union labels. Insignia.

Sections 35-12 to 35-18, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 6795
–
6801; 1967, P.A. 689, S. 12.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 35 - Trade Regulations, Trademarks and Collective and Certification Marks › Chapter 622a - Collective and Certification Marks › Section 35-18d. - Examination and amendment of application. Disclaimer. Refusal of registration.

(a) Upon the filing of an application for registration and payment of the fee herein provided, the Secretary of the State shall cause the application to be examined to ensure conformity with sections 35-18a to 35-18e, inclusive.
(b) The applicant shall provide any additional pertinent information requested by the Secretary of the State including a description of a design mark, and the applicant may make, or authorize the secretary to make, such amendments to the application as may be reasonably requested by the secretary or deemed by the applicant to be advisable to respond to any rejection or objection.
(c) The Secretary of the State may require the applicant to disclaim an unregistrable component of a mark otherwise registrable, and applicant may voluntarily disclaim a component of a mark sought to be registered.
(d) No disclaimer shall prejudice or affect the applicant's or registrant's rights of registration on another application if the disclaimed matter is or becomes distinctive of the applicant's or registrant's goods or services.
(e) If the applicant is found not to be entitled to registration, the Secretary of the State shall advise the applicant thereof and of the reasons therefor. The applicant shall have a reasonable period of time specified by the Secretary of the State in which to reply or amend his application, which shall then be reexamined. This procedure may be repeated until (1) the Secretary of the State 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 of the State 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 of the State, on proof that all the statements in the application are true and that the mark is otherwise entitled to registration.
(1967, P.A. 689, S. 4; P.A. 93-152, S. 15.)
History: P.A. 93-152 inserted a new Subsec. (b) to require the applicant to provide any additional pertinent information requested by the secretary of the state, formerly part of Subsec. (a), require the applicant to include a description of a design mark when requested and authorize amendments to the application to respond to any rejection or objection, inserted a new Subsec. (c) re disclaimer of a component of a mark, inserted Subsec. (d) re effect of a disclaimer on another application, relettered the remaining Subsecs. accordingly and amended Subsec. (e) to replace alphabetic with numeric Subdiv. indicators and add “or amend” in Subdiv. (2).
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 35 - Trade Regulations, Trademarks and Collective and Certification Marks › Chapter 622a - Collective and Certification Marks › Section 35-18i. - Fraudulent registration.

Any person who, for himself or on behalf of any other person, procures the filing or registration of any mark in the office of the Secretary of the 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.
(1967, P.A. 689, S. 9.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 35 - Trade Regulations, Trademarks and Collective and Certification Marks › Chapter 622a - Collective and Certification Marks › Section 35-18j. - Common law rights not affected.

Nothing herein shall adversely affect the rights or the enforcement of rights in marks or trade names acquired in good faith at any time at common law.
(1967, P.A. 689, S. 10.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 35 - Trade Regulations, Trademarks and Collective and Certification Marks › Chapter 623 - Devices on Receptacles › Section 35-19. - Description may be registered.

Any person or corporation engaged in manufacturing, bottling or selling soda waters, mineral waters or aerated waters, near beer, cider, ginger ale, milk, cream or other beverages or medicines, medicinal preparations, perfumery, oils, compounds or mixtures in bottles, cans, jars or siphons, with his or its name or other marks or devices branded, stamped, engraved, etched, blown, impressed or otherwise produced upon such bottles, cans, jars or siphons or the boxes or cases used by him or it, or any person or corporation engaged in the business of supplying towels, coats, aprons or toilet cabinets to others, for hire or compensation, with his or its name or other marks or devices branded, stamped, marked, sewed or otherwise impressed thereon, may register and renew in the office of the Secretary of the State, a description, and reproduction or facsimile, of the name or names or marks or devices so used by him or it in the same form and manner as is provided for the registration of trademarks under chapter 621a.
(1949 Rev., S. 6802; 1967, P.A. 431, S. 1.)
History: 1967 act substituted “register and renew” for “file”, deleted requirement that name or mark be filed in office of court clerk of superior court for county where registrant has principal place of business or, if principal place of business is out of state, for any county, required registration of reproduction or facsimile and specified procedure as “provided for the registration of trademarks under chapter 621a”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 35 - Trade Regulations, Trademarks and Collective and Certification Marks › Chapter 623 - Devices on Receptacles › Section 35-20. - Unlawful use of devices; penalty.

No person, other than the owner of such name, mark or device, shall fill with soda water, mineral water or aerated water, near beer, cider, ginger ale, milk, cream or other beverage, or with any medicine, medicinal preparation, perfumery, oil, compound or mixture, any bottle, can, jar, box or siphon, or shall use any towel, coat, apron or toilet cabinet, which is so marked or distinguished with or by any name, mark or device, a description of which has been filed as provided in section 35-19, by supplying, furnishing or renting the same to others for hire or compensation, or shall deface, erase, obliterate, cover up or otherwise remove or conceal any such name, mark or device thereon, or shall sell, buy, give, take or otherwise dispose of or traffic in the same, without the written consent of the person whose mark or device shall be or has been in or upon the bottle, can, jar, box or siphon so filled, trafficked in, used or handled, or whose name, mark or device shall be or shall have been upon the towel, coat, apron or toilet cabinet so unlawfully used. Any person, acting for himself or as the agent of any person, firm or corporation, who violates any provision of this section shall (1) for the first offense, be fined not more than two hundred fifty dollars, and (2) for each subsequent offense, be guilty of a class C misdemeanor.
(1949 Rev., S. 6803; P.A. 12-80, S. 156.)
History: P.A. 12-80 inserted Subdiv. designators (1) and (2), changed penalty for first offense from a fine of not more than $5 or imprisonment of not more than 30 days or both for each bottle, jar, siphon or towel and not more than $10 for each can, box, coat, apron or toilet cabinet filled, sold, used, supplied, disposed of, brought or trafficked in, to a fine of $250, and changed penalty for subsequent offense from a fine of not more than $10 or imprisonment of not more than 1 year or both for each bottle, can, jar, box, siphon, towel, coat, apron or toilet cabinet filled, sold, used, supplied, disposed of, bought or trafficked in, to a class C misdemeanor.