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2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 600 - Trademarks, Trade Names and Service Marks › NRS 600.340 - Application for registration: Contents; requirements; fee; return for correction.

1. A person who has adopted and is using a mark 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 setting forth, but not limited to, the following information:
(a) Whether the mark to be registered is a trademark, trade name or service mark;
(b) A description of the mark by name, words displayed in it or other information;
(c) The name and business address of the person applying for the registration and, if it is a corporation, limited-liability company, limited partnership or registered limited-liability partnership, the state of incorporation or organization;
(d) The specific goods or services in connection with which the mark is used and the mode or manner in which the mark is used in connection with those goods or services and the class as designated by the Secretary of State which includes those goods or services;
(e) The date when the mark was first used anywhere and the date when it was first used in this State by the applicant or his or her predecessor in business which must precede the filing of the application; and
(f) A statement that the applicant is the owner of the mark and that no other person has the right to use the mark in this State either in the form set forth in the application or in such near resemblance to it as might deceive or cause mistake.
2. The application must:
(a) Be signed and verified by the applicant or by a member of the firm or an officer of the corporation or association applying.
(b) Be accompanied by a specimen or facsimile of the mark on white paper that is 8 1/2 inches by 11 inches in size and by a filing fee of $100 payable to the Secretary of State.
3. If the application fails to comply with this section or NRS 600.343, the Secretary of State shall return it for correction.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 596; A 1993, 489; 1997, 159; 1999, 1636; 2001, 3195; 2005, 2277)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 600 - Trademarks, Trade Names and Service Marks › NRS 600.343 - Criteria for specimen accompanying application for registration; change after registration prohibited if change constitutes material alteration.

1. A specimen accompanying an application for the registration of a mark must meet the following criteria:
(a) The specimen must agree with the mark as described in the application, must agree with the mark as used, and evidence use of the mark.
(b) If the specimen is a drawing, it must be a substantially exact representation of the mark as actually used.
(c) The specimen must fit on a page of paper not larger than 8 1/2 inches by 11 inches.
(d) A specimen may be a facsimile or photograph of the mark.
(e) The specimen must be suitable for reproduction, retention and retrieval.
2. After registration, an applicant may not change the specimen if the change constitutes a material alteration of the mark.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 158)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 600 - Trademarks, Trade Names and Service Marks › NRS 600.350 - Certificate of registration: Issuance; contents; admissibility in evidence.

1. Upon compliance by the applicant with the requirements of NRS 600.330 and 600.340, the Secretary of State shall issue and deliver a certificate of registration to the applicant. The certificate of registration must be issued under the signature of the Secretary of State and the seal of the State, and it must designate:
(a) The name and business address and, if a corporation, limited-liability company, limited partnership or registered limited-liability partnership, the state of incorporation or organization of the person claiming ownership of the mark;
(b) 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;
(c) The class of goods or services to which the mark applies;
(d) A description of the goods or services on which the mark is used;
(e) A reproduction of the mark;
(f) The registration date; and
(g) The term of the registration.
If a date of first use contained in the application is indefinite, the certificate of registration must designate the latest definite date that can be inferred from the words used. If a month and year are given without specifying the day, the date is presumed to be the last day of the month. If only a year is given, the date is presumed to be the last day of the year.
2. The certificate of registration or a copy of the certificate certified by the Secretary of State is admissible in evidence as competent and sufficient proof of the registration of the mark in any action or judicial proceedings in any court of this State, and raises a disputable presumption that the person to whom the certificate was issued is the owner of the mark in this State as applied to the goods or services described in the certificate.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 596; A 1997, 160)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 600 - Trademarks, Trade Names and Service Marks › NRS 600.355 - Correction of inaccurate statement in application for registration; issuance of amended certificate of registration; fee.

1. If any statement in an application for registration of a mark was incorrect when made or any arrangements or other facts described in the application have changed, making the application inaccurate in any respect without materially altering the mark, the registrant shall promptly file in the Office of the Secretary of State a certificate, signed by the registrant or his or her successor or by a member of the firm or an officer of the corporation or association to which the mark is registered, correcting the statement.
2. Upon the filing of a certificate of amendment or judicial decree of amendment and the payment of a filing fee of $60, the Secretary of State shall issue, in accordance with NRS 600.350, an amended certificate of registration for the remainder of the period of the registration.
(Added to NRS by 1995, 66; A 1997, 160; 2001, 3195)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 600 - Trademarks, Trade Names and Service Marks › NRS 600.360 - Expiration and renewal of registration; renewal fee.

1. The registration of a mark is effective for 5 years from the date of registration and, upon application filed within 6 months before the expiration of that period, on a form to be furnished by the Secretary of State, the registration may be renewed for a successive period of 5 years. A renewal fee of $50, payable to the Secretary of State, must accompany the application for renewal of the registration.
2. The registration of a mark may be renewed for additional successive 5-year periods if the requirements of subsection 1 are satisfied.
3. The Secretary of State shall give notice to each registrant when his or her registration is about to expire. The notice must be given within the year next preceding the expiration date, by writing to the registrant’s last known address.
4. All applications for renewals must include a statement that the mark is still in use in this State.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 597; A 1993, 489; 2001, 3195)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 600 - Trademarks, Trade Names and Service Marks › NRS 600.370 - Assignment of mark and registration; fee.

1. A mark and its registration are 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. An assignment must:
(a) Be in writing;
(b) Be signed and acknowledged by the registrant or his or her successor or a member of the firm or an officer of the corporation or association under whose name the mark is registered; and
(c) Be recorded with the Secretary of State upon the payment of a fee of $100 to the Secretary of State who, upon recording the assignment, shall issue in the name of the assignee a certificate of assignment for the remainder of the period of the registration.
2. An assignment of any registration is void as against any subsequent purchaser for valuable consideration without notice, unless:
(a) The assignment is recorded with the Secretary of State within 3 months after the date of the assignment; or
(b) The assignment is recorded before the subsequent purchase.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 597; A 1987, 1114; 1993, 490; 1995, 67; 2001, 3196)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 600 - Trademarks, Trade Names and Service Marks › NRS 600.390 - Cancellation of registrations.

The Secretary of State shall cancel from the register:
1. After July 1, 1980, any filing or registration of a mark which has expired and is not renewed in accordance with the provisions of NRS 600.360.
2. Any registration which the registrant or the assignee of record voluntarily requests be cancelled.
3. Any registration concerning which a court of competent jurisdiction finds that:
(a) The registered mark has been abandoned.
(b) The registrant is not the owner of the mark.
(c) The registration was granted improperly.
(d) The registration was obtained fraudulently.
(e) The registered mark is likely to cause confusion or mistake or to deceive because of its similarity to a mark registered by another person in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, before the date of the filing of the application for registration by the registrant under NRS 600.240 to 600.450, inclusive, and not abandoned. But if the registrant proves that he or she is the owner of a concurrent registration of his or her mark in the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering an area including this State, the registration with the Secretary of State must not be cancelled.
4. Any registration when a court of competent jurisdiction orders cancellation of the registration on any ground.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 597)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 600 - Trademarks, Trade Names and Service Marks › NRS 600.400 - Regulations defining classes of goods and services for registration.

1. The Secretary of State may adopt regulations defining general classes of goods and services for which a mark may be registered. Classes defined pursuant to this subsection are deemed to be for administrative convenience and must not be deemed to be exclusive or limit or extend the rights of the applicant or registrant.
2. A single application for registration of a mark may include any goods within their class on which the mark is used, or any services within their class rendered in connection with the mark. If a mark is used for more than one class of goods or more than one class of services the applicant must file a separate application for each class.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 598)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 600 - Trademarks, Trade Names and Service Marks › NRS 600.410 - Fraudulent registration.

Any person who for himself or herself, or on behalf of any other person, attempts to procure or procures the registration of any mark in this State by knowingly making any false or fraudulent representation or declaration, verbally or in writing, or by any other fraudulent means, is liable for all damages sustained in consequence of the registration to any party injured thereby.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 598)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 600 - Trademarks, Trade Names and Service Marks › NRS 600.420 - Liability for infringement upon registered mark.

Any person:
1. Who uses, without the consent of the registrant, any reproduction, counterfeit, copy or colorable imitation of a mark registered in this State in connection with the sale, offering for sale or advertising of any goods or services, which use is likely to cause confusion or mistake or result in deception as to the source of origin of such goods or services; or
2. Who reproduces, counterfeits, copies or colorably imitates any mark registered in this State and applies or causes to apply that reproduction, counterfeit, copy or colorable imitation to labels, signs, prints, packages, wrappers, receptacles or advertisements intended to be used in conjunction with the sale or other distribution in this State of goods or services,
is liable in a civil action by the owner of the registered mark for any or all of the remedies provided in NRS 600.430, except that the owner of the mark is not entitled to recover profits or damages under subsection 2 unless the act or acts were committed with knowledge that the reproduction, counterfeit, copy or imitation of the mark was intended to be used to cause confusion, mistake or deception.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 598)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 600 - Trademarks, Trade Names and Service Marks › NRS 600.430 - Civil remedies.

1. Any owner of a mark registered in this State may proceed by suit to enjoin the manufacture, use, display or sale of counterfeits or imitations of it.
2. A court of competent jurisdiction may:
(a) Grant injunctions to restrain such manufacture, use, display or sale as it deems just and reasonable under the circumstances;
(b) Require the defendant to pay to the owner all profits derived from the wrongful acts of the defendant and all damages suffered by reason of these acts;
(c) Require the defendant to pay to the owner treble damages on all profits derived from the willful and wrongful acts of the defendant and treble damages on all damages suffered by reason of these acts; and
(d) Order that any counterfeits or imitations in the possession or control of any defendant be delivered for destruction to an officer of the court or to the complainant.
3. In an action brought pursuant to this section, the court may award costs and reasonable attorney’s fees to the prevailing party.
4. The enumeration of any right or remedy in this section does not affect a registrant’s right to prosecute under any penal law of this State.
(Added to NRS by 1979, 599; A 2003, 2832)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 600 - Trademarks, Trade Names and Service Marks › NRS 600.435 - Action to enjoin commercial use of mark that is famous in this State.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, the owner of a mark that is famous in this State may bring an action to enjoin commercial use of the mark by a person if such use:
(a) Begins after the mark has become famous; and
(b) Causes dilution of the mark.
2. In determining whether a mark is famous in this State, the court shall consider, without limitation, the following factors:
(a) The degree of inherent or acquired distinctiveness of the mark in this State.
(b) The duration and extent of use of the mark in connection with the goods and services with which the mark is used.
(c) The duration and extent of advertisement and promotion of the mark in this State.
(d) The geographical extent of the trading area in which the mark is used.
(e) The channels of trade for the goods or services with which the mark is used.
(f) The degree of recognition of the mark in the trading areas and channels of trade in this State used by the owner of the mark and the person against whom the injunction is sought.
(g) The nature and extent of use of the same or similar mark by other persons.
(h) Whether the mark is registered in this State or registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office pursuant to federal law.
3. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the owner of a mark that is famous may obtain only injunctive relief in an action brought pursuant to this section. The owner of a mark that is famous is entitled to the remedies provided in NRS 600.430 if the person using the mark willfully intended to cause dilution of the mark or willfully intended to trade on the reputation of the owner of the mark.
4. The owner of a mark that is famous may not bring an action pursuant to this section for the fair use of the mark by another person in comparative commercial advertising or promotion to identify the competing goods or services of the owner of the mark.
5. As used in this section:
(a) "Commercial use" means use of a mark primarily for profit. The term does not include use of a mark for research, criticism, news commentary, news reporting, teaching or any similar use that is not primarily for profit.
(b) "Dilution" means a lessening in the capacity of a mark that is famous to identify and distinguish goods or services, regardless of the presence or absence of:
(1) Competition between the owner of the mark and other persons; or
(2) Likelihood of confusion, mistake or deception as to the source of origin of goods or services.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 405)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 600 - Trademarks, Trade Names and Service Marks › NRS 600.450 - Unlawful acts; penalty.

1. It is unlawful for any person or corporation:
(a) To imitate any mark registered as provided in NRS 600.240 to 600.450, inclusive;
(b) To use knowingly any counterfeit or imitation thereof;
(c) To use or display such genuine mark unless authorized to do so; or
(d) To use or display such genuine mark in a manner not authorized by the registrant.
2. Any person violating any provision of subsection 1 is guilty of a misdemeanor.
[3:180:1907; RL § 4637; NCL § 7697]—(NRS A 1967, 620; 1979, 600; 1995, 68)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 600 - Trademarks, Trade Names and Service Marks › NRS 600.500 - Employer is sole owner of patentable invention or trade secret developed by employee.

Except as otherwise provided by express written agreement, an employer is the sole owner of any patentable invention or trade secret developed by his or her employee during the course and scope of the employment that relates directly to work performed during the course and scope of the employment.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 942; A 2003, 2832)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 600A - Trade Secrets (Uniform Act) › NRS 600A.030 - Definitions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Improper means" includes, without limitation:
(a) Theft;
(b) Bribery;
(c) Misrepresentation;
(d) Willful breach or willful inducement of a breach of a duty to maintain secrecy;
(e) Willful breach or willful inducement of a breach of a duty imposed by common law, statute, contract, license, protective order or other court or administrative order; and
(f) Espionage through electronic or other means.
2. "Misappropriation" means:
(a) Acquisition of the trade secret of another by a person by improper means;
(b) Acquisition of a trade secret of another by a person who knows or has reason to know that the trade secret was acquired by improper means; or
(c) Disclosure or use of a trade secret of another without express or implied consent by a person who:
(1) Used improper means to acquire knowledge of the trade secret;
(2) At the time of disclosure or use, knew or had reason to know that his or her knowledge of the trade secret was:
(I) Derived from or through a person who had used improper means to acquire it;
(II) Acquired under circumstances giving rise to a duty to maintain its secrecy or limit its use; or
(III) Derived from or through a person who owed a duty to the person seeking relief to maintain its secrecy or limit its use; or
(3) Before a material change of his or her position, knew or had reason to know that it was a trade secret and that knowledge of it had been acquired by accident or mistake.
3. "Owner" means the person who holds legal or equitable title to a trade secret.
4. "Person" means a natural person, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, joint venture, government, governmental subdivision or agency, or any other legal or commercial entity.
5. "Trade secret":
(a) Means information, including, without limitation, a formula, pattern, compilation, program, device, method, technique, product, system, process, design, prototype, procedure, computer programming instruction or code that:
(1) Derives independent economic value, actual or potential, from not being generally known to, and not being readily ascertainable by proper means by the public or any other persons who can obtain commercial or economic value from its disclosure or use; and
(2) Is the subject of efforts that are reasonable under the circumstances to maintain its secrecy.
(b) Does not include any information that a manufacturer is required to report pursuant to NRS 439B.635 or 439B.640, information that a pharmaceutical sales representative is required to report pursuant to NRS 439B.660, information that a pharmacy benefit manager is required to report pursuant to NRS 439B.645 or information that a wholesaler is required to report pursuant to NRS 439B.642, to the extent that such information is required to be disclosed by those sections.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 20; A 1993, 2802; 1999, 2101; 2017, 4306; 2021, 3730)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 600A - Trade Secrets (Uniform Act) › NRS 600A.032 - Presumption of reasonable effort by owner to maintain secrecy; rebuttal of presumption.

The owner of a trade secret is presumed to make a reasonable effort to maintain its secrecy if the word "Confidential" or "Private" or another indication of secrecy is placed in a reasonably noticeable manner on any medium or container that describes or includes any portion of the trade secret. This presumption may be rebutted only by clear and convincing evidence that the owner did not take reasonable efforts to maintain the secrecy of the trade secret.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 942)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 600A - Trade Secrets (Uniform Act) › NRS 600A.035 - Theft of trade secrets prohibited; criminal penalties.

A person who, with intent to injure an owner of a trade secret or with reason to believe that his or her actions will injure an owner of a trade secret, without limitation:
1. Steals, misappropriates, takes or conceals a trade secret or obtains a trade secret through fraud, artifice or deception;
2. Wrongfully copies, duplicates, sketches, draws, photographs, alters, destroys, photocopies, replicates, transmits, delivers, sends, mails, communicates or conveys a trade secret;
3. Receives, buys or possesses a trade secret with knowledge or reason to know that the trade secret was obtained as described in subsection 1 or 2;
4. Attempts to commit an offense described in subsection 1, 2 or 3;
5. Solicits another person to commit an offense described in subsection 1, 2 or 3; or
6. Conspires to commit an offense described in subsection 1, 2 or 3, and one of the conspirators performs an act to further the conspiracy,
is guilty of a category C felony and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a minimum term of not less than 1 year and a maximum term of not more than 10 years and may be further punished by a fine of not more than $10,000.
(Added to NRS by 1999, 2100)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 600A - Trade Secrets (Uniform Act) › NRS 600A.040 - Actual or threatened misappropriation: Injunctive relief.

1. Actual or threatened misappropriation may be enjoined. Upon application to the court, an injunction must be terminated when the trade secret has ceased to exist, but the injunction may be continued for an additional reasonable period of time to eliminate commercial or other advantage that otherwise would be derived from the misappropriation.
2. In exceptional circumstances, an injunction may condition future use upon payment of a reasonable royalty for no longer than the period of time for which use could have been prohibited. Exceptional circumstances include a material and prejudicial change of position before acquiring knowledge or reason to know of misappropriation that renders a prohibitive injunction inequitable.
3. In appropriate circumstances, the court may order affirmative acts to protect a trade secret. As used in this subsection, "affirmative acts" includes, without limitation, issuing an injunction or order requiring that a trade secret which has been misappropriated and posted, displayed or otherwise disseminated on the Internet be removed from the Internet immediately.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 20; A 1999, 2102; 2001, 406)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 600A - Trade Secrets (Uniform Act) › NRS 600A.050 - Misappropriation: Damages.

1. Except to the extent that a material and prejudicial change of position before acquiring knowledge or reason to know of misappropriation renders a monetary recovery inequitable, a complainant is entitled to recover damages for misappropriation. Damages include both loss caused by misappropriation and unjust enrichment caused by misappropriation that is not taken into account in computing the loss. In lieu of damages measured by any other methods, damages caused by misappropriation may be measured by imposition of liability for a reasonable royalty for a misappropriator’s unauthorized disclosure or use of a trade secret.
2. If willful, wanton or reckless misappropriation or disregard of the rights of the owner of the trade secret exists, the court may award exemplary damages in an amount not exceeding twice the award made under subsection 1.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 20; A 1999, 2102)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 600A - Trade Secrets (Uniform Act) › NRS 600A.055 - Misappropriation and posting or dissemination on Internet: Effect.

A trade secret that is misappropriated and posted, displayed or otherwise disseminated on the Internet shall be deemed to remain a trade secret as defined in NRS 600A.030 and not to have "ceased to exist" for the purposes of subsection 1 of NRS 600A.040 if:
1. The owner, within a reasonable time after discovering that the trade secret has been misappropriated and posted, displayed or otherwise disseminated on the Internet, obtains an injunction or order issued by a court requiring that the trade secret be removed from the Internet; and
2. The trade secret is removed from the Internet within a reasonable time after the injunction or order requiring removal of the trade secret is issued by the court.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 406)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 600A - Trade Secrets (Uniform Act) › NRS 600A.060 - Attorney’s fees.

If:
1. A claim of misappropriation is made in bad faith;
2. A motion to terminate an injunction is made or resisted in bad faith; or
3. Willful and malicious misappropriation exists,
the court may award reasonable attorney’s fees to the prevailing party.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 21)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 600A - Trade Secrets (Uniform Act) › NRS 600A.070 - Preservation of secrecy.

In any civil or criminal action, the court shall preserve the secrecy of an alleged trade secret by reasonable means, which may include, without limitation:
1. Granting protective orders in connection with discovery proceedings;
2. Holding hearings in camera;
3. Sealing the records of the action;
4. Determining the need for any information related to the trade secret before allowing discovery;
5. Allowing the owner of the trade secret to obtain a signed agreement of confidentiality from any party who obtains knowledge of the trade secret;
6. Ordering a person who obtains knowledge of the trade secret to return to the owner of the trade secret any writing which reflects or contains the trade secret; and
7. Ordering any person involved in the litigation not to disclose an alleged trade secret without previous court approval.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 21; A 1999, 2102)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 600A - Trade Secrets (Uniform Act) › NRS 600A.080 - Limitation of actions.

An action for misappropriation must be brought within 3 years after the misappropriation is discovered or by the exercise of reasonable diligence should have been discovered. For the purposes of this section, a continuing misappropriation constitutes a single claim.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 21)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 600A - Trade Secrets (Uniform Act) › NRS 600A.090 - Effect of chapter on other law and remedies.

1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, this chapter displaces conflicting tort, restitutionary, and other law of this state providing civil remedies for misappropriation of a trade secret.
2. This chapter does not affect:
(a) Contractual remedies, whether or not based upon misappropriation of a trade secret;
(b) Other civil remedies that are not based upon misappropriation of a trade secret; or
(c) Except as otherwise provided in NRS 600A.035, criminal sanctions, whether or not based upon misappropriation of a trade secret.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 21; A 1999, 2103)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 600A - Trade Secrets (Uniform Act) › NRS 600A.100 - Inapplicability of chapter to acts which occurred before, or began before and continue after, July 1, 1987.

This chapter does not apply to a misappropriation that occurred before July 1, 1987, or to a misappropriation that began before and continues after July 1, 1987.
(Added to NRS by 1987, 21)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 601 - Insignia and Names of Organizations › NRS 601.010 - Use of name of incorporated association or society.

1. No person, society, association or corporation shall assume, adopt or use the name of a military, ex-military, patriotic, benevolent, humane, fraternal or charitable organization, incorporated under the laws of this or any other state or of the United States, or a name so nearly resembling the name of such incorporated organization as to be a colorable imitation thereof, or calculated to deceive persons not members, with respect to such society, association or corporation.
2. In all cases where two or more societies, associations or corporations claim the right to the same name, or to names substantially similar, as provided in subsection 1, the organization which was first organized and used the name and first became incorporated under the laws of the United States or of any state shall be entitled in this state to the prior and exclusive use of such name. The rights of such societies, associations or corporations, and of their individual members, shall be fixed and determined accordingly.
[1:65:1911; RL § 2502; NCL § 4460]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 601 - Insignia and Names of Organizations › NRS 601.020 - Illegal exhibition and use of names and insignia.

1. Unless authorized under the laws, statutes, rules, regulations and bylaws of any military, ex-military, patriotic, benevolent, humane, fraternal or charitable society, association or corporation incorporated under the laws of this or any other state or of the United States, no person shall:
(a) Wear or exhibit the badge, button, emblem, decoration, insigne or charm of such organization.
(b) Assume or claim to be a member of any such organization.
(c) Assume or use the name of any such organization.
2. Where one military, ex-military, patriotic, benevolent, humane, fraternal or charitable society, association or corporation is incorporated subsequent to another society, association or corporation and assumes, adopts or uses a name so nearly resembling the name of the society, association or corporation first incorporated as to be a colorable imitation thereof or calculated to deceive the public, unless authorized under the laws, statutes, rules, regulations and bylaws of the prior incorporated society, association or corporation, no person shall:
(a) Wear or exhibit the badge, button, emblem, decoration, insigne or charm of the organization subsequently incorporated.
(b) Assume or claim to be a member of the organization subsequently incorporated.
(c) Assume or use the name of the organization subsequently incorporated.
[2:65:1911; RL § 2503; NCL § 4461]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 601 - Insignia and Names of Organizations › NRS 601.030 - Injunctive relief for illegal exhibition and use of names and insignia.

1. Whenever there shall be an actual or threatened violation of the provisions of NRS 601.010 and 601.020, an application may be made to the court or judge having jurisdiction to issue an injunction to restrain the actual or threatened violation. Notice of application for an injunction of not less than 5 days shall be given to the defendant.
2. If it shall appear to the court or judge that the defendant is in fact using the name of a military, ex-military, patriotic, benevolent, humane, fraternal or charitable society, association or corporation, incorporated as provided in NRS 601.010, or a name so nearly resembling it as to be calculated to deceive the public, or is wearing or exhibiting the badge, insigne or emblem of such society, association or corporation without authority thereof and in violation of the provisions of NRS 601.020, an injunction may be issued by the court or judge enjoining or restraining the actual or threatened violation, without requiring proof that any person has in fact been misled or deceived thereby.
[3:65:1911; RL § 2504; NCL § 4462]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 601 - Insignia and Names of Organizations › NRS 601.040 - Penalty.

Any person willfully violating the provisions of NRS 601.010 and 601.020 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
[4:65:1911; RL § 2505; NCL § 4463]—(NRS A 1967, 620)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 601 - Insignia and Names of Organizations › NRS 601.050 - Registration, alteration, assignment or cancellation of names and insignia with Secretary of State; applicability of section.

1. An association, lodge, order, fraternal society, beneficial association, or fraternal and beneficial society or association, historical, military, or veterans’ organization, labor union, labor organization, foundation, federation, or any other society, organization or association, degree, branch, subordinate lodge, or auxiliary thereof, whether incorporated or unincorporated, the principles and activities of which are not repugnant to the constitution and laws of the United States or this state, may register, alter, assign or cancel in the Office of the Secretary of State a facsimile, duplicate or description of its name, badge, motto, button, decoration, charm, emblem, rosette or other insigne, as if it were a mark, in the manner provided in NRS 600.240 to 600.400, inclusive.
2. The provisions of this section for alteration, assignment or cancellation apply also to any insigne described in subsection 1 which was registered before October 1, 1997.
[1:24:1933; 1931 NCL § 3299]—(NRS A 1975, 311; 1997, 161)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 601 - Insignia and Names of Organizations › NRS 601.110 - Penalty.

Any person who willfully wears, exhibits, displays, prints or uses for any purpose the badge, motto, button, decoration, charm, emblem, rosette or other insigne of any association or organization mentioned in NRS 601.050 and duly registered, unless the person is entitled to use and wear it under the constitution, bylaws, rules and regulations of the association or organization, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $500.
[6:24:1933; 1931 NCL § 3299.05]—(NRS A 1967, 621; 1997, 161)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 602 - Doing Business Under Assumed or Fictitious Name › NRS 602.010 - Filing of certificate with county clerk; certain series of members of limited-liability company deemed to be doing business in State under assumed or fictitious name.

1. Every person doing business in this State under an assumed or fictitious name that is in any way different from the legal name of each person who owns an interest in the business must file with the county clerk of each county in which the business is being conducted a certificate containing the information required by NRS 602.020.
2. A person intending to conduct a business under an assumed or fictitious name may, before initiating the conduct of the business, file a certificate with the county clerk of each county in which the business is intended to be conducted.
3. A series created pursuant to NRS 86.296 and doing business in this State shall be deemed to be doing business in this State under an assumed or fictitious name that is different from the legal name of each person who owns an interest in the business, if the name of the series does not indicate:
(a) That it is a series; and
(b) The name of the limited-liability company which authorized the creation of the series pursuant to NRS 86.296.
[Part 1:156:1923; NCL § 4450]—(NRS A 1969, 67; 1973, 545; 1993, 1022; 2001, 810; 2003, 3190; 2017, 2796)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 602 - Doing Business Under Assumed or Fictitious Name › NRS 602.017 - Limitations on adoption of certain fictitious names; county clerk prohibited from accepting violative certificates.

1. No person may adopt any fictitious name which includes "Corporation," "Corp.," "Incorporated" or "Inc." in its title, unless that person is a corporation organized or qualified to do business pursuant to the laws of this State.
2. No person may adopt any fictitious name which includes "Limited-Liability Company," "Limited Liability Company," "Limited Company" or the abbreviation "L.L.C.," "L.C.," "LLC" or "LC" in its title, unless that person is a limited-liability company organized or registered to do business pursuant to the laws of this State.
3. No person may adopt any fictitious name which includes "Business Trust" or the abbreviation "B.T." or "BT" in its title, unless that person is a business trust organized or registered to do business pursuant to the laws of this State.
4. No person may adopt any fictitious name which includes "Professional Corporation" or the abbreviation "Prof. Corp.," "P.C." or "PC" or the word "Chartered" or the abbreviation "Chtd." in its title, unless that person is a professional corporation organized to do business pursuant to the laws of this State.
5. No person may adopt any fictitious name which includes "Professional Association," "Professional Organization" or the abbreviation "Prof. Ass’n" or "Prof. Org." in its title, unless that person is a professional association organized to do business pursuant to the laws of this State.
6. No person may adopt any fictitious name which includes "Limited" or the abbreviation "Ltd." in its title, unless that person is a corporation, limited-liability company, registered limited-liability partnership, limited partnership or professional corporation organized, qualified or registered to do business pursuant to the laws of this State.
7. No person may adopt any fictitious name which imitates or reasonably causes another person to believe the fictitious name is the name of, or a name associated with, a government, governmental agency, political subdivision of a government, federally recognized Indian tribe or nation or any other governmental entity found within this State, another state or the United States.
8. No natural person may adopt any fictitious name which appears to be the name of a natural person unless the name includes an additional word or words which indicate that the fictitious name is not the name of a natural person.
9. No county clerk may accept for filing a certificate which violates any provision of this chapter.
(Added to NRS by 1981, 240; A 2005, 2209; 2017, 626)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 602 - Doing Business Under Assumed or Fictitious Name › NRS 602.030 - Time for filing certificate.

The certificate must be filed no later than 1 month after the commencement of business under an assumed or fictitious name.
[Part 3:156:1923; NCL § 4452]—(NRS A 1969, 67; 1973, 545; 1993, 1023)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 602 - Doing Business Under Assumed or Fictitious Name › NRS 602.035 - Authority of county to provide for expiration of certificate; filing of renewal certificate; notice to persons who have filed certificates.

1. The board of county commissioners of a county may provide, by ordinance, that a certificate filed with the county clerk pursuant to NRS 602.010 expires 5 years after it is filed.
2. If such an ordinance is adopted, on or before the expiration of the certificate, the person doing business in the county under an assumed or fictitious name that does not indicate the real name of each person who owns an interest in the business must file a renewal certificate containing the information required by NRS 602.020 with the county clerk.
3. A renewal certificate filed pursuant to this section:
(a) Expires 5 years after it is filed with the county clerk.
(b) Must include a statement indicating that the renewal certificate expires 5 years after the date on which it is filed with the county clerk.
4. Upon the adoption of such an ordinance, the county clerk shall notify those persons who have filed certificates in the county pursuant to NRS 602.010 that they are required to renew those certificates pursuant to the provisions of this section by:
(a) Publishing such notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the county; and
(b) Mailing such notice to the last known address of those persons.
(Added to NRS by 2001, 810; A 2003, 3192)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 602 - Doing Business Under Assumed or Fictitious Name › NRS 602.040 - Filing of new certificate upon change in partner or trustee.

On every change in the partners of a general partnership or trustee of a trust doing business under an assumed or fictitious name, a new certificate containing the information required by NRS 602.020 must be filed with the county clerk within 1 month after such change.
[4:156:1923; NCL § 4453]—(NRS A 1973, 545; 1993, 1023)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 602 - Doing Business Under Assumed or Fictitious Name › NRS 602.050 - Index of assumed or fictitious names: Maintenance by county clerk; contents.

Every county clerk shall keep, in alphabetical order, in a book or other suitable index provided for that purpose, a register of all the assumed or fictitious names as shown in the certificates filed pursuant to this chapter, together with the following information shown in the certificate for each assumed or fictitious name:
1. The name of each natural person, artificial person, general partner or trustee conducting the business under such name.
2. The mailing or street address.
[5:156:1923; A 1955, 16]—(NRS A 1969, 67; 1977, 468; 1981, 1795; 1991, 1323; 2003, 3192)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 602 - Doing Business Under Assumed or Fictitious Name › NRS 602.055 - Certificate of termination.

1. Any person who has filed a certificate may, upon the termination of the business or his or her ownership in it, file with the county clerk where the certificate is on file a certificate of termination stating that the person who filed the certificate has terminated the business being conducted under the assumed or fictitious name or his or her ownership in it and the date of the termination.
2. The certificate of termination must be notarized and signed in the same manner as required by NRS 602.020, except that it is sufficient if signed in the case of a general partnership by only one partner or in the case of a trust by only one trustee.
3. Upon the filing of a certificate of termination, the county clerk shall note the termination in the book or other suitable index required by NRS 602.050.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 1021; A 2001, 811)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 602 - Doing Business Under Assumed or Fictitious Name › NRS 602.060 - Certified copies of certificate and register entries prima facie evidence.

A copy of the certificate so filed and copies of the entries in the county clerk’s register, when duly certified by the county clerk as true and correct, shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein and admissible in evidence in all courts of this state.
[6:156:1923; NCL § 4455]
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 602 - Doing Business Under Assumed or Fictitious Name › NRS 602.070 - Commencement of action barred when certificate not filed.

No action may be commenced or maintained by any person, mentioned in NRS 602.010, or by an assignee of such a person, upon or on account of any contract made or transaction had under the assumed or fictitious name, or upon or on account of any cause of action arising or growing out of the business conducted under that name, unless before the commencement of the action the certificate required by NRS 602.010 has been filed.
[7:156:1923; A 1925, 44; NCL § 4456]—(NRS A 1969, 68; 1973, 545; 1993, 1023)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 602 - Doing Business Under Assumed or Fictitious Name › NRS 602.080 - Applicability of chapter to certain partnerships.

Limited partnerships formed and foreign limited partnerships registered pursuant to chapter 87A or 88 of NRS are not required to comply with the provisions of this chapter.
[10:156:1923; NCL § 4459]—(NRS A 1969, 68; 1973, 546; 1987, 376; 2001, 812; 2007, 487)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 602 - Doing Business Under Assumed or Fictitious Name › NRS 602.085 - Applicability of chapter to natural persons.

The provisions of this chapter do not authorize a natural person to change his or her name pursuant to this chapter, and a natural person who desires to change his or her name must comply with the procedures set forth in NRS 41.270, 41.280 and 41.290.
(Added to NRS by 2005, 2209)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 602 - Doing Business Under Assumed or Fictitious Name › NRS 602.090 - Penalty.

A person doing business in this state without complying with the requirements of this chapter or having falsely filed a certificate of termination, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
[8:156:1923; NCL § 4457]—(NRS A 1969, 68; 1993, 1023)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 603 - Computers › NRS 603.010 - Definitions.

As used in NRS 603.010 to 603.090, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 603.020 and 603.030 have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 1348; A 2007, 1400)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 603 - Computers › NRS 603.020 - "Computer" defined.

"Computer" means an electrical device which performs arithmetic or logical functions on information that is recorded in the form of electronic or magnetic impulses, and includes any device connected to a computer for the purpose of communicating, processing, storing or retrieving such information. The term does not include a device such as a radio or television transmitter or receiver, television camera, videotape recorder, sound recorder, phonograph or similar device which is used for reproducing information in aural or visual form without changing the nature or content of the information, unless such a device is connected to and used by a computer.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 1348)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 603 - Computers › NRS 603.030 - "Program" defined.

"Program" means a series of statements or instructions in words, numbers or other symbols which are used or to be used directly or indirectly in a computer to bring about an intended result. The term includes the statements or instructions of a program in a form acceptable to a computer or a representation of the statements or instructions in any other form, including the charts and documents used in the design and writing of the program.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 1348)
2023 Nevada Revised Statutes › Chapter 603 - Computers › NRS 603.040 - Unfair trade practices.

It is an unfair trade practice for a person:
1. To obtain possession of or access to a proprietary program or the data stored in a computer with intent to:
(a) Deprive or withhold from the owner his or her control over that program or data; or
(b) Convert that program or data to his or her own use or the use of another.
2. With the consent of the owner, to obtain possession of or access to a proprietary program or the data stored in a computer and thereafter, without the consent of the owner, to:
(a) Convert that program or data to his or her own use or the use of another; or
(b) Make or cause to be made a copy of that data or the statements or instructions of that program or to exhibit that program or data to another.
3. By force, violence, threat, bribe, reward or offer of anything of value on or to another person or a member of his or her family, to obtain or attempt to obtain from that other person an unauthorized copy of a proprietary program or the data stored in a computer.
4. To enter on the premises of another with intent to obtain the unauthorized possession of or access to a proprietary program or the data stored in a computer.
(Added to NRS by 1983, 1348)