Oklahoma § 78-23 - Application for registration

§ 78-23. Application for registration

A. Subject to the limitations set forth in this title, any

person who adopts and uses a trademark 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

trademark setting forth, but not limited to, the following

information:

1. The name and business address of the person applying for the

registration, and, if a corporation, the state of incorporation;

2. The 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 the goods or services and the class in which the goods or

services are categorized;

3. The date when the trademark was first used anywhere and the

date when it was first used in this state by the applicant or the

predecessor in business; and

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 78. Trade Marks and Labels

4. A statement that the applicant is the owner of the trademark

and that no other person has the right to use such trademark in this

state either in the identical form thereof or in such near

resemblance thereto as might be calculated to deceive or to be

mistaken therefor.

B. The application shall be signed by the applicant or by a

member of the firm or an officer of the corporation or association

applying.

C. The application shall be accompanied by a specimen or

facsimile of such trademark, which shall be in a form compatible

with electronic scanning.

D. The application for registration shall be accompanied by a

filing fee of Fifty Dollars ($50.00), payable to the Secretary of

State.

E. Any signature on any instrument authorized to be filed with

the Secretary of State under this act may be a facsimile.

Added by Laws 1959, p. 369, § 3. Amended by Laws 1984, c. 1, § 85,

emerg. eff. Jan. 30, 1984; Laws 1984, c. 229, § 24, operative July

1, 1984; Laws 1994, c. 267, § 5, eff. July 1, 1994; Laws 1996, c.

69, § 31, eff. Nov. 1, 1996; Laws 2001, c. 406, § 25, emerg. eff.

June 4, 2001.