Rhode Island § 6-2-2 - Registration and Protection of Trademarks
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§ 6-2-2. Registration and Protection of Trademarks
R.I. Gen. Laws § 6-2-2
§ 6-2-2. Application for registration.
(a) Subject to the limitations stated in this chapter, any person who adopts and uses a mark may file in the office of the secretary of state, on a form to be furnished by him or her, an application for registration of that mark stating, but not limited to, the following information:
(1) The name and business address of the person applying for the registration, and, if a business corporation, non-profit corporation, limited liability partnership, limited partnership, or limited liability company, the state of incorporation or formation, as applicable;
(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 fall;
(3) The date when the mark was first used anywhere and the date when it was first used in the state by the applicant or his or her predecessor in business; and
(4) A statement that the applicant is the owner of the mark and that no other person has the right to use the mark in the state, either in the identical form of the mark or in such near resemblance to it as might be calculated to deceive or to be mistaken for it.
(b) The application shall be signed and verified by the applicant or by a member of the firm or an officer of the business corporation non-profit corporation; authorized partner of the limited liability partnership; general partner of the limited partnership; authorized person of the limited liability company; or association applying for registration.
(c) The application shall be accompanied by a specimen or facsimile of the mark in triplicate.
(d) The application for registration shall be accompanied by a filing fee of fifty dollars ($50.00), payable to the secretary of state.
History of Section.
P.L. 1975, ch. 89, § 2; P.L. 1990, ch. 65, art. 43, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 394, § 1;
P.L. 2007, ch. 486, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 528, § 4.
Source: official Rhode Island text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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