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General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 110B Registration and Protection of Trademarks. - Section 1 Definitions

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[ Text of section effective until October 30, 2006. Repealed by 2006, 195, Sec. 1.]

  Section 5. Registration of a mark hereunder shall be effective for a term of ten years from the date of registration and, upon application filed within six months prior to the expiration of such term, on a form to be furnished by the state secretary, the registration may be renewed for a like term. A renewal fee of twenty-five dollars, payable to the state secretary, shall accompany the application for renewal of the registration.

  A mark registration may be renewed for successive periods of ten years in like manner.

  The state secretary shall notify registrants of marks hereunder of the necessity of renewal within the year next preceding the expiration of the ten years from the date of registration, by writing to the last known address of the registrants.

  All applications for renewals under this chapter, whether of registrations made under this chapter or of registrations effected under any prior law, shall include a statement that the mark is still in use in the commonwealth.

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