General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 110H Registration and Protection of Trademarks
- Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions - Chapter 110H, Section 1
As used in this chapter, the following words shall, unless the context requires otherwise, have the following meanings:— “Applicant”, a person filing an application for...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Restrictions on registration - Chapter 110H, Section 2
A mark by which the goods or services of an applicant for registration may be distinguished from the goods or services of others shall not...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Application for registration - Chapter 110H, Section 3
(a) Subject to the limitations set forth in this chapter, a person who uses a mark may file in the office of the secretary, in...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Conformity of application with chapter; additional information; disclaimer of unregisterable components; amendments; refusal of registration - Chapter 110H, Section 4
(a) Upon the filing of an application for registration and payment of the application fee, the secretary may cause the application to be examined for...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Certificate of registration; issuance; admissibility in evidence - Chapter 110H, Section 5
(a) Upon compliance by the applicant with the requirements of this chapter, the secretary shall cause a certificate of registration to be issued and delivered...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Effective term; renewal - Chapter 110H, Section 6
(a) A registration of mark hereunder shall be effective for a term of 5 years from the date of registration and, upon application filed within...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Assignment of marks and registration; recording - Chapter 110H, Section 7
(a) A mark and its registration hereunder shall be assignable with the good will of the business in which the mark is used, or with...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Public records - Chapter 110H, Section 8
The secretary shall keep for public examination a record of all marks registered or renewed under this chapter, as well as a record of all...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Cancellation of registration - Chapter 110H, Section 9
(a) The secretary shall cancel from the register, in whole or in part:— (1) a registration concerning which the secretary shall receive a voluntary request...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Classification of goods and services; rules and regulations - Chapter 110H, Section 10
The secretary shall by regulation establish a classification of goods and services for convenience of administration of this chapter, but not to limit or extend...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Fraudulent procurement of registration; damages - Chapter 110H, Section 11
A person who shall for himself, or on behalf of any other person, procure the filing or registration of any mark in the office of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Use or counterfeit of marks without consent of registrant - Chapter 110H, Section 12
Subject to section 16, a person who shall:— (i) use, without the consent of the registrant, any reproduction, counterfeit, copy, or colorable imitation of a...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Injunctive relief - Chapter 110H, Section 13
Likelihood of injury to business reputation or of dilution of the distinctive quality of a mark registered under this chapter, or a mark valid at...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Actions for counterfeit or imitation marks; injunctions; damages - Chapter 110H, Section 14
(a) An owner of a mark registered under this chapter may proceed by suit to enjoin the manufacture, use, display or sale of any counterfeits...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Actions to require cancellation or to compel registration - Chapter 110H, Section 15
(a) Actions to require cancellation of a mark registered pursuant to this chapter or in mandamus to compel registration of a mark pursuant to this...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Common law rights - Chapter 110H, Section 16
Nothing herein shall adversely affect the rights or the enforcement of rights in marks acquired in good faith at any time at common law.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Fees for applications, recording and related services - Chapter 110H, Section 17
The secretary shall by regulation prescribe the fees payable for the various applications and recording fees and for related services. Unless specified by the secretary,...
Last modified: September 11, 2015