New York General Business Law Article 17-A - FILING OF NAMES, MARKS AND DEVICES USED ON CERTAIN VESSELS, RECEPTACLES AND UTENSILS

• 275 - Definitions.
  As used in this article: (a) "Name, mark or device" means any word, name, symbol, picture, design or any combination thereof, produced upon, and used...
• 276 - Filing of Statement.
  A person who uses in this state a name, mark or device to indicate ownership of vessels, receptacles or utensils may file in the office...
• 277 - Certificate of Filing.
  Upon compliance with the requirements of this article, the secretary of state shall cause a certificate to be issued and delivered to the person filing...
• 278 - Filing Under Prior Law.
  At the end of twelve months following the effective date of this article, the secretary of state shall cancel all certificates issued under sections three...
• 279 - Assignment.
  The certificate of the filing of any name, mark or device under this article and the benefits obtained thereunder shall be assignable with the sale...
• 279-a - Records.
  The secretary of state shall keep for public examination a record of all names, marks or devices filed under this article.
• 279-b - Cancellation.
  The secretary of state shall cancel from the register: (1) Any certificate concerning which the secretary of state shall receive a voluntary request for cancellation...
• 279-c - Deposits on Vessels, Receptacles or Utensils.
  The requiring, taking, paying or accepting of any deposit for any purpose upon any vessel, receptacle or utensil shall not be deemed to constitute a...
• 279-d - Prohibited Acts.
  It is hereby declared unlawful for any person to fill or use, to give, buy, take, destroy, sell or otherwise dispose of, or traffic in,...
• 279-e - Penalties.
  Any person offending against the provisions hereof shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be punished for the first offense by imprisonment of...
• 279-f - Presumption.
  The possession by any junk dealer or dealer in second-hand materials or articles, without the written consent of the person who filed hereunder or his...
• 279-g - Search Warrant to Discover Vessels, Receptacles or Utensils.
  Whenever any person who has filed under this article, or his authorized agent, shall make oath before any magistrate or court of competent jurisdiction that...
• 279-h - Construction.
  Nothing in this article shall be construed as preventing the enforcement of rights and remedies under any other statute concerning vessels, receptacles or utensils upon...
• 279-i - Saving Clause.
  No suit, proceeding or appeal pending on the effective date of this article shall abate or be affected in any way by reason of the...

Last modified: February 3, 2019