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Title 40 Trade and Commerce

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40-1-102. Marks which cannot be registered.

(a) A mark by which the goods or services of any applicant for registration may be distinguished from the goods or services of others shall not be registered if it: (i) Consists of or comprises immoral, deceptive or scandalous matter; or (ii) Consists of or comprises matter which may disparage or falsely suggest a connection with persons, living or dead, institutions, beliefs, or national symbols, or bring them into contempt, or disrepute; or (iii) Consists of or comprises the flag or coat of arms or other insignia of the United States, or of any state or municipality, or of any foreign nation, or any simulation thereof; or (iv) Consists of or comprises the name, signature or portrait identifying a particular living individual, except by the individual's written consent; or (v) Consists of a mark which, (A) when used on or in connection with the goods or services of the applicant, is merely descriptive or deceptively misdescriptive of them, or (B) when used on or in connection with the goods or services of the applicant is primarily geographically descriptive or deceptively misdescriptive of them, or (C) is primarily merely a surname; provided, however, that nothing in this paragraph shall prevent the registration of a mark used in this state by the applicant which has become distinctive of the applicant's goods or services. The secretary may accept as evidence that the mark has become distinctive, as used on or in connection with the applicant's goods or services, proof of continuous use thereof as a mark by the applicant in this state or elsewhere for the five (5) years before the date on which the claim of distinctiveness is made; or (vi) Consists of or comprises a mark which is the same as, or deceptively similar to, a mark registered in this state, a trade name or the name of a juristic person, or a mark or trade name previously used in this state by another and not abandoned, as to be likely, when applied to the goods or services of the applicant, to cause confusion or mistake or to deceive.

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40-1-102. Marks which cannot be registered.

(a) A mark by which the goods or services of any applicant for registration may be distinguished from the goods or services of others shall not be registered if it: (i) Consists of or comprises immoral, deceptive or scandalous matter; or (ii) Consists of or comprises matter which may disparage or falsely suggest a connection with persons, living or dead, institutions, beliefs, or national symbols, or bring them into contempt, or disrepute; or (iii) Consists of or comprises the flag or coat of arms or other insignia of the United States, or of any state or municipality, or of any foreign nation, or any simulation thereof; or (iv) Consists of or comprises the name, signature or portrait identifying a particular living individual, except by the individual's written consent; or (v) Consists of a mark which, (A) when used on or in connection with the goods or services of the applicant, is merely descriptive or deceptively misdescriptive of them, or (B) when used on or in connection with the goods or services of the applicant is primarily geographically descriptive or deceptively misdescriptive of them, or (C) is primarily merely a surname; provided, however, that nothing in this paragraph shall prevent the registration of a mark used in this state by the applicant which has become distinctive of the applicant's goods or services. The secretary may accept as evidence that the mark has become distinctive, as used on or in connection with the applicant's goods or services, proof of continuous use thereof as a mark by the applicant in this state or elsewhere for the five (5) years before the date on which the claim of distinctiveness is made; or (vi) Consists of or comprises a mark which is the same as, or deceptively similar to, a mark registered in this state, a trade name or the name of a juristic person, or a mark or trade name previously used in this state by another and not abandoned, as to be likely, when applied to the goods or services of the applicant, to cause confusion or mistake or to deceive.

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