California Code
Business and Professions Code - BPC
DIVISION 6 - BUSINESS RIGHTS

CHAPTER 1 - Good Will

Section 14100. - 14100. The “good will” of a business is the expectation...

Section 14101. - 14101. The good will of a business does not include...

Section 14102. - 14102. The good will of a business is property and...

Section 14103. - 14103. The person transferring the good will of a business...

CHAPTER 2 - Model State Trademark Law

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 14200. - 14200. This chapter shall be known and may be cited...

Section 14202. - 14202. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms...

ARTICLE 2 - Application for Registration

Section 14205. - 14205. A mark by which the goods or services of...

Section 14207. - 14207. (a) Subject to the limitations set forth in this...

Section 14209. - 14209. (a) Upon the filing of an application for registration...

ARTICLE 3 - Certificate of Registration

Section 14215. - 14215. (a) Upon compliance by the applicant with the requirements...

Section 14217. - 14217. (a) A registration of mark pursuant to this chapter...

ARTICLE 4 - Assignments, Changes of Name, and Other Instruments

Section 14220. - 14220. (a) Any mark and its registration hereunder shall be...

ARTICLE 5 - Records

Section 14225. - 14225. The secretary shall keep for public examination a record...

ARTICLE 6 - Cancellation

Section 14230. - 14230. The secretary shall cancel from the register, in whole...

ARTICLE 7 - Classification

Section 14235. - 14235. The classification of goods and services shall conform to...

ARTICLE 8 - Fraudulent Registration

Section 14240. - 14240. Any person who, either for himself or herself or...

ARTICLE 9 - Violations

Section 14245. - 14245. (a) A person who does any of the following...

Section 14247. - 14247. (a) Subject to the principles of equity, an owner...

Section 14250. - 14250. (a) Any owner of a mark registered under this...

Section 14252. - 14252. The enumeration of any right or remedy herein shall...

Section 14254. - 14254. (a) Actions to require cancellation of a mark registered...

Section 14259. - 14259. Nothing herein shall adversely affect the rights or the...

ARTICLE 10 - Fees

Section 14260. - 14260. Unless specified by the secretary, the fees payable herein...

ARTICLE 11 - Severability

Section 14265. - 14265. If any provision of this chapter, or the application...

ARTICLE 12 - Miscellaneous

Section 14270. - 14270. This chapter shall not affect any suit, proceeding, or...

Section 14272. - 14272. The intent of this chapter is to provide a...

CHAPTER 3 - Trade Names and Designations

ARTICLE 1 - Trade Names

Section 14401. - 14401. Any trade name may be transferred in the same...

Section 14402. - 14402. Any court of competent jurisdiction may restrain, by injunction,...

Section 14403. - 14403. Every person who has in his possession, or who...

Section 14404. - 14404. Every person who wilfully defaces, obliterates, or otherwise removes,...

Section 14405. - 14405. Every person who wilfully sells, or traffics in any...

ARTICLE 1.5 - Trade Name Registration

Section 14411. - 14411. The filing of any fictitious business name statement by...

Section 14412. - 14412. The rebuttable presumption created by Section 14411 shall be...

Section 14413. - 14413. For purposes of Section 14411 a fictitious business name...

Section 14414. - 14414. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require...

Section 14415. - 14415. The filing of articles of incorporation pursuant to Section...

Section 14416. - 14416. If, as to the same or a confusingly similar...

Section 14417. - 14417. The filing of articles of incorporation pursuant to Section...

Section 14418. - 14418. The filing of any fictitious business name statement pursuant...

ARTICLE 2 - Container Brands

Section 14425. - 14425. As used in this article: (a) “Containers,” “equipment” and...

Section 14426. - 14426. Any corporation or association whose members might register a...

Section 14427. - 14427. Any person, who is engaged in the manufacture, packing,...

Section 14429. - 14429. There shall be included as a part of each...

Section 14430. - 14430. It is unlawful for any person except a person...

Section 14431. - 14431. The use by any person other than the registrant,...

Section 14432. - 14432. Any person acquiring containers, supplies or equipment, by purchase...

Section 14433. - 14433. The acceptance by the owner, or any person lawfully...

Section 14434. - 14434. It is the duty of every person who finds...

Section 14435. - 14435. (a) Whenever any registrant or any member of the...

Section 14436. - 14436. The violation of any of the provisions of this...

Section 14437. - 14437. Every brand registered and published under Chapter 431 of...

Section 14438. - 14438. Any registrant whose containers, equipment or supplies are involved...

ARTICLE 3 - Farm Names

Section 14460. - 14460. “Farm,” as used in this article, includes ranch, estate...

Section 14461. - 14461. Any farm owner or lessee in this state may...

Section 14462. - 14462. Any person selling or marketing the products grown on...

Section 14463. - 14463. Registration under this article shall have the same effect...

Section 14464. - 14464. When any name has been registered as the name...

Section 14465. - 14465. Any person who registers as his own, any name...

ARTICLE 4 - Laundry Supply Designations

Section 14480. - 14480. As used in this article: (a) “Registrant” means any...

Section 14481. - 14481. Any person engaged in the business of supplying clean...

Section 14482. - 14482. In order to register a name, mark or device...

Section 14483. - 14483. The registrant shall pay to the Secretary of State...

Section 14484. - 14484. It is unlawful for any persons except a person...

Section 14485. - 14485. The acceptance by the registrant of any sum of...

Section 14486. - 14486. The use by any person, other than the registrant...

Section 14487. - 14487. Any person or any member of any firm, corporation...

Section 14488. - 14488. It is the duty of every person who finds...

Section 14489. - 14489. Whenever the registrant or any member of any corporation...

Section 14490. - 14490. If the magistrate finds that any person brought before...

Section 14491. - 14491. The violation of any of the provisions of this...

ARTICLE 5 - Names Other Than Trade Names

Section 14492. - 14492. As used in this article, the following terms have...

Section 14493. - 14493. Any court of competent jurisdiction may restrain by injunction:...

Section 14494. - 14494. In any action under Section 14493 it is not...

Section 14495. - 14495. The use of the name of any organization by...

CHAPTER 4 - Solicitations for Financial Services

Section 14700. - 14700. (a) “Lender” as used in this chapter means a...

Section 14701. - 14701. (a) No person shall include the name, trade name,...

Section 14702. - 14702. No person shall include a consumer’s loan number or...

Section 14703. - 14703. It is not a violation of this chapter for...

Section 14704. - 14704. (a) A person who violates Section 14701 or 14702...