Subdivision 1. Scope. As used in sections 333.001 to 333.06, the following terms shall have the meanings given, unless the context clearly indicates that a different meaning is intended.
Subd. 2. Person. "Person" means one or more natural persons; a limited liability company, whether domestic or foreign; a registered limited liability partnership, whether domestic or foreign; a partnership; a limited partnership; a corporation, including a foreign, domestic, or nonprofit corporation; a trust; or any other business organization.
Subd. 3. True name. "True name" means the true full name of the natural person, if a proprietorship; the true full name of each partner, if a partnership; the full corporate name as stated in its articles, if a corporation; the full name of the limited liability company as stated in its articles of organization or certificate of authority; the full name of the limited partnership, if a limited partnership; the full name of the registered limited liability partnership; the true full name of at least one trustee, if a trust; or the true full name of at least one beneficial owner, if any other form of business organization.
Subd. 4. Address. "Address" means the full residential address of each natural person, trustee or beneficial owner, limited liability company, whether domestic or foreign, registered limited liability partnership, whether domestic or foreign, or corporation, included in subdivision 3, and the address of the principal place in Minnesota where the business is conducted or transacted.
Subd. 5. Executed. "Executed" means signed.
Subd. 6. Signed. (a) "Signed" means that the signature of a person has been written on a document, as provided in section 645.44, subdivision 14, and, with respect to a document required by this chapter to be filed with the secretary of state, means that the document has been signed by a person authorized to do so by the organizational documents, bylaws, agreements, or by a resolution approved by the ultimately responsible managing entity for the business organization.
(b) A signature on a document may be a facsimile affixed, engraved, printed, placed, stamped with indelible ink, transmitted by facsimile or electronically, or in any other manner reproduced on the document.
Subd. 7. Filed with the secretary of state. "Filed with the secretary of state" means that a document meeting the applicable requirements of this chapter, signed and accompanied by the required filing fee, has been delivered to the secretary of state of this state. The secretary of state shall endorse on the document the word "Filed" and the month, day, and year of filing, record the document in the Office of the Secretary of State, and return a document to the person who delivered it for filing.
1978 c 698 s 3; 1982 c 496 s 6,7; 1984 c 618 s 37,38; 1992 c 517 art 1 s 32; 1995 c 128 art 3 s 21; 1997 c 10 art 4 s 19-21
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 324 - 341 — Trade Regulations, Consumer Protection
Chapter 333 — Assumed Names, Insignia, And Marks
Section 333.001 — Definitions.
Section 333.01 — Commercial Assumed Names.
Section 333.02 — Filing Of Certificate.
Section 333.035 — Amendment Of Certificate.
Section 333.04 — Secretary Of State; Duties, Fees.
Section 333.055 — Term Of Certificate.
Section 333.06 — Pleading Failure To File Certificate; Costs.
Section 333.065 — Penalty For Violation.
Section 333.07 — Lodges, Societies And The Like May Register.
Section 333.09 — Secretary Of State To Keep Record And Index.
Section 333.10 — Duplicates Not Registered.
Section 333.11 — Issuance Of Certificates.
Section 333.13 — Violations; Penalties.
Section 333.135 — Improper Use Of Insignia.
Section 333.14 — Unauthorized Use Is A Crime.
Section 333.15 — Threatened Use May Be Restrained.
Section 333.16 — Vested Rights Not Affected.
Section 333.19 — Unregistrable Matter; Collective And Certification Marks.
Section 333.21 — Certificate Of Registration.
Section 333.22 — Term Of Registration.
Section 333.23 — Conveyances Of Marks; Recordation, Fee, Necessity.
Section 333.24 — Secretary Of State's Record Of Marks.
Section 333.25 — Cancellation Of Marks.
Section 333.26 — Must Use U.s. Patent And Trademark Office System.
Section 333.27 — Improper Registration; Liability.
Section 333.28 — Identical Or Similar Marks; Liability For Misuse.
Section 333.285 — Dilution Of Distinctive Famous Mark May Be Enjoined.
Section 333.30 — Marks Acquired At Common Law.
Section 333.305 — Forum Is District Court; Service On Nonresident Registrant.
Section 333.31 — Service Of Process Upon Nonresident Registrants.
Section 333.40 — Trademark; When Deemed Affixed.
Section 333.41 — Trademarks Of Workers' Unions.
Section 333.42 — Counterfeiting Or Dealing In Counterfeits; How Punished.
Section 333.43 — Registration.
Section 333.44 — Fraudulent Registration Or Use; Penalty.
Section 333.45 — Illegal Use Of Certificate Of Registration.