Subdivision 1. Application and renewal. Registration of a mark hereunder shall be effective for a term of ten years from the date of registration and, upon application filed within six months prior to the expiration of such term or a renewal thereof, the registration may be renewed for additional ten-year terms provided that the mark is in use by the applicant at the time of the application for renewal and that there are no intervening rights. A renewal fee of $25 payable to the secretary of state shall accompany the application for renewal of the registration.
Subd. 2. Renewal notice. The secretary of state shall notify each registrant of a mark hereunder of the necessity of renewal thereof approximately six months prior to the registration's expiration date.
Subd. 3. Existing registrations; terms. Any registration in force on the date on which Laws 1959, chapter 600 shall become effective, shall expire two years after and may be renewed by filing an application with the secretary of state and paying the aforementioned renewal fee therefor within six months prior to the expiration of the registration provided the mark is in use at the time of application for renewal and there are no intervening rights.
Subd. 4. Existing registrations; expiration notice. The secretary of state shall, within six months after the date on which Laws 1959, chapter 600, shall become effective notify all registrants of trademarks under previous acts of the date of expiration of such registrations, unless renewed in accordance with the provisions of sections 333.18 to 333.31, by writing to the last known address of the registrants.
1959 c 600 s 5; 1969 c 1148 s 64; 1986 c 444; 1988 c 682 s 48; 1989 c 335 art 1 s 212; 1993 c 369 s 117; 2010 c 250 art 2 s 30,31; 2013 c 110 s 9
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.