Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 417 - Trademarks, Names and Private Emblems
Section 417.330 - Search warrants — prosecution.

Effective - 02 Jan 1979
417.330. Search warrants — prosecution. — Whenever any person who has filed for record any such name, mark or device, or who has acquired from such person in writing the ownership of such name, mark or device, or the right to the exclusive use thereof, shall make oath before any judge of the circuit court that he has reason to believe and does believe that any receptacle bearing such name, mark or device is being unlawfully used or filled or had in possession by any other person, such judge shall thereupon issue a search warrant to discover and obtain such receptacle, and may also cause the person in whose possession such receptacle shall be found to be brought before him and shall then inquire into the circumstances of such possession, and if it shall be found that such person is guilty of violation of sections 417.300 to 417.360 he shall be punished in the manner herein prescribed, and the possession of the property taken upon such warrant shall be awarded to the owner thereof, but the remedy provided by this section shall not be held to be exclusive, and offenders against any provision of sections 417.300 to 417.360 may be prosecuted as in case of other misdemeanors.
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(RSMo 1939 § 14091, A.L. 1978 H.B. 1634)
Prior revisions: 1929 § 12452; 1919 § 12023
Effective 1-02-79

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Missouri Revised Statutes

Title XXVI - Trade and Commerce

Chapter 417 - Trademarks, Names and Private Emblems

Section 417.005 - Definitions.

Section 417.011 - Prohibited marks.

Section 417.016 - Registration of trademark — application, contents — information required by secretary of state — fee, how payable — refusal to register mark, procedure.

Section 417.018 - Additional fee — expiration date.

Section 417.021 - Certificate of registration, how issued — admissible as evidence — duplicate of certificate, application, fee — abstract of mark, fee.

Section 417.026 - Term of registration — notice of expiration, when required.

Section 417.031 - Assignment of mark, procedure.

Section 417.036 - Registry of marks open to public.

Section 417.041 - Cancellation of marks, when.

Section 417.046 - Classes of goods and services — single application for mark to cover only one class.

Section 417.051 - Fraudulent filing or registration — civil damages to injured party.

Section 417.056 - Prohibited acts — civil action for damages, when.

Section 417.061 - Injunctive relief, when — order for payment to owner of mark — destruction of counterfeit marks.

Section 417.066 - Common law marks not affected — actions to require cancellation of a mark or to compel registration, venue, parties.

Section 417.100 - Facsimile of brands to be recorded.

Section 417.130 - Recorder's certificate, evidence.

Section 417.140 - Penalty.

Section 417.150 - Misuse of names of certain societies prohibited.

Section 417.160 - Use of emblems regulated.

Section 417.170 - Adoption of name and emblem — registration form, fee.

Section 417.175 - Registration of emblem effective for five years, renewal procedure, fee.

Section 417.180 - Penalty for violation.

Section 417.190 - Penalty for improper use of emblem of automobile club.

Section 417.200 - Fictitious names to be registered.

Section 417.210 - Registration, when and how — contents — cancellation of fictitious name — ownership reflected in registration, when — registration effective and expiration dates — renewals, contents, effective date.

Section 417.217 - Foreign businesses, registration, when — exemption from, when.

Section 417.220 - Registration fee.

Section 417.230 - Penalty for failure to register.

Section 417.240 - Owner of farm may register name of same.

Section 417.250 - Description of mark, where filed — notice of use.

Section 417.260 - Duties of recorder and secretary of state — fees.

Section 417.270 - Penalty for violation.

Section 417.280 - What constitutes evidence.

Section 417.290 - Acceptance of deposit does not constitute a sale.

Section 417.300 - Dairy products containers — description, where filed — notice, how published — certificate of record.

Section 417.310 - Receptacles — unlawful use.

Section 417.320 - Receptacles — unlawful possession.

Section 417.330 - Search warrants — prosecution.

Section 417.340 - Penalty.

Section 417.350 - Terms construed.

Section 417.360 - "Sale" construed.

Section 417.400 - Definitions.

Section 417.403 - Disclosures required to be made in writing by invention developer to customer, content.

Section 417.406 - Contract for invention development services, form, content.

Section 417.409 - Cover sheet required for contract content — additional information on cover prohibited.

Section 417.412 - Termination of contract, procedure — service on contract not required, when.

Section 417.415 - Bond required for invention developer, when, amount — copy to be filed with department of economic development — cash deposit accepted instead of bond.

Section 417.418 - Payment for services to be by check — taking other negotiable instrument, effect — contract limitation — execution of note or series of notes prohibited.

Section 417.421 - Records and correspondence retention requirement — customer's right to copy, cost, procedure.

Section 417.424 - Contract unenforceable against customer, when, exceptions — waiver by customer void, exception.

Section 417.426 - False or fraudulent statements, failure to make required disclosures, civil liability — damages — punitive damages, when — attorney general's duties.

Section 417.427 - Confidentiality of all disclosures by customer, exceptions — waiver by customer must be in writing after receiving disclosure.

Section 417.430 - Assignee of invention developer subject to all claims and defenses of customer.

Section 417.433 - Report in writing to be delivered quarterly to customer — content.

Section 417.436 - Invention developer law not exclusive subject to applicable laws.

Section 417.450 - Law how cited.

Section 417.453 - Definitions.

Section 417.455 - Misappropriation, actual or threatened may be enjoined — injunction terminates, when — exceptional circumstances, defined.

Section 417.457 - Damages for misappropriation — punitive damages awarded, when.

Section 417.459 - Court's duty in misappropriation, action to preserve secrecy of trade secret.

Section 417.461 - Action for misappropriation must be brought when, time limitation — continuing misappropriation is one claim.

Section 417.463 - Action for misappropriation displaces certain other actions for recovery — actions civil and criminal not affected.

Section 417.465 - Purpose of the uniform law.

Section 417.467 - Effect of existing misappropriation prior to August 28, 1995.