New York Laws
Article 24 - Trademarks
360-F - Assignments, Changes of Name and Other Instruments.

(b) Any registrant or applicant effecting a change of the name of the
person to whom the mark was issued or for whom an application was filed
may record a certificate of change of name of the registrant or
applicant with the secretary upon the payment of the recording fee. The
secretary may issue in the name of the assignee a certificate of
registration of an assigned application. The secretary may issue in the
name of the assignee, a new certificate or registration for the
remainder of the term of the registration or last renewal thereof.
(c) Other instruments which relate to a mark registered or application
pending pursuant to this article, such as, by way of example, licenses,
security interests or mortgages, may be recorded in the discretion of
the secretary, provided that such instrument is in writing and duly
executed.
(d) Acknowledgement shall be prima facie evidence of the execution of
an assignment or other instrument and, when recorded by the secretary,
the record shall be prima facie evidence of execution.
(e) A photocopy of any instrument referred to in subdivision (a), (b)
or (c) of this section, shall be accepted for recording if it is
certified by any of the parties thereto, or their successors, to be a
true and correct copy of the original.