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Extra - Title Notes - Special Provisions in Appendix. See section 7 of Act 295...
Extra - Appendix To Title - APPENDIX TO TITLE 54 NAMES Supplementary Provisions of Amendatory Statutes...
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Present Chapter 1 was added December 16, 1982, P.L.1309,...
Section 101 - Definitions - Subject to additional definitions contained in subsequent provisions of this...
Section 102 - Functions and powers of Department of State - Subchapter B of Chapter 1 of Title 15 (relating to...
Section 103 - Execution of documents - (a) General rule.--Any document delivered to the Department of State...
Chapter 3 - Fictitious Names
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 3 was added December 16, 1982, P.L.1309, No.295,...
Section 301 - Short title of chapter - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...
Section 302 - Definitions - The following words and phrases when used in this chapter...
Section 303 - Scope of chapter - (a) Voluntary registration.--Any one or more entities may elect to...
Section 304 - Effect of registration under prior statutes - Fictitious names registered under the former provisions of the following...
Section 311 - Registration - (a) General rule.--A fictitious name may be registered under this...
Section 312 - Amendment - (a) General rule.--A fictitious name registration under this chapter may...
Section 313 - Cancellation or withdrawal - (a) General rule.--A fictitious name registration under this chapter may...
Section 321 - Decennial filings required (Deleted by amendment) - 2000 Amendment. Section 321 was deleted by amendment June 22,...
Section 331 - Contracts and acts by entity using unregistered fictitious name - (a) General rule.--No entity which has failed to register a...
Section 332 - Effect of registration - (a) General rule.--Registration of a fictitious name under this chapter...
Chapter 5 - Corporate and Other Association Names
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Present Chapter 5 was added December 16, 1982, P.L.1309,...
Section 501 - Register established (Repealed) - 2022 Repeal. Section 501 was repealed November 3, 2022, P.L.1791,...
Section 502 - Certain additions to register (Repealed) - 2022 Repeal. Section 502 was repealed November 3, 2022, P.L.1791,...
Section 503 - Decennial filings required (Repealed) - 2022 Repeal. Section 503 was repealed November 3, 2022, P.L.1791,...
Section 504 - Effect of failure to make filings (Repealed) - 2022 Repeal. Section 504 was repealed November 3, 2022, P.L.1791,...
Section 505 - Late filings (Repealed) - 2022 Repeal. Section 505 was repealed November 3, 2022, P.L.1791,...
Section 506 - Voluntary termination of registration by corporations and other associations (Repealed) - 2022 Repeal. Section 506 was repealed November 3, 2022, P.L.1791,...
Chapter 7 - Judicial Change of Name
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Present Chapter 7 was added December 16, 1982, P.L.1309,...
Section 701 - Court approval required for change of name - (a) General rule.--Except as set forth in subsection (b), it...
Section 702 - Change by order of court - (a) General rule.--The court of common pleas of any county...
Section 703 - Effect on children - (a) General rule.--Whenever an order is made under this chapter...
Section 704 - Divorcing and divorced person may resume prior name - (a) General rule.--Any person who is a party in a...
Section 704.1 - Surviving spouse may resume prior name - A surviving spouse may, at any time, resume any prior...
Section 705 - Penalty for violation of chapter - Any person violating the provisions of this chapter for purpose...
Chapter 11 - Trademarks
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 11 was added December 16, 1982, P.L.1309, No.295,...
Section 1101 - Short title of chapter - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...
Section 1102 - Definitions - The following words and phrases when used in this chapter...
Section 1103 - Classification - The general classes of goods and services established by the...
Section 1111 - Registrability - A mark by which the goods or services of any...
Section 1112 - Application for registration - (a) General rule.--Subject to the limitations set forth in this...
Section 1113 - Registration of mark - Upon compliance by the applicant with the requirements of this...
Section 1114 - Duration and renewal - (a) General rule.--Registration of a mark under this chapter shall...
Section 1115 - Assignment - (a) General rule.--Any mark and its registration under this chapter...
Section 1116 - Cancellation - (a) General rule.--The department shall cancel from the register under...
Section 1121 - Damages for fraudulent registration - Any person who shall, for himself or herself or on...
Section 1122 - Disclaimer of unregistrable matter - The department shall require unregistrable matter to be disclaimed, but...
Section 1123 - Infringement - (a) General rule.--Subject to the provisions of section 1126 (relating...
Section 1124 - Injury to business or reputation; dilution - The owner of a mark which is famous in this...
Section 1125 - Remedies - (a) General rule.--Any owner of a mark registered under this...
Section 1126 - Common law rights - Nothing in this chapter shall adversely affect the rights or...
Chapter 13 - Insignia
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 13 was added December 16, 1982, P.L.1309, No.295,...
Section 1301 - Definitions - The following words and phrases when used in this chapter...
Section 1302 - Effect of registration under prior statutes - Insignia registered under the former provisions of the following statutes...
Section 1311 - Registration of insignia - (a) General rule.--The insignia of an organization may be registered...
Section 1312 - Amendment - (a) General rule.--The registration under this chapter of the insignia...
Section 1313 - Cancellation - (a) General rule.--The registration under this chapter of the insignia...
Section 1314 - Decennial filings required - (a) General rule.--Every registrant of any insignia registered under this...
Section 1321 - Specifying conditions under which union label may be used - Every labor union which has registered a union label under...
Section 1322 - Rescission of right to use union label of allied crafts - Where two or more labor unions have adopted an allied...
Section 1331 - Injunctive relief - Any organization having registered its insignia under this chapter shall...
Chapter 15 - Reusable Marked Articles and Receptacles
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 15 was added December 16, 1982, P.L.1309, No.295,...
Section 1501 - Definitions - The following words and phrases when used in this chapter...
Section 1502 - Effect of registration under prior statutes - Marks registered under the former provisions of the following statutes...
Section 1511 - Registration of articles or supplies - (a) General rule.--A person who uses in this Commonwealth a...
Section 1512 - Amendment - (a) General rule.--The registration under this chapter of a mark...
Section 1513 - Assignment - (a) General rule.--Any mark and its registration under this chapter...
Section 1514 - Cancellation of registration - (a) General rule.--The department shall cancel from the register under...
Section 1515 - Decennial filings required - (a) General rule.--Every registrant of a mark registered under this...
Section 1521 - Paying or accepting of deposit not deemed a sale - The requiring, taking, paying or accepting of any deposit for...
Section 1522 - Using or removal of identity of receptacle - No person shall use, give, buy, take, destroy, sell or...
Section 1523 - Laundering articles labeled with mark of owner - No person shall, without the written consent of the owner...
Section 1524 - Unauthorized use as presumptive evidence - The use or possession by any person, other than the...
Section 1525 - Return of supplies - It shall be the duty of every person who finds,...
Section 1531 - Penalty - A person who violates any of the provisions of this...
Chapter 17 - Newspapers
Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 17 was added December 16, 1982, P.L.1309, No.295,...
Section 1701 - Identification of owner and editor - Every newspaper published in this Commonwealth, whether published monthly, weekly,...
Section 1702 - Changes in information to be published - In the event any change is made in the proprietorship,...
Section 1703 - Penalty - A person who violates any of the provisions of this...