Mo. Rev. Stat. ch. 417 – Trademarks, Names and Private Emblems | Midpage

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Chapter 417

Mo. Rev. Stat. ch. 417

Trademarks, Names and Private Emblems

417.005Definitions 417.011Prohibited marks 417.016Registration of trademark — application, contents — information required by secretary of state — fee, how payable — refusal to register mark, procedure 417.018Additional fee — expiration date 417.021Certificate of registration, how issued — admissible as evidence — duplicate of certificate, application, fee — abstract of mark, fee 417.026Term of registration — notice of expiration, when required 417.031Assignment of mark, procedure 417.036Registry of marks open to public 417.041Cancellation of marks, when 417.046Classes of goods and services — single application for mark to cover only one class 417.051Fraudulent filing or registration — civil damages to injured party 417.056Prohibited acts — civil action for damages, when 417.061Injunctive relief, when — order for payment to owner of mark — destruction of counterfeit marks 417.066Common law marks not affected — actions to require cancellation of a mark or to compel registration, venue, parties 417.100Facsimile of brands to be recorded 417.130Recorder's certificate, evidence 417.140Penalty 417.150Misuse of names of certain societies prohibited 417.160Use of emblems regulated 417.170Adoption of name and emblem — registration form, fee 417.175Registration of emblem effective for five years, renewal procedure, fee 417.180Penalty for violation 417.190Penalty for improper use of emblem of automobile club 417.200Fictitious names to be registered 417.210Registration, when and how — contents — cancellation of fictitious name — ownership reflected in registration, when — registration effective and expiration dates — renewals, contents, effective date 417.217Foreign businesses, registration, when — exemption from, when 417.220Registration fee 417.230Penalty for failure to register 417.240Owner of farm may register name of same 417.250Description of mark, where filed — notice of use 417.260Duties of recorder and secretary of state — fees 417.270Penalty for violation 417.280What constitutes evidence 417.290Acceptance of deposit does not constitute a sale 417.300Dairy products containers — description, where filed — notice, how published — certificate of record 417.310Receptacles — unlawful use 417.320Receptacles — unlawful possession 417.330Search warrants — prosecution 417.340Penalty 417.350Terms construed 417.360"Sale" construed 417.400Definitions 417.403Disclosures required to be made in writing by invention developer to customer, content 417.406Contract for invention development services, form, content 417.409Cover sheet required for contract content — additional information on cover prohibited 417.412Termination of contract, procedure — service on contract not required, when 417.415Bond required for invention developer, when, amount — copy to be filed with department of economic development — cash deposit accepted instead of bond 417.418Payment for services to be by check — taking other negotiable instrument, effect — contract limitation — execution of note or series of notes prohibited 417.421Records and correspondence retention requirement — customer's right to copy, cost, procedure 417.424Contract unenforceable against customer, when, exceptions — waiver by customer void, exception 417.426False or fraudulent statements, failure to make required disclosures, civil liability — damages — punitive damages, when — attorney general's duties 417.427Confidentiality of all disclosures by customer, exceptions — waiver by customer must be in writing after receiving disclosure 417.430Assignee of invention developer subject to all claims and defenses of customer 417.433Report in writing to be delivered quarterly to customer — content 417.436Invention developer law not exclusive subject to applicable laws 417.450Law how cited 417.453Definitions 417.455Misappropriation, actual or threatened may be enjoined — injunction terminates, when — exceptional circumstances, defined 417.457Damages for misappropriation — punitive damages awarded, when 417.459Court's duty in misappropriation, action to preserve secrecy of trade secret 417.461Action for misappropriation must be brought when, time limitation — continuing misappropriation is one claim 417.463Action for misappropriation displaces certain other actions for recovery — actions civil and criminal not affected 417.465Purpose of the uniform law 417.467Effect of existing misappropriation prior to August 28, 1995